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60 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 179
The Quran root غ ي ب gh-y-b
Words built from the root غ ي ب ([gh-y-b]) appear 60 times in the Quran. The most common is غَيْب, “unseen”, which comes 49 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| غَيْب | ghayb | unseen · about the unseen | 49 | |
| غُيُوب | ghuyuub | unseen | 4 | |
| غائِب | ghaa’ib | absent | 3 | |
| غَيابَت | ghayaabat | bottom | 2 | |
| غائِبَة | ghaa’iba | hidden | 1 | |
| يَغْتَب | yaghtab | backbite | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ٣
بِالْغَيْبِ bil-ghaybi · in the unseen
Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them, (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:3)
قَالَ يَا آدَمُ أَنبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فَلَمَّا أَنبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ٣٣
غَيْبَ ghayba · (the) unseen
He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:33)
يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُوا لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ ١٠٩
الْغُيُوبِ l-ghuyūbi · (of) the unseen
[Be warned of] the Day when Allāh will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen" - (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:109)
فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ وَمَا كُنَّا غَائِبِينَ ٧
غَائِبِينَ ghāibīna · absent
Then We will surely relate [their deeds] to them with knowledge, and We were not [at all] absent. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:7)
قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ وَأَلْقُوهُ فِي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ إِن كُنتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ ١٠
غَيَابَتِ ghayābati · the bottom
Said a speaker among them, "Do not kill Joseph but throw him into the bottom of the well; some travelers will pick him up - if you would do [something]." (Surah Yusuf, 12:10)
وَمَا مِنْ غَائِبَةٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ ٧٥
غَائِبَةٍ ghāibatin · hidden
And there is nothing concealed within the heaven and the earth except that it is in a clear Register. (Surah An-Naml, 27:75)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Yusuf · 5×
- Surah Saba · 4×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 3×
- Surah Al-An'am · 3×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 3×
- Surah Hud · 3×
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.