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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 10:12:16

كَأَن

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
كَأَن Quranic text
Simple
كَأَن
Without tashkeel
كأن
Normalised (searchable)
كان

Position

Computed
Surah
10 · Jonas
Verse
10:12
Word in verse
16
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:10:12:16

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
as if he
Transliteration
ka-an
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
كَأَنْ
Part of speech
Accusative particle (ACC)
Features
family: إِنّ

Sub-word segments

  1. كَأَنstem · ACC

Morphology is an external annotation from the Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus, licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. It is not Quranic text and never alters the token.

In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 10:12 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →

Whenever adversity touches the human being, he prays to Us—reclining on his side, or sitting, or standing. But when We have relieved his adversity from him, he goes away, as though he had never called on Us for trouble that had afflicted him. Thus the deeds of the transgressors appear good to them
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And if misfortune touch a man he crieth unto Us, (while reclining) on his side, or sitting or standing, but when We have relieved him of the misfortune he goeth his way as though he had not cried unto Us because of a misfortune that afflicted him. Thus is what they do made (seeming) fair unto the prodigal
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
When trouble toucheth a man, he crieth to us, on his side, or sitting, or standing; and when we withdraw his trouble from him, he passeth on as though he had not called on us against the trouble which touched him! Thus are the deeds of transgressors pre-arranged for them
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
When distress touches man, he calls us to his side, whether sitting or standing; but when we have removed from him his distress, he passes on as though he had not called on us in a distress that touched him. Thus unto the extravagant is made seemly that which they have done
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 9 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form كَأَن appears 9 times in the corpus.

Cited by 0 investigations

Community

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