Ali 'Imran
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Ali 'Imran · Ayah 23

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Translation

Have not

Word Breakdown

أَلَمْ

Have not

Word Breakdown

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

?

لَمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

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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.
Question marker
أَلَمْ (Have not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

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.

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