The seventeenth word of verse (2:87) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and time adverb. 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".

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:87:17) afakullamā Is it (not) so (that) whenever
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle T – time adverb	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة ظرف زمان

Verse (2:87)

The analysis above refers to the 87th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And We did certainly give Moses the Torah and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf lām lām

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