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44 times in the Quran · 8 word forms · rank 222
The Quran root د ب ر d-b-r
Words built from the root د ب ر ([d-b-r]) appear 44 times in the Quran. The most common is دُبُر, “backs”, which comes 18 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| دُبُر | dubur | backs · back | 18 | |
| مُدْبِر | mudbir | fleeing · flight | 8 | |
| يَتَدَبَّرُ | yatadabbaru | they ponder · that they may ponder | 4 | |
| دابِر | daabir | roots · remnant | 4 | |
| يُدَبِّرُ | yudabbiru | disposing · disposes | 4 | |
| أَدْبَرَ | adbara | turned his back · he turned back | 4 | |
| إِدْبار | idbaar | after | 1 | |
| مُدَبِّرَة | mudabbira | those who arrange | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
لَن يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّا أَذًى وَإِن يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ الْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ١١١
الْأَدْبَارَ l-adbāra · the backs
They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs [i.e., retreat]; then they will not be aided. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:111)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ آمِنُوا بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّطْمِسَ وُجُوهًا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَدْبَارِهَا أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّا أَصْحَابَ السَّبْتِ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا ٤٧
أَدْبَارِهَا adbārihā · their backs
O you who were given the Scripture, believe in what We have sent down [to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], confirming that which is with you, before We obliterate faces and turn them toward their backs or curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers. And ever is the matter [i.e., decree] of Allāh accomplished. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:47)
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنكُمْ شَيْئًا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُم مُّدْبِرِينَ ٢٥
مُّدْبِرِينَ mud'birīna · fleeing
Allāh has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Ḥunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with [i.e., in spite of] its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:25)
أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا ٨٢
يَتَدَبَّرُونَ yatadabbarūna · they ponder
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān? If it had been from [any] other than Allāh, they would have found within it much contradiction. (Surah An-Nisa, 4:82)
فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ٤٥
دَابِرُ dābiru · (the) remnant
So the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allāh, Lord of the worlds. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:45)
إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٣
يُدَبِّرُ yudabbiru · disposing
Indeed, your Lord is Allāh, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne, arranging the matter [of His creation]. There is no intercessor except after His permission. That is Allāh, your Lord, so worship Him. Then will you not remember? (Surah Yunus, 10:3)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Anfal · 4×
- Surah Yusuf · 3×
- Surah Muhammad · 3×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Al-Hijr · 2×
- Surah An-Naml · 2×
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.