The Spoils of War 8:38Quranic text
قُللِّلَّذِينَكَفَرُوٓا۟إِنيَنتَهُوا۟يُغْفَرْلَهُممَّاقَدْسَلَفَوَإِنيَعُودُوا۟فَقَدْمَضَتْسُنَّتُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Reference 8:38Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 8:38:10
سَلَفَ
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- سَلَفَ Quranic text
- Simple
- سَلَفَ
- Without tashkeel
- سلف
- Normalised (searchable)
- سلف
Position
Computed- Verse
- 8:38
- Word in verse
- 10
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:8:38:10
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- (is) past.
- Transliteration
- salafa
- Root
- س ل فs-l-f
- Lemma
- سَلَفَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 1
Sub-word segments
- سَلَفَstem · V · س ل ف
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 1.1How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 8:38 — 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 →
Say to those who disbelieve: if they desist, their past will be forgiven. But if they persist—the practice of the ancients has passed awayTell those who disbelieve that if they cease (from persecution of believers) that which is past will be forgiven them; but if they return (thereto) then the example of the men of old hath already gone (before them, for a warning)SAY to the infidels: If they desist from their unbelief, what is now past shall be forgiven them; but if they return to it, they have already before them the doom of the ancientsSay to those who misbelieve, if they desist they will be forgiven what is past; but if they return,- the course of those of former days has passed awaySame form · 5 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form سَلَفَ appears 5 times in the corpus.
Root س ل ف · 8 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root س ل ف occurs 8 times across 4 distinct forms.
- سَلَفَ2:275:34
- سَلَفَ4:22:11
- سَلَفَ4:23:49
- سَلَفَ5:95:41
- أَسْلَفَتْ10:30:6
- سَلَفًا43:56:2
- أَسْلَفْتُمْ69:24:5
Cited by 0 investigations
CommunityNo published investigation cites this word yet. When one does, it appears here — the evidence links back to the argument.