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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 42:36:1

فَمَآ

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
42:36
Word in verse
1
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:42:36:1

Morphology

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

Sub-word segments

  1. فَprefix · REM
  2. مَآstem · 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 42:36 — 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 →

Whatever thing you are given is only the provision of this life. But what God possesses is better and more lasting for those who believe and rely on their Lord
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Now whatever ye have been given is but a passing comfort for the life of the world, and that which Allah hath is better and more lasting for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
All that you receive is but for enjoyment in this life present: but better and more enduring is a portion with God, for those who believe and put their trust in their Lord
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And whatever ye are given it is but a provision of the life of this world; but what is with God is better and more lasting for those who believe and who upon their Lord rely
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 15 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form فَمَآ appears 15 times in the corpus.

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