Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 46:24:12

مَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): مَا Quranic text
Simple: مَا
Without tashkeel: ما
Normalised (searchable): ما

Position

Computed

Surah: 46 · The Dunes
Verse: 46:24
Word in verse: 12
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:46:24:12

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: (is) what
Transliteration: mā

Root: none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma: ما
Part of speech: Relative pronoun (REL)
Features: —

Sub-word segments

مَاstem · REL

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

The Dunes 46:24Quranic text

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟هَٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

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How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 46:24 — 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 →

Then, when they saw a cloud approaching their valley, they said, “This is a cloud that will bring us rain.” “In fact, it is what you were impatient for: a wind in which is grievous suffering.”

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

Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

So when they saw a cloud coming straight for their valleys, they said, "It is a passing cloud that shall give us rain." "Nay, it is that whose speedy coming ye challenged a blast wherein is an afflictive punishment

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

And when they saw a traversing cloud approaching their valleys they said, 'This is a cloud to give us rain.' 'Nay, but it is what ye sought to hasten on - a wind in which is grievous torment

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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