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أَلا will you not in Arabic

أَلا is how you say “will you not” in Arabic.

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قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كُفِيتَ ذَلِكَ وَدُعِيتَ إِلَى الْجَمَالِ وَالْمَالِ وَالشَرَفِ وَالْكَفَاءَةِ أَلا تُجِيبُ؟

I said: If that would be enough, and you were asked for beauty, wealth, honor, and suitability, would you not answer?

أَلا will you not

A negative-question particle ('would you not...?') that combines a negation with a question to invite agreement, expecting a 'yes'. It opens the answer-clause of the condition, prodding him toward consent.

From The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah

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