Quran 95:8: The Last Testament

Is God not the wisest of the wise?

95:8Verse 6197 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَلَيْسَ

alaysa

Is not

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

Is not

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaلَlaيْyسَsa

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ROOTل ي س

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.

“لَيْسَ” (laysa)means “Is not” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.