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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:11:8

قَالُوٓا۟

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
قَالُوٓا۟ Quranic text
Simple
قَالُوٓا
Without tashkeel
قالوا
Normalised (searchable)
قالوا

Position

Computed
Surah
2 · The Cow
Verse
2:11
Word in verse
8
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:11:8

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
they say,
Transliteration
qālū
Root
ق و لq-w-l
Lemma
قالَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

  1. قَالُstem · V · ق و ل
  2. وٓا۟suffix · 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 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 2:11 — 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 when it is said to them, “Do not make trouble on earth,” they say, “We are only reformers.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And when it is said unto them: Make not mischief in the earth, they say: We are peacemakers only
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And when it is said to them, "Cause not disorders in the earth:" they say, "Nay, rather do we set them right
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when it is said to them, 'Do not evil in the earth,' they say, 'We do but what is right
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 77 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form قَالُوٓا۟ appears 77 times in the corpus.

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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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