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Verse (44:37), Word 1 - Quranic Grammar

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The first word of verse (44:37) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and personal pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The personal pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (44) sūrat l-dukhān (The Smoke)


(44:37:1)
ahum
Are they
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif
PRON – 3rd person masculine plural personal pronoun
الهمزة همزة استفهام
ضمير منفصل

Verse (44:37)

The analysis above refers to the 37th verse of chapter 44 (sūrat l-dukhān):

Sahih International: Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

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