Interrogative pronouns in Arabic - اِسْمُ الإِسْتِفْهِامِ

 

قَالُوا أَإِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ

 

 

 

 

They said, “Are you indeed Joseph?” (12:90)

 

 

 

قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَادَةً

 

 

 

 

Say, “What thing is greatest in testimony?” (6:19)

 

 

 

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ

 

 

 

 

Or do you think that you will enter Paradise (2:214)

 

 

 

مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ

 

 

 

 

Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission?  (2:255)

 

 

 

وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ

 

 

 

 

And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?” (20:17)

 

 

 

يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ

 

 

 

 

They ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. (2:215)

 

 

 

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ 

 

 

 

 

O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? (61:2)

 

 

 

قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ

 

 

He said, “How long have you remained?” (2:259)

 

 

 

وَانظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْمًا