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17 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 442

The Quran root أ و ب ’-w-b

Words built from the root أ و ب ([’-w-b]) appear 17 times in the Quran. The most common is مَآب, “place of return”, which comes 9 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
مَآبma’aabplace of return · return9
أَوّابawwaabrepeatedly turning · those who often turn6
أَوِّبِawwibiRepeat praises1
إِيابiyaabreturn1

Examples from the Quran

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالْبَنِينَ وَالْقَنَاطِيرِ الْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْأَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَاللَّهُ عِندَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَآبِ ١٤

الْمَآبِ l-maābi · [the] abode to return

Beautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allāh has with Him the best return [i.e., Paradise]. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:14)

الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَآبٍ ٢٩

مَآبٍ maābin · place of return

Those who have believed and done righteous deeds - a good state is theirs and a good return. (Surah Ar-Ra'd, 13:29)

رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِي نُفُوسِكُمْ إِن تَكُونُوا صَالِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّابِينَ غَفُورًا ٢٥

لِلْأَوَّابِينَ lil'awwābīna · to those who often turn (to Him)

Your Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:25)

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ مِنَّا فَضْلًا يَا جِبَالُ أَوِّبِي مَعَهُ وَالطَّيْرَ وَأَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدِيدَ ١٠

أَوِّبِي awwibī · Repeat praises

And We certainly gave David from Us bounty. [We said], "O mountains, repeat [Our] praises with him, and the birds [as well]." And We made pliable for him iron, (Surah Saba, 34:10)

إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ ٢٥

إِيَابَهُمْ iyābahum · (will be) their return

Indeed, to Us is their return. (Surah Al-Ghashiyah, 88:25)

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Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.