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Al-Baqarah · Ayah 77

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Do not

أَوَلَا

Do not

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

وَHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

and

لَاHarf · Negative particle

not/no

Lemmaلَا

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Negation (not/no)

أَوَلَا (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.

Question marker

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

We rearrange the English into question form.

But do they not know that Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare?

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