Hafiz soon
An-Nahl · 16:79
Do they not see the birds controlled in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up except Allāh. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
Sahih International
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أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
لمْ
Harf · Negative particledid not
Grammar rules
Negation (not/no)
أَلَمْ (Do 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 & ExceptionsQuestion marker
أَلَمْ (Do not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition