The Criterion 25:60Quranic text
وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمُٱسْجُدُوا۟لِلرَّحْمَٰنِقَالُوا۟وَمَاٱلرَّحْمَٰنُأَنَسْجُدُلِمَاتَأْمُرُنَاوَزَادَهُمْنُفُورًا
Reference 25:60Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 25:60:7
وَمَا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَمَا Quranic text
- Simple
- وَمَا
- Without tashkeel
- وما
- Normalised (searchable)
- وما
Position
Computed- Surah
- 25 · The Criterion
- Verse
- 25:60
- Word in verse
- 7
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:25:60:7
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- "And what
- Transliteration
- wamā
- Root
- none — this word has no triliteral root
- Lemma
- ما
- Part of speech
- Relative pronoun (REL)
- Features
- —
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · CONJ
- 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 1.1How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 25:60 — 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 it is said to them, “Bow down to the Merciful,” they say, “And what is the Merciful? Are we to bow down to whatever you command us?” And it increases their aversionAnd when it is said unto them: Prostrate to the Beneficent! they say: And what is the Beneficent? Are we to prostrate to whatever thou (Muhammad) biddest us? And it increaseth aversion in themBut when it is said to them, "Bow down before the God of Mercy," they say, "Who is the God of Mercy? Shall we bow down to what thou biddest?" And they fly from thee the moreAnd when it is said, ' Adore ye the Merciful!' they say, 'What is the Merciful? shall we adore what thou dost order us?' and it only increases their aversionSame form · 512 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَمَا appears 512 times in the corpus.
- وَمَا2:8:9
- وَمَا2:9:5
- وَمَا2:9:9
- وَمَا2:16:9
- وَمَا2:26:35
- وَمَا2:33:20
- وَمَا2:57:13
- وَمَا2:66:6
- وَمَا2:71:22
- وَمَا2:74:33
- وَمَا2:77:8
- وَمَا2:85:45
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