وَمَاكَانَلِبَشَرٍأَنيُكَلِّمَهُٱللَّهُإِلَّاوَحْيًاأَوْمِنوَرَآئِحِجَابٍأَوْيُرْسِلَرَسُولًافَيُوحِىَبِإِذْنِهِۦمَايَشَآءُإِنَّهُۥعَلِىٌّحَكِيمٌ
Reference 42:51Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 42:51:1
وَمَا
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- وَمَا Quranic text
- Simple
- وَمَا
- Without tashkeel
- وما
- Normalised (searchable)
- وما
Position
Computed- Surah
- 42 · Consultation
- Verse
- 42:51
- Word in verse
- 1
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:42:51:1
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- And not
- Transliteration
- wamā
- Root
- none — this word has no triliteral root
- Lemma
- ما
- Part of speech
- Negative particle (NEG)
- Features
- —
Sub-word segments
- وَprefix · CONJ
- مَاstem · NEG
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 1.1Consultation 42:51Quranic text
How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 42:51 — 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 →
It is not for any human that God should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger to reveal by His permission whatever He wills. He is All-High, All-WiseAnd it was not (vouchsafed) to any mortal that Allah should speak to him unless (it be) by revelation or from behind a veil, or (that) He sendeth a messenger to reveal what He will by His leave. Lo! He is Exalted, WiseIt is not for man that God should speak with him but by vision, or from behind a veil: Or, He sendeth a messenger to reveal, by his permission, what He will: for He is Exalted, WiseIt is not for any mortal that God should speak to him, except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending an apostle and inspiring, by His permission, what He pleases; verily, He is high and wiseSame form · 512 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form وَمَا appears 512 times in the corpus.
- وَمَا2:8:9
- وَمَا2:9:5
- وَمَا2:9:9
- وَمَا2:16:9
- وَمَا2:26:35
- وَمَا2:33:20
- وَمَا2:57:13
- وَمَا2:66:6
- وَمَا2:71:22
- وَمَا2:74:33
- وَمَا2:77:8
- وَمَا2:85:45
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