قُلْنَا — Quran 20:116:2 · root ق و ل

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): قُلْنَا Quranic text
Simple: قُلْنَا
Without tashkeel: قلنا
Normalised (searchable): قلنا

Position

Computed

Surah: 20 · Taa-Haa
Verse: 20:116
Word in verse: 2
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:20:116:2

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: We said
Transliteration: qul'nā

Root: ق و لq-w-l
Lemma: قالَ
Part of speech: Verb (V)
Features: tense: PERFperson: 1number: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

قُلْstem · V · ق و ل
نَاsuffix · PRON

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

Taa-Haa 20:116Quranic text

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ

← وَإِذْ 20:116:1 لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ 20:116:3 →

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 20:116 — 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 We said to the angels, “Bow down to Adam.” They bowed down, except for Satan; he refused

Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

And when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before Adam, they fell prostrate (all) save Iblis; he refused

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

And when We said to the angels, "Fall down and worship Adam," they worshipped all, save Eblis, who refused

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

And when we said to the angels, ' Adore Adam,' they adored, save Iblis, who refused

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 13 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form قُلْنَا appears 13 times in the corpus.

Root ق و ل · 1722 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ق و ل occurs 1722 times across 146 distinct forms.

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