وَقَضَىٰرَبُّكَأَلَّاتَعْبُدُوٓا۟إِلَّآإِيَّاهُوَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِإِحْسَٰنًاإِمَّايَبْلُغَنَّعِندَكَٱلْكِبَرَأَحَدُهُمَآأَوْكِلَاهُمَافَلَاتَقُللَّهُمَآأُفٍّوَلَاتَنْهَرْهُمَاوَقُللَّهُمَاقَوْلًاكَرِيمًا
Reference 17:23Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 17:23:20
وَلَا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَلَا Quranic text
- Simple
- وَلَا
- Without tashkeel
- ولا
- Normalised (searchable)
- ولا
Position
Computed- Verse
- 17:23
- Word in verse
- 20
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:17:23:20
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- and (do) not
- Transliteration
- walā
- Root
- none — this word has no triliteral root
- Lemma
- لا
- Part of speech
- Negative particle (NEG)
- Features
- —
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · CONJ
- لَاstem · NEG
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 1.1The Night Journey 17:23Quranic text
How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 17:23 — 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 →
Your Lord has commanded that you worship none but Him, and that you be good to your parents. If either of them or both of them reach old age with you, do not say to them a word of disrespect, nor scold them, but say to them kind wordsThy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him, and (that ye show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, say not "Fie" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious wordThy Lord hath ordained that ye worship none but him; and, kindness to your parents, whether one or both of them attain to old age with thee: and say not to them, "Fie!" neither reproach them; but speak to them both with respectful speechThy Lord has decreed that ye shall not serve other than Him; and kindness to one's parents, whether one or both of them reach old age with thee; and say not to them, 'Fie!' and do not grumble at them, but speak to them a generous speechSame form · 605 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَلَا appears 605 times in the corpus.
- وَلَا1:7:8
- وَلَا2:35:12
- وَلَا2:38:15
- وَلَا2:41:7
- وَلَا2:41:12
- وَلَا2:42:1
- وَلَا2:48:9
- وَلَا2:48:13
- وَلَا2:48:17
- وَلَا2:60:24
- وَلَا2:62:19
- وَلَا2:62:22
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