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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:101:8

بِمَا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Surah
16 · The Bee
Verse
16:101
Word in verse
8
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:101:8

Morphology

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

Sub-word segments

  1. بِprefix · P
  2. 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

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 · 253 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form بِمَا appears 253 times in the corpus.

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Community

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