The first word of verse (9:13) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and negative particle. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do".

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:13:1) alā Will not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif NEG – negative particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام حرف نفي

Verse (9:13)

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

Sahih International: Would you not fight a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allah has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.

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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