Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Al-Mu'minun · 23:68

Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?

Sahih International

Word 1 of 10

أَفَلَمْ

afalam

Then, do not

Word breakdown

Harf · Interrogative particle

Harf · Supplemental particle

then

لمْ

Harf · Negative particle

did not

Negation (not/no)

أَفَلَمْ (Then, 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

أَفَلَمْ (Then, do not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.