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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 16:59:16

أَلَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
أَلَا Quranic text
Simple
أَلَا
Without tashkeel
ألا
Normalised (searchable)
الا

Position

Computed
Verse
16:59
Word in verse
16
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:16:59:16

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
alā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
أَلا
Part of speech
ATT
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. أَلَاstem · ATT

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 16:59 — 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 →

He hides from the people because of the bad news given to him. Shall he keep it in humiliation, or bury it in the dust? Evil is the decision they make
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
He hideth himself from the folk because of the evil of that whereof he hath had tidings, (asking himself): Shall he keep it in contempt, or bury it beneath the dust. Verily evil is their judgment
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
He hideth him from the people because of the ill tidings: shall he keep it with disgrace or bury it in the dust? Are not their judgments wrong
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
He skulks away from the people, for the evil tidings he has heard;- is he to keep it with its disgrace, or to bury it in the dust?- aye! evil is it that they judge
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 31 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form أَلَا appears 31 times in the corpus.

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