Ar-Rum
30:9

Ar-Rum · Ayah 9

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Translation

Have not

Word Breakdown

أَوَلَمْ

Have not

Word Breakdown

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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Grammar Rules

Negation (not/no)
أَوَلَمْ (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
أَوَلَمْ (Have not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed [or excavated] the earth and built it up more than they [i.e., the Makkans] have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allāh would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.

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