Quran 17:40: The Last Testament

Has your Lord preferred for you the males, while He takes the females as Angels? You are indeed saying a great thing!

17:40Verse 2084 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَفَاَصْفٰيكُمْ

afa-aṣfākum

Then has your Lord chosen (for) you

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form أصفى. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

Then has your Lord chosen (for) you

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaفَfaاَāaصْṣفٰfāيyكُkuمْm

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ROOTص ف و

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 3 attached parts

What this word is doing

“أَ” (ʾaa)This word asks a question, like “is?” or “do?”Corpus grammarINTG — prefixed intg particle.

“فَ” (fa)This is an extra supporting word used for Arabic grammar or emphasis.Corpus grammarSUP — prefixed sup particle.

“أَصْفَىٰ” (ʾaaṣfāā)means “Then has your Lord chosen (for) you” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern four, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.

“كُمْ” (kum)an attached pronoun meaning “you all.” It shows who is being addressed.Corpus grammarPRON — second person masculine plural attached pronoun.