The first word of verse (40:21) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, supplemental particle and negative particle. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The supplemental particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so".

Chapter (40) sūrat ghāfir (The Forgiver God) (40:21:1) awalam Do not
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif SUP – prefixed supplemental particle NEG – negative particle	الهمزة همزة استفهام الواو زائدة حرف نفي

Verse (40:21)

The analysis above refers to the 21st verse of chapter 40 (sūrat ghāfir):

Sahih International: Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those who were before them? They were greater than them in strength and in impression on the land, but Allah seized them for their sins. And they had not from Allah any protector.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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Jamal ibn Khalil 4th November, 2011 salamun alykum, The word اولم of verse (40:21) and the word افلم of verse (40:82) do not give the same meaning even though حرف و and حرف ف were احرف زائدة . please give a distinct definition for each of حرف و and حرف ف . I am certain that اولم and افلم have a bearing differently from the verse in question or the previous verse or even the subsequent one . If حرف و and حرف ف were given the same meaning of those two verses above, then Quran has no eloquence معاذ الله .

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