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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 9:9:11

مَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
مَا Quranic text
Simple
مَا
Without tashkeel
ما
Normalised (searchable)
ما

Position

Computed
Surah
9 · The Repentance
Verse
9:9
Word in verse
11
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:9:9:11

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
(is) what
Transliteration
mā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
ما
Part of speech
Relative pronoun (REL)
Features
—

Sub-word segments

  1. مَاstem · REL

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 9:9 — 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 →

They traded away God's revelations for a cheap price, so they barred others from His path. How evil is what they did
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
They have purchased with the revelations of Allah a little gain, so they debar (men) from His way. Lo! evil is that which they are wont to do
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
They sell the signs of God for a mean price, and turn others aside from his way: evil is it that they do
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
They barter God's signs for a little price, and they turn folk from His way; verily, they - evil is that which they have done
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 714 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form مَا appears 714 times in the corpus.

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Community

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