Hafiz soon
Qaf · 50:6

Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

Sahih International

Word 1 of 12

أَفَلَمْ

afalam

Then do not

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

ف

Harf · Supplemental particle

then

لمْ

Harf · Negative particle

did not

Grammar rules

Negation (not/no)

أَفَلَمْ (Then 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 & Exceptions
Question marker

أَفَلَمْ (Then do not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.

We rearrange the English into question form.

Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition