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11 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 549
The Quran root س ب ب s-b-b
Words built from the root س ب ب ([s-b-b]) appear 11 times in the Quran. The most common is سَبَب, “course”, which comes 9 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| سَبَب | sabab | course · means | 9 | |
| يَسُبُّ | yasubbu | insult · lest they insult | 2 |
Examples from the Quran
إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَأَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْأَسْبَابُ ١٦٦
الْأَسْبَابُ l-asbābu · the relations
[And they should consider that] when those who have been followed disassociate themselves from those who followed [them], and they [all] see the punishment, and cut off from them are the ties [of relationship], (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:166)
إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَآتَيْنَاهُ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَبًا ٨٤
سَبَبًا sababan · a means
Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means]. (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:84)
وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللَّهَ عَدْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ كَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَّا لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ عَمَلَهُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِم مَّرْجِعُهُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ١٠٨
تَسُبُّوا tasubbū · insult
And do not insult those they invoke other than Allāh, lest they insult Allāh in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:108)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Kahf · 4×
- Surah Ghafir · 2×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 1×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 1×
- Surah Sad · 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.
