Quran 90:5: The Last Testament

Does he think that no one is able to best him?

90:5Verse 6114 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَيَحْسَبُ

ayaḥsabu

Does he think

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

Does he think

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaيَyaحْḥسَsaبُbu

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ROOTح س ب

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.

“يَحْسَبُ” (yaḥsabu)means “Does he think” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is imperfect verb, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular imperfect verb.