Al-Ma'idah
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Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 40

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Translation

Do not

Word Breakdown

أَلَمْ

Do 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 (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
أَلَمْ (Do not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.

Sahih International

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.

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