قَالُوا۟ — Quran 8:31:5 · root ق و ل

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): قَالُوا۟ Quranic text
Simple: قَالُوا
Without tashkeel: قالوا
Normalised (searchable): قالوا

Position

Computed

Surah: 8 · The Spoils of War
Verse: 8:31
Word in verse: 5
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:8:31:5

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: they say,
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

قَالُstem · V · ق و ل
وا۟suffix · PRON

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

The Spoils of War 8:31Quranic text

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَٰذَآ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

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How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 8:31 — 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 →

And when Our revelations are recited to them, they say, “We have heard. Had we wanted, we could have said the like of this; these are nothing but myths of the ancients.”

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

And when Our revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

And oft as our signs were rehearsed to them, they said, "Now have we heard: if we pleased we could certainly utter its like! Yes, it is mere tales of the ancients

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

But when our verses were rehearsed to them they said, 'We have already heard.- If we pleased we could speak like this; verily, this is nothing but tales of those of yore

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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