Quran 26:197: The Last Testament

Was it not a sign for them that the scholars of the Children of Israel knew it?

26:197Verse 3153 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَوَلَمْ

awalam

Is it not

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form لم. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

Is it not

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaوَwaلَlaمْm

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ROOTNot applicable

WHAT THIS ISA negative word with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“أَ” (ʾaa)This word asks a question, like “is?” or “do?”Corpus grammarINTG — prefixed intg particle.

“وَ” (wa)This is an extra supporting word used for Arabic grammar or emphasis.Corpus grammarSUP — prefixed sup particle.

“لَمْ” (lam)This means “not.” It makes the part that follows negative — here, it excludes the group or action named after it.Corpus grammarNEG — negative particle.