لَم يَعْلَم
لَمْ يَعْلَم is a verbal sentence (الجُمْلَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ) consisting of a jussive, past tense negative particle and a jussive, present tense verb
The natural state of the present tense verb is يَعْلَمُ however due to the presence of the jussive particle لَم that precedes it, it’s state changes to لَم يَعْلَم
| Sentence | Particle / Verb | Verb | Particle | |||
| الجُمْلَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ | حَرْفٌ جَزْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ مَجْزُوْمٌ | فِعْلٌ مُضَارِعٌ مَجْزُوْمٌ بِالسُّكُوْنِ الزَّاهِرَةِ | حَرْفٌ جَزْمٌ | |||
| verbal sentence | Sentence | a present or future tense jussive verb | a jussive, past tense, negative particle | |||
| did not He know | – | لَمْ يَعْلَم | = | يَعْلَم | + | لَم |
| did he not know | he know | did not | ||||
| Surah/ | Below are the 3 verses in the holy Quran containing the jussive particle and jussive verb | لَم يَعْلَم |
| Verse | ||
| 28-78 | ||
| 96-5 | He taught man what he did not know | عَلَّمَ الإِنْسَانَ مَا لَم يَعْلَم |
| 96-14 | Does he not know that Allah (SWT) sees | أَلَم يَعْلَم بِأَنَّ اللهَ يَرَى |