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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 5:38:2

وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ Quranic text
Simple
وَالسَّارِقَةُ
Without tashkeel
وٱلسارقة
Normalised (searchable)
والسارقه

Position

Computed
Surah
5 · The Table
Verse
5:38
Word in verse
2
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:5:38:2

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
and the female thief -
Transliteration
wal-sāriqatu
Root
س ر قs-r-q
Lemma
سارِقَة
Part of speech
Noun (N)
Features
case: NOMgender: Fderivation: ACT_PCPLverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

  1. وَprefix · CONJ
  2. ٱلprefix · DET
  3. سَّارِقَةُstem · N · س ر ق

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 5:38 — 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 the thief, whether male or female, cut their hands as a penalty for what they have reaped—a deterrent from God. God is Mighty and Wise
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
As to the thief, whether man or woman, cut ye off their hands in recompense for their doings. This is a penalty by way of warning from God himself. And God is Mighty, Wise
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
The man thief and the woman thief, cut off the hands of both as a punishment, for that they have erred; - an example from God, for God is mighty, wise
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.

Root س ر ق · 9 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root س ر ق occurs 9 times across 8 distinct forms.

See the full root page for س ر ق →

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