Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Ash-Shu'ara · 26:197

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

Sahih International

Word 1 of 9

أَوَلَمْ

awalam

Is it not

Word breakdown

Harf · Interrogative particle

Harf · Supplemental particle

and

لمْ

Harf · Negative particle

did not

Negation (not/no)

أَوَلَمْ (Is it 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 (Is it not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.