The twelfth word of verse (6:53) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and verb. 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 third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is lām yā sīn (ل ي س). The verb (ليس) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) (6:53:12) alaysa is not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (6:53)

The analysis above refers to the 53rd verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: And thus We have tried some of them through others that the disbelievers might say, "Is it these whom Allah has favored among us?" Is not Allah most knowing of those who are grateful?

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 lām yā sīn

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