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At-Tawbah · Ayah 78

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Do not

أَلَمْ

Do not

أHarf · Interrogative particle

Interrogative particle: introduces a question

لمْHarf · Negative particle

did not

Lemmaلَم

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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.

Did they not know that Allāh knows their secrets and their private conversations and that Allāh is the Knower of the unseen?

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