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At-Tawbah · 9:13
Would you not fight against a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the Messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allāh has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers.
Sahih International
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أَلَا
alā
Will not
Word breakdown
أ
Harf · Interrogative particle?
لا
Harf · Negative particlenot/no
Grammar rules
Negation (not/no)
أَلَا (Will 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
أَلَا (Will not) marks a question — it turns the sentence into a question.
We rearrange the English into question form.
Lesson 17 · Questions & Prohibition