The Women 4:66Quranic text
وَلَوْأَنَّاكَتَبْنَاعَلَيْهِمْأَنِٱقْتُلُوٓا۟أَنفُسَكُمْأَوِٱخْرُجُوا۟مِندِيَٰرِكُممَّافَعَلُوهُإِلَّاقَلِيلٌمِّنْهُمْوَلَوْأَنَّهُمْفَعَلُوا۟مَايُوعَظُونَبِهِۦلَكَانَخَيْرًالَّهُمْوَأَشَدَّتَثْبِيتًا
Reference 4:66Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 4:66:3
كَتَبْنَا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- كَتَبْنَا Quranic text
- Simple
- كَتَبْنَا
- Without tashkeel
- كتبنا
- Normalised (searchable)
- كتبنا
Position
Computed- Surah
- 4 · The Women
- Verse
- 4:66
- Word in verse
- 3
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:4:66:3
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- (had) decreed
- Transliteration
- katabnā
- Root
- ك ت بk-t-b
- Lemma
- كَتَبَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 1number: pluralverb_form: 1
Sub-word segments
- كَتَبْstem · V · ك ت ب
- نَاsuffix · PRON
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 1.1How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 4:66 — 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 →
Had We decreed for them: “Kill yourselves,” or “Leave your homes,” they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But had they done what they were instructed to do, it would have been better for them, and a firmer confirmationAnd if We had decreed for them: Lay down your lives or go forth from your dwellings, but few of them would have done it; though if they did what they are exhorted to do it would be better for them, and more strengtheningHad we laid down such a law for them as "Kill yourselves, or abandon your dwellings," but few of them would have done it. But had they done that to which they were exhorted, better and it been for them, and stronger for the confirmation of their faithBut had we prescribed for them, 'Kill yourselves, or go ye forth out of your houses,' they would not have done it, save only a few of them; but had they done what they are admonished, then it would have been better for them, and a more firm assuranceSame form · 3 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form كَتَبْنَا appears 3 times in the corpus.
Root ك ت ب · 319 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root ك ت ب occurs 319 times across 61 distinct forms.
- ٱلْكِتَٰبُ2:2:2
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ2:44:8
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ2:53:4
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ2:78:5
- يَكْتُبُونَ2:79:3
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ2:79:4
- كَتَبَتْ2:79:19
- ٱلْكِتَٰبِ2:85:25
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ2:87:4
- كِتَٰبٌ2:89:3
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ2:101:15
- كِتَٰبَ2:101:16
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