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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 46:24:6

قَالُوا۟

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
قَالُوا۟ Quranic text
Simple
قَالُوا
Without tashkeel
قالوا
Normalised (searchable)
قالوا

Position

Computed
Surah
46 · The Dunes
Verse
46:24
Word in verse
6
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:46:24:6

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
they said,
Transliteration
qālū
Root
ق و لq-w-l
Lemma
قالَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

  1. قَالُstem · V · ق و ل
  2. وا۟suffix · 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 46:24 — 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 · 173 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form قَالُوا۟ appears 173 times in the corpus.

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Root ق و ل · 1722 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ق و ل occurs 1722 times across 146 distinct forms.

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