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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 12:80:20

مَا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Surah
12 · Joseph
Verse
12:80
Word in verse
20
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:12:80:20

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
that
Transliteration
mā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
ما
Part of speech
Relative pronoun (REL)
Features
—

Sub-word segments

  1. 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 1.1
Joseph 12:80Quranic text

فَلَمَّاٱسْتَيْـَٔسُوا۟مِنْهُخَلَصُوا۟نَجِيًّاقَالَكَبِيرُهُمْأَلَمْتَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّأَبَاكُمْقَدْأَخَذَعَلَيْكُممَّوْثِقًامِّنَٱللَّهِوَمِنقَبْلُمَافَرَّطتُمْفِىيُوسُفَفَلَنْأَبْرَحَٱلْأَرْضَحَتَّىٰيَأْذَنَلِىٓأَبِىٓأَوْيَحْكُمَٱللَّهُلِىوَهُوَخَيْرُٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ

Reference 12:80

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 12:80 — 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 despaired of him, they conferred privately. Their eldest said, “Don’t you know that your father received a pledge from you before God, and in the past you failed with regard to Joseph? I will not leave this land until my father permits me, or God decides for me; for He is the Best of Deciders.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
So, When they despaired of (moving) him, they conferred together apart. The eldest of them said: Know ye not how your father took an undertaking from you in Allah's name and how ye failed in the case of Joseph aforetime? Therefore I shall not go forth from the land until my father giveth leave or Allah judgeth for me. He is the Best of Judges
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And when they despaired of Benjamin, they went apart for counsel. The eldest of them said, "Know ye not how that your father hath taken a pledge from you before God, and how formerly ye failed in duty with regard to Joseph? I will not quit the land till my father give me leave, or God decide for me; for of those who decide is He the best
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when they despaired of him they retired to consult privately. Said the eldest of them, 'Do ye not know that your father has taken a compact from God against you? Aforetime ye exceeded in the matter of Joseph - I will surely not quit the land until my father give me leave, or God judge for me, for He is the best of judges
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 714 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form مَا appears 714 times in the corpus.

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