The thirteenth word of verse (28:48) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and negative particle. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The supplemental particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so".

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) (28:48:13) awalam Did not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle NEG – negative particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام الواو زائدة حرف نفي

Verse (28:48)

The analysis above refers to the 48th verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, "Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?" Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before? They said, "[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers."

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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