The Bee 16:126Quranic text
وَإِنْعَاقَبْتُمْفَعَاقِبُوا۟بِمِثْلِمَاعُوقِبْتُمبِهِۦوَلَئِنصَبَرْتُمْلَهُوَخَيْرٌلِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ
Reference 16:126Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:126:11
خَيْرٌ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- خَيْرٌ Quranic text
- Simple
- خَيْرٌ
- Without tashkeel
- خير
- Normalised (searchable)
- خير
Position
Computed- Surah
- 16 · The Bee
- Verse
- 16:126
- Word in verse
- 11
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:126:11
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- better
- Transliteration
- khayrun
- Root
- خ ي رkh-y-r
- Lemma
- خَيْر
- Part of speech
- Noun (N)
- Features
- case: NOMstate: indefinitegender: Mnumber: singular
Sub-word segments
- خَيْرٌstem · N · خ ي ر
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 16:126 — 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 →
If you were to retaliate, retaliate to the same degree as the injury done to you. But if you resort to patience—it is better for the patientIf ye punish, then punish with the like of that wherewith ye were afflicted. But if ye endure patiently, verily it is better for the patientIf ye make reprisals, then make them to the same extent that ye were injured: but if ye can endure patiently, best will it be for the patiently enduringBut if ye punish, punish (only) as ye were punished; but if ye are patient, it is best for those who are patientSame form · 78 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form خَيْرٌ appears 78 times in the corpus.
- خَيْرٌ2:54:17
- خَيْرٌ2:61:30
- خَيْرٌ2:103:9
- خَيْرٌ2:184:24
- خَيْرٌ2:184:28
- خَيْرٌ2:216:12
- خَيْرٌ2:220:10
- خَيْرٌ2:221:8
- خَيْرٌ2:221:20
- خَيْرٌ2:263:4
- خَيْرٌ2:271:11
- خَيْرٌ2:280:10
Root خ ي ر · 196 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root خ ي ر occurs 196 times across 25 distinct forms.
- خَيْرٌ2:54:17
- خَيْرٌ2:61:30
- خَيْرٌ2:103:9
- خَيْرٍ2:105:14
- بِخَيْرٍ2:106:8
- خَيْرٍ2:110:9
- ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ2:148:6
- خَيْرًا2:158:20
- خَيْرًا2:180:9
- خَيْرًا2:184:22
- خَيْرٌ2:184:24
- خَيْرٌ2:184:28
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