Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 21:5:9

شَاعِرٌ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): شَاعِرٌ Quranic text
Simple: شَاعِرٌ
Without tashkeel: شاعر
Normalised (searchable): شاعر

Position

Computed

Surah: 21 · The Prophets
Verse: 21:5
Word in verse: 9
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:21:5:9

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: (is) a poet.
Transliteration: shāʿirun

Root: ش ع رsh-aa-r
Lemma: شاعِر
Part of speech: Noun (N)
Features: case: NOMstate: indefinitegender: Mnumber: singular

Sub-word segments

شَاعِرٌstem · N · ش ع ر

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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

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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 · 2 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form شَاعِرٌ appears 2 times in the corpus.

شَاعِرٌ52:30:3

Root ش ع ر · 40 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ش ع ر occurs 40 times across 15 distinct forms.

See the full root page for ش ع ر →

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