The first word of verse (18:102) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and verb. 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 singular. The verb's triliteral root is ḥā sīn bā (ح س ب).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:102:1) afaḥasiba Do then think
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة فعل ماض

Verse (18:102)

The analysis above refers to the 102nd verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.

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 ḥā sīn bā

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