Hafiz soon
Ghafir · 40:82
Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 25
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
Do they not
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
ف
Harf · Supplemental particlethen
لمْ
Harf · Negative particledid not
Grammar rules
Negation (not/no)
أَفَلَمْ (Do they 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
أَفَلَمْ (Do they not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition