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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 47:36:11

وَلَا

Forms

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

Position

Computed
Verse
47:36
Word in verse
11
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:47:36:11

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
and not
Transliteration
walā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
لا
Part of speech
Negative particle (NEG)
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. وَprefix · CONJ
  2. لَاstem · NEG

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 47:36 — 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 →

The life of this word is nothing but play and pastime. But if you have faith and lead a righteous life, He will grant you your rewards, and He will not ask you for your possessions
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
The life of the world is but a sport and a pastime. And if ye believe and ward off (evil). He will give you your wages, and will not ask of you your wordly wealth
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Surely this present life is only a play, and pastime! but if ye believe, fear God; He will give you your rewards: but He will not ask all your riches of you
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
The life of this world is but a play and a sport; but if ye believe and fear God, He will give you your hire
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 605 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form وَلَا appears 605 times in the corpus.

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