The Prophets 21:40Quranic text
بَلْتَأْتِيهِمبَغْتَةًفَتَبْهَتُهُمْفَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَرَدَّهَاوَلَاهُمْيُنظَرُونَ
Reference 21:40Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 21:40:5
فَلَا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- فَلَا Quranic text
- Simple
- فَلَا
- Without tashkeel
- فلا
- Normalised (searchable)
- فلا
Position
Computed- Surah
- 21 · The Prophets
- Verse
- 21:40
- Word in verse
- 5
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:21:40:5
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- then not
- Transliteration
- falā
- Root
- none — this word has no triliteral root
- Lemma
- لا
- Part of speech
- Negative particle (NEG)
- Features
- —
Sub-word segments
- فَprefix · REM
- لَاstem · NEG
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 21:40 — 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 →
In fact, it will come upon them suddenly, and bewilder them. They will not be able to repel it, and they will not be reprievedNay, but it will come upon them unawares so that it will stupefy them, and they will be unable to repel it, neither will they be reprievedBut it shall come on them suddenly and shall confound them; and they shall not be able to put it back, neither shall they be respitedNay, it shall come on them suddenly, and shall dumbfounder them, and they shall not be able to repel it, nor shall they be respitedSame form · 145 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form فَلَا appears 145 times in the corpus.
- فَلَا2:22:18
- فَلَا2:38:12
- فَلَا2:86:7
- فَلَا2:102:33
- فَلَا2:132:12
- فَلَا2:147:4
- فَلَا2:150:24
- فَلَا2:158:12
- فَلَا2:187:57
- فَلَا2:193:11
- فَلَا2:197:8
- فَلَا2:229:29
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