The Bee 16:101Quranic text
وَإِذَابَدَّلْنَآءَايَةًمَّكَانَءَايَةٍوَٱللَّهُأَعْلَمُبِمَايُنَزِّلُقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّمَآأَنتَمُفْتَرٍۭبَلْأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ
Reference 16:101Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:101:4
مَّكَانَ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- مَّكَانَ Quranic text
- Simple
- مَّكَانَ
- Without tashkeel
- مكان
- Normalised (searchable)
- مكان
Position
Computed- Surah
- 16 · The Bee
- Verse
- 16:101
- Word in verse
- 4
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:101:4
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- (in) place
- Transliteration
- makāna
- Root
- ك و نk-w-n
- Lemma
- مَكان
- Part of speech
- Noun (N)
- Features
- case: ACCgender: M
Sub-word segments
- مَّكَانَstem · N · ك و ن
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 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 knowAnd 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 notAnd 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 knowledgeAnd 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 knowSame form · 2 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form مَّكَانَ appears 2 times in the corpus.
Root ك و ن · 1390 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root ك و ن occurs 1390 times across 121 distinct forms.
- كَانُوا۟2:10:11
- كَانُوا۟2:16:10
- كُنتُمْ2:23:2
- كُنتُمْ2:23:19
- وَكُنتُمْ2:28:4
- كُنتُمْ2:31:14
- كُنتُمْ2:33:21
- وَكَانَ2:34:11
- فَتَكُونَا2:35:16
- كَانَا2:36:6
- تَكُونُوٓا۟2:41:8
- كَانُوٓا۟2:57:16
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