قَالُوٓا۟ — Quran 21:5:2 · root ق و ل

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): قَالُوٓا۟ Quranic text
Simple: قَالُوٓا
Without tashkeel: قالوا
Normalised (searchable): قالوا

Position

Computed

Surah: 21 · The Prophets
Verse: 21:5
Word in verse: 2
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:21:5:2

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: they say,
Transliteration: qālū

Root: ق و لq-w-l
Lemma: قالَ
Part of speech: Verb (V)
Features: tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

قَالُstem · V · ق و ل
وٓا۟suffix · PRON

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

The Prophets 21:5Quranic text

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

← بَلْ 21:5:1 أَضْغَٰثُ 21:5:3 →

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 21:5 — 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 they said, “A jumble of dreams,” and, “He made it up,” and, “He is a poet,” “let him bring us a sign, like those sent to the ancients.”

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

Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were Allah's messengers) were sent (with portents)

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

Nay," say they, "it is the medley of dreams: nay, he hath forged it: nay, he is a poet: let him come to us with a sign as the prophets of old were sent

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

Nay!' they say, 'a jumble of dreams; nay! he has forged it; nay! he is a poet; but let him bring us a sign as those of yore were sent

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 77 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form قَالُوٓا۟ appears 77 times in the corpus.

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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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