The Bee 16:38Quranic text
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟بِٱللَّهِجَهْدَأَيْمَٰنِهِمْلَايَبْعَثُٱللَّهُمَنيَمُوتُبَلَىٰوَعْدًاعَلَيْهِحَقًّاوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ
Reference 16:38Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:38:11
وَعْدًا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَعْدًا Quranic text
- Simple
- وَعْدًا
- Without tashkeel
- وعدا
- Normalised (searchable)
- وعدا
Position
Computed- Surah
- 16 · The Bee
- Verse
- 16:38
- Word in verse
- 11
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:38:11
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- (it is) a promise
- Transliteration
- waʿdan
- Root
- و ع دw-aa-d
- Lemma
- وَعْد
- Part of speech
- Noun (N)
- Features
- case: ACCstate: indefinitegender: M
Sub-word segments
- وَعْدًاstem · N · و ع د
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 · 7 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَعْدًا appears 7 times in the corpus.
Root و ع د · 151 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root و ع د occurs 151 times across 64 distinct forms.
- وَٰعَدْنَا2:51:2
- تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ2:235:20
- يَعِدُكُمُ2:268:2
- يَعِدُكُم2:268:7
- ٱلْمِيعَادَ3:9:13
- وَعْدَهُۥٓ3:152:4
- وَعَدتَّنَا3:194:4
- ٱلْمِيعَادَ3:194:14
- وَعَدَ4:95:24
- يَعِدُهُمْ4:120:1
- يَعِدُهُمُ4:120:4
- وَعْدَ4:122:14
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