Joseph 12:68Quranic text
وَلَمَّادَخَلُوا۟مِنْحَيْثُأَمَرَهُمْأَبُوهُممَّاكَانَيُغْنِىعَنْهُممِّنَٱللَّهِمِنشَىْءٍإِلَّاحَاجَةًفِىنَفْسِيَعْقُوبَقَضَىٰهَاوَإِنَّهُۥلَذُوعِلْمٍلِّمَاعَلَّمْنَٰهُوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ
Reference 12:68Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 12:68:24
لِّمَا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- لِّمَا Quranic text
- Simple
- لِّمَا
- Without tashkeel
- لما
- Normalised (searchable)
- لما
Position
Computed- Surah
- 12 · Joseph
- Verse
- 12:68
- Word in verse
- 24
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:12:68:24
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- because
- Transliteration
- limā
- Root
- none — this word has no triliteral root
- Lemma
- ما
- Part of speech
- Relative pronoun (REL)
- Features
- —
Sub-word segments
- لِّprefix · P
- مَاstem · REL
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 1.1How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 12:68 — 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 →
And when they entered as their father had instructed them, it did not avail them anything against God; it was just a need in the soul of Jacob, which he carried out. He was a person of knowledge inasmuch as We had taught him, but most people do not knowAnd when they entered in the manner which their father had enjoined, it would have naught availed them as against Allah; it was but a need of Jacob's soul which he thus satisfied; and lo! he was a lord of knowledge because We had taught him; but most of mankind know notAnd when they entered as their father had bidden them, it did not avert from them anything decreed of God; but it only served to satisfy a desire in the soul of Jacob which he had charged them to perform; for he was possessed of knowledge which we had taught him; but most men have not that knowledgeAnd when they had entered as their father bade them, it availed them nothing against God, save for a want in Jacob's soul which it fulfilled; for, verily, he was possessed of knowledge, for that we had taught him;- but most men do not knowSame form · 21 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form لِّمَا appears 21 times in the corpus.
- لِّمَا2:41:5
- لِّمَا2:66:3
- لِّمَا2:89:8
- لِّمَا2:91:19
- لِّمَا2:97:13
- لِّمَا2:101:8
- لِّمَا3:3:6
- لِّمَا3:50:2
- لِّمَا3:81:15
- لِّمَا4:47:9
- لِّمَا5:46:8
- لِّمَا5:46:19
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