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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 28:86:1

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
28 · The Stories
Verse
28:86
Word in verse
1
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:28:86:1

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
And not
Transliteration
wamā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
ما
Part of speech
Negative particle (NEG)
Features
—

Sub-word segments

  1. وَprefix · CONJ
  2. مَاstem · 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 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 28:86 — 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 →

You did not expect the Scripture to be transmitted to you, except as mercy from your Lord. Therefore, do not be a supporter of the disbelievers
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Thou hadst no hope that the Scripture would be inspired in thee; but it is a mercy from thy Lord, so never be a helper to the disbelievers
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Thou didst never expect that the Book would be given thee. Of thy Lord's mercy only hath it been sent down. Be not thou helpful then to the unbelievers
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
nor couldst thou hope that the Book would be thrown to thee, save as a mercy from thy Lord! be not then a backer up of those who misbelieve
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 512 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form وَمَا appears 512 times in the corpus.

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Cited by 0 investigations

Community

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