Quran 77:16: The Last Testament

Did We not destroy the ancient people

77:16Verse 5711 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

اَلَمْ

alam

Did 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

Did 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.