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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:126:5

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
16 · The Bee
Verse
16:126
Word in verse
5
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:126:5

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
of what
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

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These 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 patient
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
If ye punish, then punish with the like of that wherewith ye were afflicted. But if ye endure patiently, verily it is better for the patient
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
If 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 enduring
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
But if ye punish, punish (only) as ye were punished; but if ye are patient, it is best for those who are patient
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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