The twelfth word of verse (7:173) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle, verb 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 form IV imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine singular and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is hā lām kāf (ه ل ك). The attached object pronoun is first person plural.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:173:12) afatuh'likunā So will You destroy us
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle V – 2nd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun	الهمزة همزة استفهام الفاء زائدة فعل مضارع و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (7:173)

The analysis above refers to the 173rd verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hā lām kāf

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