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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 45:21:16

مَا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
45:21
Word in verse
16
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:45:21:16

Morphology

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

Sub-word segments

  1. مَاstem · 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 45:21 — 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 →

Do those who perpetrate the evil deeds assume that We will regard them as equal to those who believe and do righteous deeds, whether in their life or their death? Evil is their judgment
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Or do those who commit ill-deeds suppose that We shall make them as those who believe and do good works, the same in life and death? Bad is their judgment
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Deem they whose gettings are only evil, that we will deal with them as with those who believe and work righteousness, so that their lives and deaths shall be alike? Ill do they judge
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Do those who commit evil deeds count that we will make them like those who, believe and work righteous deeds, equal in their life and their death?- ill it is they judge
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 714 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form مَا appears 714 times in the corpus.

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