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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 9:49:8

أَلَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
أَلَا Quranic text
Simple
أَلَا
Without tashkeel
ألا
Normalised (searchable)
الا

Position

Computed
Verse
9:49
Word in verse
8
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:9:49:8

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
Surely,
Transliteration
alā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
أَلا
Part of speech
ATT
Features

Sub-word segments

  1. أَلَاstem · ATT

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 9:49 — 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 →

Among them is he who says, “Excuse me, and do not trouble me.” In fact, they sunk into trouble. In fact, Hell will engulf the disbelievers
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Of them is he who saith: Grant me leave (to stay at home) and tempt me not. Surely it is into temptation that they (thus) have fallen. Lo! hell verily is all around the disbelievers
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
Some of them say to thee, "Allow me to remain at home, and expose me not to the trial." Have they not fallen into a trial already? But verily, Hell shall environ the Infidels
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
Of them are some who say, 'Permit me, and do not try me!' Have they not fallen into the trial already, but hell shall encompass the misbelievers
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 31 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form أَلَا appears 31 times in the corpus.

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