لَمْ
Lam
Did not
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Grammar
Part of SpeechNegative Particle (Ḥarf Nafy wa Jazm wa Qalb)
Root (Arabic)
Root Transliteration
Tajweed & Pronunciation
Phonetic SpellingLam
Common MistakeAdding an extra bounce (Qalqalah) on the Lām or Mīm Sākinah, or stretching the vowel into 'Lām'.
Learning Notes
Micro Tafsir
In Quranic Arabic, *Lam* is a powerful particle of absolute past denial. When used in Surah Al-Ikhlas (*Lam yalid wa lam yūlad*), it definitively negates any past origin, lineage, or human-like attribute for Allah across all eternity.
Memory Hook
Remember: *Lam* (لَمْ) + Present Verb = 'Did not [do something in the past]'.
Audio Pronunciation
Contextual Verse
Al-Ikhlas (112:3)
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
He neither begets nor is born,
Common Combinations
لَمْ يَلِدْ
Lam yalid
لَمْ (did not) + يَلِدْ (beget/father)
He does not beget / He has not begotten
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
He neither begets nor is born,
أَلَمْ تَرَ
Alam tara
أَ (did/have) + لَمْ (not) + تَرَ (you see/consider)
Have you not seen? / Have you not considered?
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ
Have you not considered, [O Muhammad], how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
Forms
لَمْوَلَمْفَلَمْأَلَمْ
Related Words
لنلالما