The tenth word of verse (3:144) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and conditional 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 fa is usually translated as "then" or "so".

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:144:10) afa-in So if
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle COND – conditional particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة حرف شرط

Verse (3:144)

The analysis above refers to the 144th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful.

See Also

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

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