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At-Tawbah · 9:63

Do they not know that whoever opposes Allāh and His Messenger - that for him is the fire of Hell, wherein he will abide eternally? That is the great disgrace.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 16

أَلَمْ

alam

Do not

Word breakdown

أ

Harf · Interrogative particle

?

لمْ

Harf · Negative particle

did 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 & Exceptions
Question 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