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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:250:13

عَلَى

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
عَلَى Quranic text
Simple
عَلَى
Without tashkeel
على
Normalised (searchable)
علي

Position

Computed
Verse
2:250
Word in verse
13
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:250:13

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
against
Transliteration
ʿalā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
عَلَى
Part of speech
Preposition (P)
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. عَلَىstem · P

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 2:250 — 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 they confronted Goliath and his troops, they said, “Our Lord, pour down patience on us, and strengthen our foothold, and support us against the faithless people.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And when they went into the field against Goliath and his hosts they said: Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and give us help against the disbelieving folk
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And when they went forth against Goliath and his forces, they said, "O our Lord! pour out steadfastness upon us, and set our feet firm, and help us against the infidels
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when they went out against a Galut and his soldiery, they said, 'Lord, pour out patience over us, and make firm our steps, and help us against the misbelieving people
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 242 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form عَلَى appears 242 times in the corpus.

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Community

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