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23 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 371
The Quran root ل ب س l-b-s
Words built from the root ل ب س ([l-b-s]) appear 23 times in the Quran. The most common is لَبَسْ, “mix”, which comes 11 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| لَبَسْ | labas | mix · you wear them | 11 | |
| لِباس | libaas | garments · clothing | 10 | |
| لَبُوس | labuus | coats of armor | 1 | |
| لَبْس | labs | doubt | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤٢
تَلْبِسُوا talbisū · mix
And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:42)
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ الْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٧١
تَلْبِسُونَ talbisūna · do you mix
O People of the Scripture, why do you mix [i.e., confuse] the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]? (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:71)
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ الصِّيَامِ الرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَائِكُمْ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌ لَّهُنَّ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ فَالْآنَ بَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَابْتَغُوا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا الصِّيَامَ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ تِلْكَ حُدُودُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَقْرَبُوهَا كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ آيَاتِهِ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ١٨٧
لِبَاسٌ libāsun · (are) garments
It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are a clothing for you and you are a clothing for them. Allāh knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allāh has decreed for you [i.e., offspring]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night [i.e., sunset]. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allāh, so do not approach them. Thus does Allāh make clear His verses [i.e., ordinances] to the people that they may become righteous. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:187)
وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّن بَأْسِكُمْ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَاكِرُونَ ٨٠
لَبُوسٍ labūsin · (of) coats of armor
And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful? (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:80)
أَفَعَيِينَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ ١٥
لَبْسٍ labsin · doubt
Did We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation. (Surah Qaf, 50:15)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-An'am · 5×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 3×
- Surah An-Nahl · 2×
- Surah Fatir · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
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.