Quran 37:149: The Last Testament

So ask them: "Are the daughters for your Lord, while the sons are for them?"

37:149Verse 3970 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ

fa-is'taftihim

Then ask them

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

Then ask them

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاāسْsتَtaفْfتِtiهِhiمْm

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ROOTف ت ي

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

“اسْتَفْتِ” (astafti)means “Then ask them” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is verb pattern ten, second person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — second person masculine singular imperative verb.

“هِمْ” (him)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural attached pronoun.