Al-Hajj
22:46

Al-Hajj · Ayah 46

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Translation

So have not

Word Breakdown

أَفَلَمْ

So have not

Word Breakdown

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

فHarf · Supplemental particle

Supplementary particle: adds emphasis or rhetorical effect

then

لمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.

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