An-Nisa
4:44

An-Nisa · Ayah 44

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Translation

Did not

Word Breakdown

أَلَمْ

Did not

Word Breakdown

أَHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

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لَمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, purchasing error [in exchange for it] and wishing you would lose the way?

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