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Ali 'Imran · 3:23
Do you not consider, [O Muḥammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allāh that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.
Sahih International
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أَلَمْ
alam
Have not
Word breakdown
أَ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
لَمْ
Harf · Negative particledid not
Grammar rules
Negation (not/no)
أَلَمْ (Have 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 & ExceptionsQuestion marker
أَلَمْ (Have not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition