The Cow 2:171Quranic text
وَمَثَلُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟كَمَثَلِٱلَّذِىيَنْعِقُبِمَالَايَسْمَعُإِلَّادُعَآءًوَنِدَآءًصُمٌّۢبُكْمٌعُمْىٌفَهُمْلَايَعْقِلُونَ
Reference 2:171Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:171:1
وَمَثَلُ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَمَثَلُ Quranic text
- Simple
- وَمَثَلُ
- Without tashkeel
- ومثل
- Normalised (searchable)
- ومثل
Position
Computed- Surah
- 2 · The Cow
- Verse
- 2:171
- Word in verse
- 1
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:171:1
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- And (the) example
- Transliteration
- wamathalu
- Root
- م ث لm-th-l
- Lemma
- مَثَل
- Part of speech
- Noun (N)
- Features
- case: NOMgender: M
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · REM
- مَثَلُstem · N · م ث ل
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 2:171 — 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 →
The parable of those who disbelieve is that of someone who calls upon someone who hears nothing except screaming and yelling. Deaf, dumb, and blind—they do not understandThe likeness of those who disbelieve (in relation to the messenger) is as the likeness of one who calleth unto that which heareth naught except a shout and cry. Deaf, dumb, blind, therefore they have no senseThe infidels resemble him who shouteth aloud to one who heareth no more than a call and cry! Deaf, Dumb, blind: therefore they have no understandingThe likeness of those who misbelieve is as the likeness of him who shouts to that which hears him not, save only a call and a cry; deafness, dumbness, blindness, and they shall not understandSame form · 3 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَمَثَلُ appears 3 times in the corpus.
Root م ث ل · 169 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root م ث ل occurs 169 times across 65 distinct forms.
- مَثَلُهُمْ2:17:1
- كَمَثَلِ2:17:2
- مِّثْلِهِۦ2:23:12
- مَثَلًا2:26:7
- مَثَلًا2:26:28
- مِثْلِهَآ2:106:11
- مِثْلَ2:113:21
- مِّثْلَ2:118:16
- بِمِثْلِ2:137:3
- كَمَثَلِ2:171:4
- بِمِثْلِ2:194:12
- مَّثَلُ2:214:8
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