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Ali 'Imran · 3:165

Why [is it that] when a [single] disaster struck you [on the day of Uḥud], although you had struck [the enemy in the battle of Badr] with one twice as great, you said, "From where is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves [i.e., due to your sin]." Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 20

أَوَلَمَّآ

awalammā

Or when

Word breakdown

أَ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

وَ

Harf · Supplemental particle

and

لَمَّآ

Ism · Time adverb

Or when

Grammar rules

Question marker

أَوَلَمَّآ (Or when) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition