Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Maryam · 19:67

Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

Sahih International

Word 1 of 10

أَوَلَا

awalā

Does not

Word breakdown

Harf · Interrogative particle

Harf · Supplemental particle

and

لا

Harf · Negative particle

not/no

Negation (not/no)

أَوَلَا (Does 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

أَوَلَا (Does not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.