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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:124:16

لَا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
2:124
Word in verse
16
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:124:16

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
لا
Part of speech
Negative particle (NEG)
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. 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 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 2:124 — 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 his Lord tested Abraham with certain words, and he fulfilled them. He said, “I am making you a leader of humanity.” He said, “And my descendants?” He said, “My pledge does not include the wrongdoers.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And (remember) when his Lord tried Abraham with (His) commands, and he fulfilled them, He said: Lo! I have appointed thee a leader for mankind. (Abraham) said: And of my offspring (will there be leaders)? He said: My covenant includeth not wrong-doers
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
When his Lord made trial of Abraham by commands which he fulfilled, He said, "I am about to make thee an Imam to mankind:" he said, "Of my offspring also:" "My covenant," said God, "embraceth not the evil doers
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when his Lord tried Abraham with words, and he fulfilled them, He said, 'Verily, I will set thee as a high priest for men.' Said he, ' And of my seed?' God said, 'My covenant touches not the evildoers
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 616 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form لَا appears 616 times in the corpus.

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