Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:148:8

مَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): مَا Quranic text
Simple: مَا
Without tashkeel: ما
Normalised (searchable): ما

Position

Computed

Surah: 2 · The Cow
Verse: 2:148
Word in verse: 8
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:148:8

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: that
Transliteration: mā

Root: none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma: ما
Part of speech: SUP
Features: —

Sub-word segments

مَاstem · SUP

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

The Cow 2:148Quranic text

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

← أَيْنَ 2:148:7 تَكُونُوا۟ 2:148:9 →

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 2:148 — 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 →

To every community is a direction towards which it turns. Therefore, race towards goodness. Wherever you may be, God will bring you all together. God is capable of everything

Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

And each one hath a goal toward which he turneth; so vie with one another in good works. Wheresoever ye may be, Allah will bring you all together. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

All have a quarter of the Heavens to which they turn them; but wherever ye be, hasten emulously after good: God will one day bring you all together; verily, God is all-powerful

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

Every sect has some one side to which they turn (in prayer); but do ye hasten onwards to good works; wherever ye are God will bring you all together; verily, God is mighty over all

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 714 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form مَا appears 714 times in the corpus.

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