Quran 50:6: The Last Testament

Did they not look to the sky above them, how We built it, and adorned it, and how it has no gaps?

50:6Verse 4682 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَفَلَمْ

afalam

Then 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

Then do not

Letter-by-letter reading

اَaaفَfaلَlaمْm

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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.

“فَ” (fa)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.