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Univerbation of هَـ(ha-, now interrogative أَ(ʔa)) + لـ(l-, affirmative particle, found as لَـ(la-, “truly”) and the exhortative لِـ(li-) the vowel of which disappears between فَـ(fa-) or وَ(wa) and a following verb).
If it is meant that the minds of right-minded men have not attained knowledge of such things, then yes, this is true. If, however, it is meant that not even right-minded men have knowledge of nor are certain about anything but are rather in doubt and perplexity, this is absolutely false, together with what Ḏū al-Nūn said on this matter. Ḏū al-Nūn himself, though, did say things for which he was reproached and chastised by al-Ḥāriṯ ibn Miskīn, and he was sent for by al-Mutawakkil and was charged with heresy and has been deemed to be among the Philosophers, and so I do not know whether he said this or not.
Usage notes
Cannot precede a negative sentence, a conditional sentence, or إِنَّ(ʔinna).
Tropper, Josef (2003) “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, pages 200–201