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أَفْلَا why not in Arabic

أَفْلَا is how you say “why not” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قَالَ أَفْلَا جَارِيَةً تُلاَعِبُهَا وَتُلاَعِبُكَ

He said, "Why not a slave-girl who will play with her and with you?"

أَفْلَا why not

This bundles a question marker with a negation to form a 'why not...?' that is really a gentle suggestion, not a real question. Its job is to nudge the listener toward the idea that comes next rather than to ask for information.

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