An-Nahl
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An-Nahl · Ayah 48

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Translation

Have not

Word Breakdown

أَوَلَمْ

Have not

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

وHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

and

لمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

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Grammar Rules

Negation (not/no)
أَوَلَمْ (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.
Question marker
أَوَلَمْ (Have not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Have they not considered what things Allāh has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allāh, while they [i.e., those creations] are humble.

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