The fourteenth word of verse (5:31) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person singular. The verb's triliteral root is ʿayn jīm zāy (ع ج ز). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:31:14) aʿajaztu Am I unable
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 1st person singular perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (5:31)

The analysis above refers to the 31st verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ʿayn jīm zāy

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