Here we see some word for questioning.
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Meaning |
Example |
Meaning |
الاسْتِفْهَامُ |
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What is your name? |
مَا اسْمُكَ؟ |
What? |
مَا...؟ |
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How are you? |
كَيْفَ حَالُكَ؟ |
How? |
كَيْفَ...؟ |
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Where did you come from? |
مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ؟ |
From where? |
مِنْ أَيْنَ...؟ |
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Are you a student? |
هَلْ أَنْتَ طَالِبٌ؟ |
Is that? |
هَلْ ...؟ |
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Do you have any brother? |
أ لَكَ أَخٌ ؟ |
Do you? |
أَ...؟ |
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Is this a house? |
أَهَـٰذَا بَيْتٌ؟ |
Is this? |
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Why did you go to hospital? |
لِمَاذَا ذَهَبْتَ إِلَى الْمُسْتَشْفَى؟ |
Why? |
لِمَاذَا. ؟/لِمَ.. ؟ |
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When did you leave? |
مَتَى خَرَجْتَ؟ |
When? |
مَتَى...؟ |
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Where did Hamid go? |
أَيْنَ ذَهَبَ حَامِدٌ؟ |
Where? |
أَيْنَ...؟ |
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Who is in the bedroom? |
مَنْ فِي الْغُرْفَةِ؟ |
Who? |
مَنْ...؟ |
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What is on the table? |
مَاذَا عَلَى الْمَكْتَبِ؟ |
What? |
مَاذَا...؟ |
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Whose pen is this? |
لِمَنْ هٰذَاالْقَلَمُ؟ |
For whom? |
لِمَنْ...؟ |
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How many pen do you have? |
كَمْ قَلَمًا عِنْدَكَ؟ |
how many? |
كَمْ....؟ |
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What about are they asking each other? |
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ |
In which matter? |
عَمَّ...؟ |
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They ask, when will the day of judgement come? |
يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ |
When? |
أَيَّانَ...؟ |
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From where is this for you? |
أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هٰذَا؟ |
where? |
أَنَّى...؟ |
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Or do you have any clear proof? |
أَمْ لَكُمْ سُلْطَانٌ مُّبِينٌ |
Do they? |
أَمْ...؟ |
For intellectual living being like human, jinn, angels مَنْ is used and for objects/ living being without intellect مَا is used. example,
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Who is this? مَنْ هَـٰذَا؟ |
What is this? مَا هَـٰذَا؟ |
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Who is that? مَنْ ذَلِكَ؟ |
What is that? مَا ذَلِكَ؟ |
Example from Quran:
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They said, are you Yousuf indeed? |
قَالُوا أَإِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ |
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Do you witness that there is other to worship besides Allah? |
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ مَعَ اللَّهِ آلِهَةً أُخْرَىٰ |
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Ask, who is the greatest witness? |
قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَادَةً |
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Do you think that you will go to heaven? |
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ |
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Oh, Musa! What is in your right hand? |
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ |
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They ask you what will they spend? |
يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ |
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He asked Maryam from where did these stuffs come to you? |
قَالَ يَا مَرْيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَا |
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He said oh my master, how could I have a child? |
قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٌ |
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They said how long they have been there? |
قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ |
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Whose dominion is today? |
لِّمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ |
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Where are those whom you consider as associates? |
أَيْنَ شُرَكَاؤُكُمُ الَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ |
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They ask when will be the day of judgement? |
يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ |
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Which of the favor of your lord will you (both) deny? |
فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ |
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Have you not believed? 2:260 |
قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن |
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how You give life to the dead 2:260 |
كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ |
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Of what do they ask one another (questions)? 78:1 |
عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ |
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When is the help of Allah ?" 2:214 |
مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ |
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They ask ˹mockingly˺, “When is this Day of Judgment?” 51:12 |
يَسْأَلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ الدِّينِ |
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who created the heavens and the earth 39:38 |
مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ |
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