The Bee 16:38Quranic text
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟بِٱللَّهِجَهْدَأَيْمَٰنِهِمْلَايَبْعَثُٱللَّهُمَنيَمُوتُبَلَىٰوَعْدًاعَلَيْهِحَقًّاوَلَٰكِنَّأَكْثَرَٱلنَّاسِلَايَعْلَمُونَ
Reference 16:38Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:38:14
وَلَٰكِنَّ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَلَٰكِنَّ Quranic text
- Simple
- وَلَٰكِنَّ
- Without tashkeel
- ولكن
- Normalised (searchable)
- ولكن
Position
Computed- Surah
- 16 · The Bee
- Verse
- 16:38
- Word in verse
- 14
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:38:14
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- but
- Transliteration
- walākinna
- Root
- none — this word has no triliteral root
- Lemma
- لٰكِنّ
- Part of speech
- Accusative particle (ACC)
- Features
- family: إِنّ
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · CONJ
- لَٰكِنَّstem · ACC
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 · 53 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَلَٰكِنَّ appears 53 times in the corpus.
- وَلَٰكِنَّ2:102:11
- وَلَٰكِنَّ2:177:9
- وَلَٰكِنَّ2:189:16
- وَلَٰكِنَّ2:243:24
- وَلَٰكِنَّ2:251:22
- وَلَٰكِنَّ2:253:48
- وَلَٰكِنَّ2:272:4
- وَلَٰكِنَّ3:179:21
- وَلَٰكِنَّ5:81:12
- وَلَٰكِنَّ5:103:12
- وَلَٰكِنَّ6:33:10
- وَلَٰكِنَّ6:37:16
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