16 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 447

The Quran root ل ب ب l-b-b

Words built from the root ل ب ب ([l-b-b]) appear 16 times in the Quran. The most common is أَلْباب, “understanding”, which comes 16 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
أَلْباب	albaab	understanding · those of understanding	16

Examples from the Quran

وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٩

الْأَلْبَابِ l-albābi · (of) understanding

And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:179)

الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَاتٌ فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ الْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يَعْلَمْهُ اللَّهُ وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الزَّادِ التَّقْوَىٰ وَاتَّقُونِ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ ١٩٧

الْأَلْبَابِ l-albābi · (of) understanding

Ḥajj is [during] well-known months, so whoever has made ḥajj obligatory upon himself therein [by entering the state of iḥrām], there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during ḥajj. And whatever good you do - Allāh knows it. And take provisions, but indeed, the best provision is fear of Allāh. And fear Me, O you of understanding. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:197)

Surahs where it comes most

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.