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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:40:7

نَّقُولَ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
نَّقُولَ Quranic text
Simple
نَّقُولَ
Without tashkeel
نقول
Normalised (searchable)
نقول

Position

Computed
Surah
16 · The Bee
Verse
16:40
Word in verse
7
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:40:7

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
We say
Transliteration
naqūla
Root
ق و لq-w-l
Lemma
قالَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: IMPFmood: SUBJperson: 1number: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

  1. نَّقُولَstem · V · ق و ل

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 16:40 — 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 →

When We intend for something to happen, We say to it, “Be,” and it becomes
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And Our word unto a thing, when We intend it, is only that We say unto it: Be! and it is
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Our word to a thing when we will it, is but to say, "Be," and it is
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
We only say unto a thing we wish,' BE,' and it is
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 1 occurrence

Computed

This exact form appears only here — it is a hapax in the corpus.

Root ق و ل · 1722 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ق و ل occurs 1722 times across 146 distinct forms.

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