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وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا لَهَا ۝٣
Sentence structure
وَقَالَ is a coordinated perfect verb and ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ its subject. Interrogative مَا introduces the quoted question; لَهَا completes its predicate expression.

Ayah summary
The human being will ask in astonishment what has happened to the earth.

وَقَالَ — and says
Grammar: وَ coordinates; a third-person masculine-singular perfect.

ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ — the human being
Grammar: A defined masculine nominative subject of قَالَ.

مَا — what
Grammar: An interrogative noun; its predicate is omitted.

لَهَا — is wrong with it
Grammar: A preposition with a feminine-singular genitive pronoun; the phrase is linked to the omitted predicate of مَا.

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Surah Az-Zalzalah · Ayah 3

Surah Az-Zalzalah — Part 1

وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا لَهَا ۝٣
Sentence structure
وَقَالَ is a coordinated perfect verb and ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ its subject. Interrogative مَا introduces the quoted question; لَهَا completes its predicate expression.

Ayah summary
The human being will ask in astonishment what has happened to the earth.

وَقَالَ — and says
Grammar: وَ coordinates; a third-person masculine-singular perfect.

ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ — the human being
Grammar: A defined masculine nominative subject of قَالَ.

مَا — what
Grammar: An interrogative noun; its predicate is omitted.

لَهَا — is wrong with it
Grammar: A preposition with a feminine-singular genitive pronoun; the phrase is linked to the omitted predicate of مَا.