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92 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 121
The Quran root س ب ح s-b-ḥ
Words built from the root س ب ح ([s-b-ḥ]) appear 92 times in the Quran. The most common is سَبَّحَ, “glorify”, which comes 42 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| سَبَّحَ | sabbaḥa | glorify · glorifies | 42 | |
| سُبْحان | subḥaan | Glory be · Glory be to You | 41 | |
| تَسْبِيح | tasbiiḥ | glorification | 2 | |
| يَسْبَحُ | yasbaḥu | floating · they are floating | 2 | |
| مُسَبِّح | musabbiḥ | those who glorify · glorify | 2 | |
| سَبْح | sabḥ | occupation · swimming | 2 | |
| سابِحَة | saabiḥa | those who glide | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ٣٠
نُسَبِّحُ nusabbiḥu · [we] glorify (You)
And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?" He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:30)
قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِّي آيَةً قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِبْكَارِ ٤١
وَسَبِّحْ wasabbiḥ · and glorify (Him)
He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:41)
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ ٣٢
سُبْحَانَكَ sub'ḥānaka · Glory be to You
They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:32)
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ وَإِن مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا ٤٤
تَسْبِيحَهُمْ tasbīḥahum · their glorification
The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allāh] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing and Forgiving. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:44)
وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ ٣٣
يَسْبَحُونَ yasbaḥūna · floating
And it is He who created the night and the day and the sun and the moon; all [heavenly bodies] in an orbit are swimming. (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:33)
فَلَوْلَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ ١٤٣
الْمُسَبِّحِينَ l-musabiḥīna · those who glorify
And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh, (Surah As-Saffat, 37:143)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Isra · 7×
- Surah Al-Anbya · 6×
- Surah An-Nur · 4×
- Surah As-Saffat · 4×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah Taha · 3×
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.