The Night Journey 17:47Quranic text
نَّحْنُأَعْلَمُبِمَايَسْتَمِعُونَبِهِۦٓإِذْيَسْتَمِعُونَإِلَيْكَوَإِذْهُمْنَجْوَىٰٓإِذْيَقُولُٱلظَّٰلِمُونَإِنتَتَّبِعُونَإِلَّارَجُلًامَّسْحُورًا
Reference 17:47Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 17:47:4
يَسْتَمِعُونَ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- يَسْتَمِعُونَ Quranic text
- Simple
- يَسْتَمِعُونَ
- Without tashkeel
- يستمعون
- Normalised (searchable)
- يستمعون
Position
Computed- Verse
- 17:47
- Word in verse
- 4
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:17:47:4
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- they listen
- Transliteration
- yastamiʿūna
- Root
- س م عs-m-aa
- Lemma
- اسْتَمَعَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: IMPFmood: INDperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 8
Sub-word segments
- يَسْتَمِعُstem · V · س م ع
- ونَsuffix · PRON
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 17:47 — 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 →
We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, “You only follow a man bewitched.”We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitchedWe well know why they hearken, when they hearken unto thee, and when they whisper apart; when the wicked say, "Ye follow no other than a man enchantedWe know best for what they listen when they listen to thee; and when they whisper apart - when the wrongdoers say, 'Ye only follow a man enchantedSame form · 6 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form يَسْتَمِعُونَ appears 6 times in the corpus.
Root س م ع · 185 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root س م ع occurs 185 times across 65 distinct forms.
- سَمْعِهِمْ2:7:6
- بِسَمْعِهِمْ2:20:18
- يَسْمَعُونَ2:75:9
- وَٱسْمَعُوا۟2:93:11
- سَمِعْنَا2:93:13
- وَٱسْمَعُوا۟2:104:9
- ٱلسَّمِيعُ2:127:13
- ٱلسَّمِيعُ2:137:18
- يَسْمَعُ2:171:9
- سَمِعَهُۥ2:181:5
- سَمِيعٌ2:181:13
- سَمِيعٌ2:224:13
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