The second word of verse (54:24) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and noun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The indefinite noun is masculine and is in the accusative case (منصوب). The noun's triliteral root is bā shīn rā (ب ش ر).

Chapter (54) sūrat l-qamar (The Moon) (54:24:2) abasharan "Is (it) a human being
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif N – accusative masculine indefinite noun	الهمزة همزة استفهام اسم منصوب

Verse (54:24)

The analysis above refers to the 24th verse of chapter 54 (sūrat l-qamar):

Sahih International: And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.

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 bā shīn rā

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