Quran 5:40: The Last Testament

Did you not know that God possesses the sovereignty of heavens and earth? He punishes whom He wills and He forgives whom He wills; and God is capable of all things.

5:40Verse 713 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَلَمْ

alam

Do 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

Do not

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaلَlaمْm

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ROOTNot applicable

WHAT THIS ISA negative word with one attached part

What this word is doing

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