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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 38:22:3

عَلَىٰ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
عَلَىٰ Quranic text
Simple
عَلَىٰ
Without tashkeel
على
Normalised (searchable)
علي

Position

Computed
Verse
38:22
Word in verse
3
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:38:22:3

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
upon
Transliteration
ʿalā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
عَلَى
Part of speech
Preposition (P)
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. عَلَىٰstem · P

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 38:22 — 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 →

When they entered upon David, and he was startled by them. They said, “Do not fear. Two disputants; one of us has wronged the other; so judge between us fairly, and do not be biased, and guide us to the straight way.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
How they burst in upon David, and he was afraid of them. They said: Be not afraid! (We are) two litigants, one of whom hath wronged the other, therefor judge aright between us; be not unjust; and show us the fair way
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
When they entered in upon David, and he was frightened at them, they said, "Be not afraid; we are two opposing parties: one of us hath wronged the other. Judge therefore with truth between us, and be not unjust, but guide us to the right way
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
when they entered in unto David, and he was startled at them, they said, 'Fear not, we are two antagonists; one of us has injured the other; judge then between us with the truth and be not partial, but guide us to a level way
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 347 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form عَلَىٰ appears 347 times in the corpus.

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