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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 4:17:3

عَلَى

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
عَلَى Quranic text
Simple
عَلَى
Without tashkeel
على
Normalised (searchable)
علي

Position

Computed
Verse
4:17
Word in verse
3
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:4:17:3

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
by
Transliteration
ʿalā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
عَلَى
Part of speech
Preposition (P)
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. عَلَىstem · P

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 4:17 — 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 →

Repentance is available from God for those who commit evil out of ignorance, and then repent soon after. These—God will relent towards them. God is Knowing and Wise
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Forgiveness is only incumbent on Allah toward those who do evil in ignorance (and) then turn quickly (in repentance) to Allah. These are they toward whom Allah relenteth. Allah is ever Knower, Wise
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
With God himself will the repentance of those who have done evil ignorantly, and then turn speedily unto Him, be accepted. These! God will turn unto them: for God is Knowing, Wise
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
God is only bound to turn again towards those who do evil through ignorance and then turn again. Surely, these will God turn again to, for God is knowing, wise
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 242 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form عَلَى appears 242 times in the corpus.

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