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question in Arabic

سُؤَال

Pronunciation: suʾāl
Arabizi: su2al
Type: noun · masculine
Plural: أَسْئِلَةٌ asʾila
Root: س أ ل

How to use it

سُؤَالٌ is the common word for “question”. It is a masculine noun; its plural أَسْئِلَةٌ is used for multiple questions. The verb form is سَأَلَ (to ask).

Example sentences

لَدَيْهِ سُؤَالٌ عَنِ الدَّرْسِ.

ladayhi suʾālun ʿani al-darsi.

He has a question about the lesson.
أَجِبْ عَلى السُّؤَالِ بِصِدْقٍ.

ʾajib ʿalā al-suʾāli bi-ṣidqin.

Answer the question honestly.
السُّؤَالُ هُوَ بَدْءُ العِلْمِ.

al-suʾālu huwa badiʾu al-ʿilmi.

The question is the start of knowledge.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Question 17

السؤال رقم 17

Good question!

سؤال جيد.

“Question time”

”وقت لطرح الأسئلة“

A question remains.

ولكن هناك سؤال لا يزال مطروحا.

That's the question.

هذا هو السؤال

Answer the question.

أجب على السؤال.

The Election Question

مسألة الانتخابات

Europe’s Russia Question

أوروبا والمسألة الروسية

You need to put a question mark at the end of a question.

عليك أن تضع علامة استفهام في نهاية السؤال.

So let's try asking a question, like a health related question.

لذا لنجرب أن نسأله سؤالا مرتبطًا بالصحة.

The question of Palestine is at the core of the Middle East question.

وتمثل قضية فلسطين لب مشكلة الشرق الأوسط.

The leftmost question is the first question that the student attempted.

السؤال في أقصى اليسار هو أول الاسئلة التي حاول التلميذ حلها

Questions and answers

How do I ask a question politely?

Start with هَلْ or مَا followed by the verb سَأَلْتُ.

Is there a short informal form?

In spoken Arabic people often say "سؤال؟" alone.

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Updated 2026-10-22