Al-Anbya
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Al-Anbya · Ayah 30

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Translation

Do not

Word Breakdown

أَوَلَمْ

Do not

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

وHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

and

لمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and then We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?

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