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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 46:17:14

وَهُمَا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
46:17
Word in verse
14
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:46:17:14

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
wahumā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
Part of speech
Pronoun (PRON)
Features
person: 3number: dual

Sub-word segments

  1. وَprefix · CONJ
  2. هُمَاstem · PRON

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 46:17 — 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 →

As for him who says to his parents, “Enough of you! Are you promising me that I will be raised up, when generations have passed away before me?” While they cry for God’s help, “Woe to you! Believe! The promise of God is true!” But he says, “These are nothing but tales of the ancients.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And whoso saith unto his parents: Fie upon you both! Do ye threaten me that I shall be brought forth (again) when generations before me have passed away? And they twain cry unto Allah for help (and say): Woe unto thee! Believe! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. But he saith: This is naught save fables of the men of old
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
But he who saith to his parents, "Fie on you both! Promise ye me that I shall be taken forth from the grave alive, when whole generations have already passed away before me?" But they both will implore the help of God, and say, "Alas for thee! Believe: for the promise of God is true." But he saith, "It is no more than a fable of the ancients
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
But he who says to his parents, 'Fie upon you! Do ye promise me that I shall be brought forth when generations have passed away before me?' - then shall they both cry to God for help. Woe to thee! Believe! Verily, the promise of God is true. Then says he, 'This is but old folks' tales
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.

Cited by 0 investigations

Community

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