The Cow 2:205Quranic text
وَإِذَاتَوَلَّىٰسَعَىٰفِىٱلْأَرْضِلِيُفْسِدَفِيهَاوَيُهْلِكَٱلْحَرْثَوَٱلنَّسْلَوَٱللَّهُلَايُحِبُّٱلْفَسَادَ
Reference 2:205Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:205:3
سَعَىٰ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- سَعَىٰ Quranic text
- Simple
- سَعَىٰ
- Without tashkeel
- سعى
- Normalised (searchable)
- سعي
Position
Computed- Surah
- 2 · The Cow
- Verse
- 2:205
- Word in verse
- 3
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:205:3
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- he strives
- Transliteration
- saʿā
- Root
- س ع يs-aa-y
- Lemma
- سَعَى
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1
Sub-word segments
- سَعَىٰstem · V · س ع ي
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 2:205 — 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 →
When he gains power, he strives to spread corruption on earth, destroying properties and lives. God does not like corruptionAnd when he turneth away (from thee) his effort in the land is to make mischief therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle; and Allah loveth not mischiefAnd when he turneth his back on thee, he runneth through the land to enact disorders therein, and layeth waste the fields and flocks: but God loveth not the disorderAnd when he turns away, he strives upon the earth to do evil therein, and to destroy the tilth and the stock; verily, God loves not evil doingSame form · 3 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form سَعَىٰ appears 3 times in the corpus.
Root س ع ي · 30 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root س ع ي occurs 30 times across 19 distinct forms.
- وَسَعَىٰ2:114:11
- سَعْيًا2:260:34
- وَيَسْعَوْنَ5:33:7
- وَيَسْعَوْنَ5:64:40
- وَسَعَىٰ17:19:4
- سَعْيَهَا17:19:6
- سَعْيُهُم17:19:11
- سَعْيُهُمْ18:104:3
- تَسْعَىٰ20:15:10
- تَسْعَىٰ20:20:5
- تَسْعَىٰ20:66:12
- لِسَعْيِهِۦ21:94:9
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