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Ash-Shu'ara · Ayah 197

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Is it not

أَوَلَمْ

Is it not

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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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.

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

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