Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 28:55:14

نَبْتَغِى

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): نَبْتَغِى Quranic text
Simple: نَبْتَغِى
Without tashkeel: نبتغى
Normalised (searchable): نبتغي

Position

Computed

Surah: 28 · The Stories
Verse: 28:55
Word in verse: 14
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:28:55:14

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: we seek
Transliteration: nabtaghī

Root: ب غ يb-gh-y
Lemma: ابْتَغَى
Part of speech: Verb (V)
Features: tense: IMPFmood: INDperson: 1number: pluralverb_form: 8

Sub-word segments

نَبْتَغِىstem · V · ب غ ي

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

The Stories 28:55Quranic text

وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا۟ٱللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا۟عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟لَنَآ أَعْمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا نَبْتَغِى ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

← لَا 28:55:13 ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ 28:55:15 →

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 28:55 — 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 they hear vain talk, they avoid it, and say, “We have our deeds, and you have your deeds; peace be upon you; we do not desire the ignorant.”

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

And when they hear vanity they withdraw from it and say: Unto us our works and unto you your works. Peace be unto you! We desire not the ignorant

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

And when they hear light discourse they withdraw from it, and say, "Our works for us and your works for you! Peace be on you! We are not in quest of fools

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

And when they hear vain talk, they turn away from it and say, 'We have our works, and ye have your works. Peace be upon you! we do not seek the ignorant

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 1 occurrence

Computed

This exact form appears only here — it is a hapax in the corpus.

Root ب غ ي · 96 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ب غ ي occurs 96 times across 55 distinct forms.

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