Al-Baqarah
2:258

Al-Baqarah · Ayah 258

1/43

Translation

Did not

Word Breakdown

أَلَمْ

Did not

Word Breakdown

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

لَمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

Click on a word or start guided reading mode (↓)

Grammar Rules

Negation (not/no)
أَلَمْ (Did 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
أَلَمْ (Did not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allāh had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allāh brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

1/43