Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:101:16

لَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): لَا Quranic text
Simple: لَا
Without tashkeel: لا
Normalised (searchable): لا

Position

Computed

Surah: 16 · The Bee
Verse: 16:101
Word in verse: 16
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:101:16

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: (do) not
Transliteration: lā

Root: none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma: لا
Part of speech: Negative particle (NEG)
Features: —

Sub-word segments

لَاstem · NEG

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

The Bee 16:101Quranic text

وَإِذَا بَدَّلْنَآ ءَايَةً مَّكَانَ ءَايَةٍ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُنَزِّلُ قَالُوٓا۟إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُفْتَرٍۭ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

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How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 16:101 — 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 →

When We substitute a verse in place of another verse—and God knows best what He reveals—they say, “You are an impostor.” But most of them do not know

Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

And when We put a revelation in place of (another) revelation, - and Allah knoweth best what He revealeth - they say: Lo! thou art but inventing. Most of them know not

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

And when we change one (sign) verse for another, and God knoweth best what He revealeth, they say, "Thou art only a fabricator." Nay! but most of them have no knowledge

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

And whenever we change one verse for another,- God knows best what He sends down. They say, 'Thou art but a forger!' - Nay, most of them do not know

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 616 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form لَا appears 616 times in the corpus.

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