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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 39:17:4

أَن

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
أَن Quranic text
Simple
أَن
Without tashkeel
أن
Normalised (searchable)
ان

Position

Computed
Surah
39 · The Groups
Verse
39:17
Word in verse
4
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:39:17:4

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
lest
Transliteration
an
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
أَن
Part of speech
SUB
Features
—

Sub-word segments

  1. أَنstem · SUB

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 39:17 — 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 →

As for those who avoid the worship of idols, and devote themselves to God—theirs is the good news. So give good news to My servants
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
But good tidings are there for those who shun the worship of Thagout and are turned to God. Cheer then with good tidings those my servants
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
But those who avoid Taghut and serve them not, but turn repentant unto God, for them shall be glad tidings. Then give glad tidings to my servants
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 461 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form أَن appears 461 times in the corpus.

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