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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
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| قَبْل | qabl | before · before them | 242 | |
| تَقَبَّلَ | taqabbala | Accept · will be accepted | 10 | |
| يَقْبَلُ | yaqbalu | will be accepted · accepts | 9 | |
| أَقْبَلَ | aqbala | will approach · turning towards | 9 | |
| قِبْلَة | qibla | direction of prayer · places of worship | 7 | |
| قِبَل | qibal | towards · resistance | 4 | |
| مُتَقابِل | mutaqaabil | facing each other | 4 | |
| قُبُل | qubul | face to face · front | 3 | |
| قَبِيل | qabiil | tribe · before | 2 | |
| قَبُول | qabuul | acceptance | 1 | |
| قابِل | qaabil | Acceptor | 1 | |
| مُسْتَقْبِل | mustaqbil | approaching | 1 | |
| قَبائِل | qabaa’il | tribes | 1 |
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
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 23×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 16×
- Surah Yusuf · 13×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 11×
- Surah Al-An'am · 10×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 10×
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.