Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:185
Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allāh has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement [i.e., message] hereafter will they believe?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 22
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
Word breakdown
أَ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
وَ
Harf · Supplemental particleand
لَمْ
Harf · Negative particledid not
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.
Lesson 19 · Negation & ExceptionsQuestion marker
أَوَلَمْ (Do not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition