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294 times in the Quran · 13 word forms · rank 28

The Quran root ق ب ل q-b-l

Words built from the root ق ب ل ([q-b-l]) appear 294 times in the Quran. The most common is قَبْل, “before”, which comes 242 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
قَبْلqablbefore · before them242
تَقَبَّلَtaqabbalaAccept · will be accepted10
يَقْبَلُyaqbaluwill be accepted · accepts9
أَقْبَلَaqbalawill approach · turning towards9
قِبْلَةqibladirection of prayer · places of worship7
قِبَلqibaltowards · resistance4
مُتَقابِلmutaqaabilfacing each other4
قُبُلqubulface to face · front3
قَبِيلqabiiltribe · before2
قَبُولqabuulacceptance1
قابِلqaabilAcceptor1
مُسْتَقْبِلmustaqbilapproaching1
قَبائِلqabaa’iltribes1

Examples from the Quran

وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ ٤

قَبْلِكَ qablika · before you

And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:4)

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ٢١

قَبْلِكُمْ qablikum · before you

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:21)

وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ١٢٧

تَقَبَّلْ taqabbal · Accept

And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:127)

وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِي نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ٤٨

يُقْبَلُ yuq'balu · will be accepted

And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:48)

قَالُوا وَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَيْهِم مَّاذَا تَفْقِدُونَ ٧١

وَأَقْبَلُوا wa-aqbalū · turning towards

They said while approaching them, "What is it you are missing?" (Surah Yusuf, 12:71)

سَيَقُولُ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلَّاهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا قُل لِّلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ١٤٢

قِبْلَتِهِمُ qib'latihimu · their direction of prayer

The foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away from their qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To Allāh belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:142)

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.