Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 38:8:12

بَل

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): بَل Quranic text
Simple: بَل
Without tashkeel: بل
Normalised (searchable): بل

Position

Computed

Surah: 38 · The letter Saad
Verse: 38:8
Word in verse: 12
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:38:8:12

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: Nay,
Transliteration: bal

Root: none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma: بَل
Part of speech: RET
Features: —

Sub-word segments

بَلstem · RET

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

The letter Saad 38:8Quranic text

أَءُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلذِّكْرُ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّن ذِكْرِى بَل لَّمَّا يَذُوقُوا۟عَذَابِ

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How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 38:8 — 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 →

Was the message sent down to him, out of all of us?” In fact, they are doubtful of My warning. In fact, they have not yet tasted My punishment

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

Hath the reminder been unto him (alone) among us? Nay, but they are in doubt concerning My reminder; nay but they have not yet tasted My doom

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

To him alone of us all hath a book of warning been sent down?" Yes! they are in doubt as to my warnings, for they have not yet tasted my vengeance

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

Has a reminder come down upon him from amongst us?' nay, they are in doubt concerning my reminder; nay, they have not yet tasted of my torment

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 16 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form بَل appears 16 times in the corpus.

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