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Verse (12:90), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (12:90) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, accusative particle and object pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The attached object pronoun is second person masculine singular.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph)


(12:90:2)
a-innaka
"Are you indeed,
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif
ACC – accusative particle
PRON – 2nd person masculine singular object pronoun
الهمزة همزة استفهام
حرف نصب والكاف ضمير متصل في محل نصب اسم «ان»

Verse (12:90)

The analysis above refers to the 90th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: They said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allah has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allah and is patient, then indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."

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