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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 39:49:16

بَلْ

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
39:49
Word in verse
16
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:39:49:16

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

  1. بَلْstem · 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

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 39:49 — 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 adversity touches the human being, he calls on Us. But then, when We favor him with a blessing from Us, he says, “I have attained this by virtue of my knowledge.” However, it is a test, but most of them do not know
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Now when hurt toucheth a man he crieth unto Us, and afterward when We have granted him a boon from Us, he saith: Only by force of knowledge I obtained it. Nay, but it is a test. But most of them know not
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
When trouble befalleth a man he crieth to Us; afterwards, when we have vouchsafed favour to him, he saith, "God knew that I deserved it." Nay, it is a trial. But the greater part of them knew it not
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when harm touches man he calls on us; then, when we grant him favour from us, he says, 'Verily, I am given it through knowledge!' nay, it is a trial,- but most of them do not know
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 97 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form بَلْ appears 97 times in the corpus.

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