The first word of verse (36:81) 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 wa is usually translated as "then" or "so". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is lām yā sīn (ل ي س). The verb (ليس) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (36) sūrat yā sīn (36:81:1) awalaysa Is it not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb	الهمزة همزة استفهام الواو زائدة فعل ماض من اخوات «كان»

Verse (36:81)

The analysis above refers to the 81st verse of chapter 36 (sūrat yā sīn):

Sahih International: Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

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 lām yā sīn

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