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Al-Mu'minun · 23:105

[It will be said], "Were not My verses recited to you and you used to deny them?"

Sahih International

Word 1 of 8

أَلَمْ

alam

Were not

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

لمْ

Harf · Negative particle

did not

Grammar rules

Negation (not/no)

أَلَمْ (Were not) is a negation word — it makes the next word negative, like "not" or "no".

We add "not" or "no" to negate what follows.

Lesson 19 · Negation & Exceptions
Question marker

أَلَمْ (Were not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition