The Bee 16:38Quranic text
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟بِٱللَّهِجَهْدَأَيْمَٰنِهِمْلَايَبْعَثُٱللَّهُمَنيَمُوتُبَلَىٰوَعْدًاعَلَيْهِحَقًّاوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ
Reference 16:38Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:38:1
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ Quranic text
- Simple
- وَأَقْسَمُوا
- Without tashkeel
- وأقسموا
- Normalised (searchable)
- واقسموا
Position
Computed- Surah
- 16 · The Bee
- Verse
- 16:38
- Word in verse
- 1
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:38:1
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- And they swear
- Transliteration
- wa-aqsamū
- Root
- ق س مq-s-m
- Lemma
- أَقْسَمُ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 4
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · CONJ
- أَقْسَمُstem · V · ق س م
- وا۟suffix · PRON
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 16:38 — 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 →
And they swear by God with their most solemn oaths, “God will not resurrect anyone who dies.” Yes indeed, it is a promise binding on Him, but most people do not knowAnd they swear by Allah their most binding oaths (that) Allah will not raise up him who dieth. Nay, but it is a promise (binding) upon Him in truth, but most of mankind know notAnd they swear by God with their most sacred oath that "God will never raise him who once is dead." Nay, but on Him is a promise binding, though most men know it notThey swear by their most strenuous oath, 'God will not raise up him who dies.' - Yea! a promise binding on him true!- but most men do not knowSame form · 4 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ appears 4 times in the corpus.
Root ق س م · 33 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root ق س م occurs 33 times across 21 distinct forms.
- ٱلْقِسْمَةَ4:8:3
- تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟5:3:27
- أَقْسَمُوا۟5:53:6
- فَيُقْسِمَانِ5:106:32
- فَيُقْسِمَانِ5:107:15
- وَأَقْسَمُوا۟6:109:1
- وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ7:21:1
- أَقْسَمْتُمْ7:49:3
- أَقْسَمْتُم14:44:20
- مَّقْسُومٌ15:44:8
- ٱلْمُقْتَسِمِينَ15:90:4
- وَأَقْسَمُوا۟24:53:1
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