The first word of verse (12:107) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle, 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 supplemental particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:107:1) afa-aminū Do they then feel secure
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (12:107)

The analysis above refers to the 107th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: Then do they feel secure that there will not come to them an overwhelming [aspect] of the punishment of Allah or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly while they do not perceive?

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza mīm nūn

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