The ninth word of verse (25:60) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and verb. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is sīn jīm dāl (س ج د).

Chapter (25) sūrat l-fur'qān (The Criterion) (25:60:9) anasjudu Should we prostrate
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 1st person plural imperfect verb	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل مضارع

Verse (25:60)

The analysis above refers to the 60th verse of chapter 25 (sūrat l-fur'qān):

Sahih International: And when it is said to them, "Prostrate to the Most Merciful," they say, "And what is the Most Merciful? Should we prostrate to that which you order us?" And it increases them in aversion.

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 sīn jīm dāl

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