The first word of verse (53:12) is divided into 5 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. 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". The passive imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is mīm rā yā (م ر ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (53) sūrat l-najm (The Star) (53:12:1) afatumārūnahu Then will you dispute with him
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 2nd person masculine plural passive imperfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة فعل مضارع مبني للمجهول والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع نائب فاعل والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (53:12)

The analysis above refers to the twelfth verse of chapter 53 (sūrat l-najm):

Sahih International: So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

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 mīm rā yā

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	Kais 30th May, 2013 Suggestion (not by me): Is this a form III verb?
	Abdul Rahman 30th May, 2013 Yes, the verb is second person masculine plural Form III imperfect verb, active voice not passive.

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