The fourth word of verse (5:53) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and demonstrative pronoun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The demonstrative pronoun is plural.

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:53:4) ahāulāi "Are these
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif DEM – plural demonstrative pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام اسم اشارة

Verse (5:53)

The analysis above refers to the 53rd verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: And those who believe will say, "Are these the ones who swore by Allah their strongest oaths that indeed they were with you?" Their deeds have become worthless, and they have become losers.

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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