The third word of verse (68:28) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An interrogative alif and negative particle. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do".

Chapter (68) sūrat l-qalam (The Pen) (68:28:3) alam "Did not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif NEG – negative particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام حرف نفي

Verse (68:28)

The analysis above refers to the 28th verse of chapter 68 (sūrat l-qalam):

Sahih International: The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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