Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 43:58:14

خَصِمُونَ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): خَصِمُونَ Quranic text
Simple: خَصِمُونَ
Without tashkeel: خصمون
Normalised (searchable): خصمون

Position

Computed

Surah: 43 · Ornaments of gold
Verse: 43:58
Word in verse: 14
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:43:58:14

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: argumentative.
Transliteration: khaṣimūna

Root: خ ص مkh-sd-m
Lemma: خَصِم
Part of speech: Noun (N)
Features: case: NOMgender: Mnumber: pluraladjective: true

Sub-word segments

خَصِمُونَstem · N · خ ص م

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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

← قَوْمٌ 43:58:13 إِنْ 43:59:1 →

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 · 1 occurrence

Computed

This exact form appears only here — it is a hapax in the corpus.

Root خ ص م · 18 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root خ ص م occurs 18 times across 12 distinct forms.

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