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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 2:97:13

لِّمَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
لِّمَا Quranic text
Simple
لِّمَا
Without tashkeel
لما
Normalised (searchable)
لما

Position

Computed
Verse
2:97
Word in verse
13
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:2:97:13

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
what
Transliteration
limā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
ما
Part of speech
Relative pronoun (REL)
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. لِّprefix · P
  2. مَاstem · REL

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 2:97 — 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 →

Say, “Whoever is hostile to Gabriel—it is he who revealed it to your heart by God’s leave, confirming what preceded it, and guidance and good news for the believers.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Say (O Muhammad, to mankind): Who is an enemy to Gabriel! For he it is who hath revealed (this Scripture) to thy heart by Allah's leave, confirming that which was (revealed) before it, and a guidance and glad tidings to believers
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
SAY: Whoso is the enemy of Gabriel - For he it is who by God's leave hath caused the Koran to descend on thy heart, the confirmation of previous revelations, and guidance, and good tidings to the faithful
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Say, 'Who is an enemy to Gabriel?' for he hath revealed to thy heart, with God's permission, confirmation of what had been before, and a guidance and glad tidings to believers
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 21 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form لِّمَا appears 21 times in the corpus.

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