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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 39:9:14

هَلْ

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
39:9
Word in verse
14
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:39:9:14

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
"Are
Transliteration
hal
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
هَل
Part of speech
Interrogative (INTG)
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. هَلْstem · INTG

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 39:9 — 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 →

Is he who worships devoutly during the watches of the night, prostrating himself and standing up, mindful of the Hereafter, and placing his hope in the mercy of his Lord? Say, “Are those who know and those who do not know equal?” Only those possessed of reason will remember
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Shall he who observeth the hours of the night, prostrate or standing in devotion, heedful of the life to come, and hoping for the mercy of his Lord . . .? SAY: Shall they who have knowledge and they who have it not, be treated alike? In sooth, men of understanding only will take the warning
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Shall he who is devout throughout the night, adoring and standing, cautious concerning the hereafter, and hoping for the mercy of his Lord . . . ? Say, 'Shall those who know be deemed equal with those who know not? only those will remember, who are endowed with minds
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 63 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form هَلْ appears 63 times in the corpus.

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Community

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