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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 31:21:18

يَدْعُوهُمْ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
يَدْعُوهُمْ Quranic text
Simple
يَدْعُوهُمْ
Without tashkeel
يدعوهم
Normalised (searchable)
يدعوهم

Position

Computed
Verse
31:21
Word in verse
18
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:31:21:18

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
yadʿūhum
Lemma
دَعا
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: IMPFmood: INDperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

  1. يَدْعُوstem · V · د ع و
  2. هُمْsuffix · PRON

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 31:21 — 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, “Follow what God has revealed,” they say, “Rather, we follow what we found our parents devoted to.” Even if Satan is calling them to the suffering of the Blaze
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And if it be said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed, they say: Nay, but we follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though the devil were inviting them unto the doom of flame
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And when it is said to them, Follow ye what God hath sent down, they say, "Nay; that religion in which we found our fathers will we follow." What! though Satan bid them to the torment of the flame
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when it is said to them, 'Follow what God has sent down;' they say, 'Nay! we will follow what we found our fathers agreed upon;' - what! though Satan calls them to the torment of the blaze
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 د ع و · 212 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root د ع و occurs 212 times across 108 distinct forms.

See the full root page for د ع و

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