Ghafir
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Ghafir · Ayah 21

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Translation

Do not

Word Breakdown

۞ أَوَلَمْ

Do 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 (Do 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 (Do 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 land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allāh seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allāh any protector.

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