The first word of verse (5:74) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and negative particle. 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".

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:74:1) afalā So will not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle NEG – negative particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة حرف نفي

Verse (5:74)

The analysis above refers to the 74th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: So will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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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