أَلاَ shall I in Arabic
أَلاَ is how you say “shall I” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَلاَ أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ مَا حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ عَنْ مَرَضِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
I said to him, "Shall I relate to you what Aisha told me about the Prophet's illness, may God bless him and grant him peace?"
أَلاَ Shall I
A particle fusing a question marker with negation, used not to deny but to offer or invite, 'shall I...?'. Its real job is framing the polite offer that follows, beyond its literal parts.
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فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ أَلاَ أَرَاكَ تَطُوفُ بِمَكَّةِ آمِنًا،
So Abu Jahl said to him, "Do I not see you moving about in Mecca in safety?"
أَلاَ do you not
A questioning particle that opens a rhetorical 'do I not...?' — it expects agreement and carries a tone of surprise or challenge rather than a genuine request for information.
أَلاَ تَسَمَّعْنَا مِنْ هُنَيْهَاتِكَ،
Will you not let us hear some of your short verses?
أَلاَ won't you
This opening particle is a gentle prompting marker, framing what follows not as a flat question but as an urging, 'won't you...?'. Its job is to soften a request into an invitation, setting the tone for the verb that follows.