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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 12:111:12

وَلَٰكِن

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
وَلَٰكِن Quranic text
Simple
وَلَٰكِن
Without tashkeel
ولكن
Normalised (searchable)
ولكن

Position

Computed
Verse
12:111
Word in verse
12
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:12:111:12

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
but
Transliteration
walākin
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
لٰكِن
Part of speech
AMD
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. وَprefix · CONJ
  2. لَٰكِنstem · AMD

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 12:111 — 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 →

In their stories is a lesson for those who possess intelligence. This is not a fabricated tale, but a confirmation of what came before it, and a detailed explanation of all things, and guidance, and mercy for people who believe
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
In their history verily there is a lesson for men of understanding. It is no invented story but a confirmation of the existing (Scripture) and a detailed explanation of everything, and a guidance and a mercy for folk who believe
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Certainly in their histories is an example for men of understanding. This is no new tale of fiction, but a confirmation of previous scriptures, and an explanation of all things, and guidance and mercy to those who believe
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Their stories were a lesson to those endowed with minds. It was not a tale forged, but a verification of what was before it, and a detailing of everything, and a guide and a mercy to a people who believe
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 51 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form وَلَٰكِن appears 51 times in the corpus.

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