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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 4:62:5

بِمَا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Surah
4 · The Women
Verse
4:62
Word in verse
5
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:4:62:5

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
for what
Transliteration
bimā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
ما
Part of speech
Relative pronoun (REL)
Features
—

Sub-word segments

  1. بِprefix · P
  2. مَاstem · REL

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 4:62 — 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 →

How about when a disaster strikes them because what their hands have put forward, and then they come to you swearing by God: “We only intended goodwill and reconciliation”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
How would it be if a misfortune smote them because of that which their own hands have sent before (them)? Then would they come unto thee, swearing by Allah that they were seeking naught but harmony and kindness
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
But how, when some misfortune shall fortune them, for their previous handywork? Then will they come to thee, swearing by God, "We desire nothing but to promote good and concord
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
How then when there befalls them a mischance through what their hands have sent on before? then will they come to you, and swear by God, 'We meant naught but good and concord
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 253 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form بِمَا appears 253 times in the corpus.

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