The Cow 2:261Quranic text
مَّثَلُٱلَّذِينَيُنفِقُونَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْفِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِكَمَثَلِحَبَّةٍأَنۢبَتَتْسَبْعَسَنَابِلَفِىكُلِّسُنۢبُلَةٍمِّا۟ئَةُحَبَّةٍوَٱللَّهُيُضَٰعِفُلِمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُوَٰسِعٌعَلِيمٌ
Reference 2:261Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:261:1
مَّثَلُ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- مَّثَلُ Quranic text
- Simple
- مَّثَلُ
- Without tashkeel
- مثل
- Normalised (searchable)
- مثل
Position
Computed- Surah
- 2 · The Cow
- Verse
- 2:261
- Word in verse
- 1
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:261:1
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- Example
- Transliteration
- mathalu
- Root
- م ث لm-th-l
- Lemma
- مَثَل
- Part of speech
- Noun (N)
- Features
- case: NOMgender: M
Sub-word segments
- مَّثَلُstem · 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 2:261 — 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 spend their wealth in God’s way is that of a grain that produces seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. God multiplies for whom He wills. God is Bounteous and KnowingThe likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah's way is as the likeness of a grain which groweth seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah giveth increase manifold to whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-KnowingThe likeness of those who expend their wealth for the cause of God, is that of a grain of corn which produceth seven ears, and in each ear a hundred grains; and God will multiply to whom He pleaseth: God is Liberal, KnowingThe likeness of those who expend their wealth in God's way is as the likeness of a grain that grows to seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains, for God will double unto whom He pleases; for God both embraces and knowsSame form · 5 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form مَّثَلُ appears 5 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
- وَمَثَلُ2:171:1
- كَمَثَلِ2:171:4
- بِمِثْلِ2:194:12
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