حَرْف اسْتِفْهَام
harf istifham
Interrogative particle
Nahw · syntaxParticle typecore term961+ in the Qur'an
In one line
Interrogative particle
Classical definition
حَرْفَا الاسْتِفْهَامِ الهَمْزَةُ وَهَلْ، يُطْلَبُ بِهِمَا تَعْيِينُ شَيْءٍ أَوِ التَّصْدِيقُ بِهِ.
(ابن هشام)
Related terms
حَرْف جَرّ · harf jarr حَرْف عَطْف · harf 'atf حَرْف زَائِد · harf za'id حَرْف نَفْي · harf nafy
Domain: Nahw · Category: Particle type · Frequency in the Qur'an: 961 · Source: ابن هشام, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali