lhcm Feb 8, 2010:

ever=كان / في الماضي شك بعض العلماء في وجوده في الماضي
أو
شك بعض العلماء هل هو كان موجودا (في الماضي)؟

Mona Helal (asker) Feb 4, 2010:

The problem Ibrahim, wasn't how the source sentence was written (Some people fail to add 'that' and 'whether' and they get away with it). The problem was formulating the sentence in Arabic to convey the intended meaning. I think Nadia is on the right track. Thank you all :))

Ibrahim I. Ibrahim (X) Feb 4, 2010:

Would it help if the original sentence had been written as follows: "...and some scholars doubted that/whether it ever existed"?

Mona Helal (asker) Feb 4, 2010:

ever existed

Fuad Yahya Feb 4, 2010:

Which tense? The tense of "doubted" or "ever existed"?