The second word of verse (79:10) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, accusative particle 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 accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The attached object pronoun is first person plural.

Chapter (79) sūrat l-nāziʿāt (Those who Pull Out) (79:10:2) a-innā "Will we
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif ACC – accusative particle PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام حرف نصب و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل نصب اسم «ان»

Verse (79:10)

The analysis above refers to the tenth verse of chapter 79 (sūrat l-nāziʿāt):

Sahih International: They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

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• The Particle alif (أ)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
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