Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 5:90:8

وَٱلْأَزْلَٰمُ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): وَٱلْأَزْلَٰمُ Quranic text
Simple: وَالْأَزْلَٰمُ
Without tashkeel: وٱلأزلم
Normalised (searchable): والازلم

Position

Computed

Surah: 5 · The Table
Verse: 5:90
Word in verse: 8
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:5:90:8

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: and divining arrows
Transliteration: wal-azlāmu

Root: ز ل مz-l-m
Lemma: أَزْلام
Part of speech: Noun (N)
Features: case: NOMgender: Mnumber: plural

Sub-word segments

وَprefix · CONJ
ٱلْprefix · DET
أَزْلَٰمُstem · N · ز ل م

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

The Table 5:90Quranic text

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَٰمُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

← وَٱلْأَنصَابُ 5:90:7 رِجْسٌ 5:90:9 →

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 5:90 — 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 →

O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling, idolatry, and divination are abominations of Satan’s doing. Avoid them, so that you may prosper

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

O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

O believers! surely wine and games of chance, and statues, and the divining arrows, are an abomination of Satan's work! Avoid them, that ye may prosper

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

O ye who believe! verily, wine, and el maisar, and statues, and divining (arrows) are only an abomination of Satan's work; avoid them then that haply ye may prosper

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 ز ل م · 2 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ز ل م occurs 2 times across 2 distinct forms.

بِٱلْأَزْلَٰمِ5:3:28

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