Hafiz soon
Ibrahim · 14:28

Have you not considered those who exchanged the favor of Allāh for disbelief and settled their people [in] the home of ruin?

Sahih International

Word 1 of 12

۞ أَلَمْ

alam

Have not

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

لمْ

Harf · Negative particle

did not

Grammar rules

Negation (not/no)

۞ أَلَمْ (Have not) is a negation word — it makes the next word negative, like "not" or "no".

We add "not" or "no" to negate what follows.

Lesson 19 · Negation & Exceptions
Question marker

۞ أَلَمْ (Have not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition