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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:55:8

نَرَى

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
نَرَى Quranic text
Simple
نَرَى
Without tashkeel
نرى
Normalised (searchable)
نري

Position

Computed
Verse
2:55
Word in verse
8
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:55:8

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
we see
Transliteration
narā
Lemma
رَأَى
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: IMPFmood: SUBJperson: 1number: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

  1. نَرَىstem · V · ر أ 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 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 2:55 — 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 recall that you said, “O Moses, we will not believe in you unless we see God plainly.” Thereupon the thunderbolt struck you, as you looked on
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And when ye said: O Moses! We will not believe in thee till we see Allah plainly; and even while ye gazed the lightning seized you
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And when ye said, "O Moses! we will not believe thee until we see God plainly;" the thunderbolt fell upon you while ye were looking on
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when ye said to Moses, 'O Moses! we will not believe in thee until we see God manifestly,' and the thunderbolt caught you while ye yet looked on
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 1 occurrence

Computed

This exact form appears only here — it is a hapax in the corpus.

Root ر أ ي · 328 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ر أ ي occurs 328 times across 140 distinct forms.

See the full root page for ر أ ي

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