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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 4:147:1

مَّا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
4:147
Word in verse
1
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:4:147:1

Morphology

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

Sub-word segments

  1. مَّاstem · 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 4:147 — 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 →

What would God accomplish by your punishment, if you have given thanks, and have believed? God is Appreciative and Cognizant
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
What concern hath Allah for your punishment if ye are thankful (for His mercies) and believe (in Him)? Allah was ever Responsive, Aware
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Why should God inflict a chastisement upon you, if ye are grateful, and believe? God is Grateful, Wise
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Why should God punish you, if ye are grateful and believe? for God is grateful and knowing
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 162 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form مَّا appears 162 times in the corpus.

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Community

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