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Al-Ma'idah · 5:40
Do you not know that to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth? He punishes whom He wills and forgives whom He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 19
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
Word breakdown
أَ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
لَمْ
Harf · Negative particledid not
Grammar rules
Negation (not/no)
أَلَمْ (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.
Lesson 19 · Negation & ExceptionsQuestion marker
أَلَمْ (Do not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition