Quran 37:153: The Last Testament

Has He chosen the daughters over the sons?

37:153Verse 3974 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَصْطَفَى

aṣṭafā

Has He chosen

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

Has He chosen

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaصْṣطَṭaفَfaىā

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ROOTص ف و

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

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

“صْطَفَى” (ṣṭafā)means “Has He chosen” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern eight, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.