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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 59:21:14

ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ Quranic text
Simple
الْأَمْثَٰلُ
Without tashkeel
ٱلأمثل
Normalised (searchable)
الامثل

Position

Computed
Verse
59:21
Word in verse
14
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:59:21:14

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
l-amthālu
Lemma
مَثَل
Part of speech
Noun (N)
Features
case: NOMgender: Mnumber: plural

Sub-word segments

  1. ٱلْprefix · DET
  2. أَمْثَٰلُstem · N · م ث ل

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 59:21 — 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 →

Had We sent this Quran down on a mountain, you would have seen it trembling, crumbling in awe of God. These parables We cite for the people, so that they may reflect
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
If We had caused this Qur'an to descend upon a mountain, thou (O Muhammad) verily hadst seen it humbled, rent asunder by the fear of Allah. Such similitudes coin We for mankind that haply they may reflect
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Had we sent down this Koran on some mountain, thou wouldst certainly have seen it humbling itself and cleaving asunder for the fear of God. Such are the parables we propose to men in order that they may reflect
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Had we sent down this Qur'an upon a mountain, thou wouldst have seen it humbling itself, splitting asunder from the fear of God! These parables do we strike out for men; haply they may reflect
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 2 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ appears 2 times in the corpus.

Root م ث ل · 169 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root م ث ل occurs 169 times across 65 distinct forms.

See the full root page for م ث ل

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