Ornaments of gold 43:58Quranic text
وَقَالُوٓا۟ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَاخَيْرٌأَمْهُوَمَاضَرَبُوهُلَكَإِلَّاجَدَلًۢابَلْهُمْقَوْمٌخَصِمُونَ
Reference 43:58quran:tanzil-uthmani:43:58:4Sub-word segments
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وَقَالُوٓا۟ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَاخَيْرٌأَمْهُوَمَاضَرَبُوهُلَكَإِلَّاجَدَلًۢابَلْهُمْقَوْمٌخَصِمُونَ
Reference 43:58These 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 peopleAnd say: Are our gods better, or is he? They raise not the objection save for argument. Nay! but they are a contentious folkAnd 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 peopleand 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 peopleThis exact written form أَمْ appears 103 times in the corpus.
No published investigation cites this word yet. When one does, it appears here — the evidence links back to the argument.