وَقَالُوٓا۟ — Quran 43:58:1 · root ق و ل

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): وَقَالُوٓا۟ Quranic text
Simple: وَقَالُوٓا
Without tashkeel: وقالوا
Normalised (searchable): وقالوا

Position

Computed

Surah: 43 · Ornaments of gold
Verse: 43:58
Word in verse: 1
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:43:58:1

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: And they said,
Transliteration: waqālū

Root: ق و لq-w-l
Lemma: قالَ
Part of speech: Verb (V)
Features: tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

وَprefix · CONJ
قَالُstem · V · ق و ل
وٓا۟suffix · PRON

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

Ornaments of gold 43:58Quranic text

وَقَالُوٓا۟ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًۢا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ

← يَصِدُّونَ 43:57:9 ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا 43:58:2 →

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 43:58 — 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 →

They said, “Are our gods better, or he?” They cited him only for argument. In fact, they are a quarrelsome people

Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

And say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folk

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

And they said, "Are our gods or is he the better?" They put this forth to thee only in the spirit of dispute. Yea, they are a contentious people

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

and said, 'Are our gods better, or is he?' They did not set it forth to thee save for wrangling. Nay, but they are a contentious people

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 11 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form وَقَالُوٓا۟ appears 11 times in the corpus.

Root ق و ل · 1722 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ق و ل occurs 1722 times across 146 distinct forms.

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