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Ta-Ha · Ayah 89

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Then, did not

أَفَلَا

Then, did not

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

لاHarf · Negative particle

not/no

Lemmaلَا

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Negation (not/no)

أَفَلَا (Then, 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

أَفَلَا (Then, did not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech [i.e., response] and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

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