The first word of verse (9:109) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and relative pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The supplemental particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so".

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:109:1) afaman Then is (one) who
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle REL – relative pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة اسم موصول

Verse (9:109)

The analysis above refers to the 109th verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: Then is one who laid the foundation of his building on righteousness [with fear] from Allah and [seeking] His approval better or one who laid the foundation of his building on the edge of a bank about to collapse, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Hell? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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