The second word of verse (46:4) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is rā hamza yā (ر أ ي). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (46) sūrat l-aḥqāf (The Curved Sand-hills) (46:4:2) ara-aytum "Do you see
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (46:4)

The analysis above refers to the fourth verse of chapter 46 (sūrat l-aḥqāf):

Sahih International: Say, [O Muhammad], "Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allah ? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful."

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 rā hamza yā

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