يَحْسَبُthink

Example sentences

• فإن قيل فقد قال تعالى ﴿أَيَحْسَبُ الإِنْسَانُ أَلَّنْ نَجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُ بَلَى قَادِرِينَ عَلَى أَنْ نُسَوِّيَ بَنَانَهُ﴾

  Then if it is said, Allah, the Exalted, stated: 'Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? Yes, We are able to proportion his fingertips.'

  أَيَحْسَبُ — Does think. This word fronts a yes-or-no question particle onto a present-tense verb, so it asks 'does he reckon'. Arabic forms many questions by prefixing this small particle rather than by reordering words as English does, and the verb still carries its own subject.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →