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43 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 225
The Quran root ج و ب j-w-b
Words built from the root ج و ب ([j-w-b]) appear 43 times in the Quran. The most common is اسْتَجابَ, “respond”, which comes 28 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| اسْتَجابَ | astajaaba | respond · responded | 28 | |
| أُجِيبَت | ujiibat | Respond · I respond | 8 | |
| جَواب | jawaab | answer | 4 | |
| مُجِيب | mujiib | All-Responsive · Responders | 2 | |
| جابُ | jaabu | carved out | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ ١٨٦
فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا falyastajībū · So let them respond
And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:186)
الَّذِينَ اسْتَجَابُوا لِلَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ مِن بَعْدِ مَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْقَرْحُ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا مِنْهُمْ وَاتَّقَوْا أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ ١٧٢
اسْتَجَابُوا is'tajābū · responded
Those [believers] who responded to Allāh and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allāh is a great reward - (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:172)
يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُوا لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ ١٠٩
أُجِبْتُمْ ujib'tum · was (the) response you received
[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)
وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ ٨٢
جَوَابَ jawāba · (the) answer
But the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:82)
وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ هُوَ أَنشَأَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ وَاسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ ٦١
مُّجِيبٌ mujībun · All-Responsive
And to Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive." (Surah Hud, 11:61)
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ ٩
جَابُوا jābū · carved out
And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley? (Surah Al-Fajr, 89:9)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Anbya · 4×
- Surah Ash-Shuraa · 4×
- Surah Ar-Ra'd · 3×
- Surah Al-Qasas · 3×
- Surah Al-Ahqaf · 3×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 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.