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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 9:106:5

إِمَّا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
إِمَّا Quranic text
Simple
إِمَّا
Without tashkeel
إما
Normalised (searchable)
اما

Position

Computed
Verse
9:106
Word in verse
5
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:9:106:5

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
whether
Transliteration
immā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
إِمّا
Part of speech
EXL
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. إِمَّاstem · EXL

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 9:106 — 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 →

Others are held in suspense, awaiting God’s decree, as to whether He will punish them, or accept their repentance. God is Aware and Wise
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And (there are) others who await Allah's decree, whether He will punish them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And others await the decision of God; whether He will punish them, or whether He will be turned unto them: but God is Knowing, Wise
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And others are in hopes of God's bidding; whether He will torment them, or whether He turn again towards them; for God is knowing, wise
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 6 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form إِمَّا appears 6 times in the corpus.

Cited by 0 investigations

Community

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