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22 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 385
The Quran root ت ر ب t-r-b
Words built from the root ت ر ب ([t-r-b]) appear 22 times in the Quran. The most common is تُراب, “dust”, which comes 17 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| تُراب | turaab | dust | 17 | |
| أَتْراب | atraab | well-matched · equals in age | 3 | |
| تَرائِب | taraa’ib | ribs | 1 | |
| مَتْرَبَة | matraba | misery | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُم بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَىٰ كَالَّذِي يُنفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ ٢٦٤
تُرَابٌ turābun · (is) dust
O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:264)
إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ خَلَقَهُ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٥٩
تُرَابٍ turābin · dust
Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allāh is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:59)
وَعِندَهُمْ قَاصِرَاتُ الطَّرْفِ أَتْرَابٌ ٥٢
أَتْرَابٌ atrābun · well-matched
And with them will be women limiting [their] glances and of equal age. (Surah Sad, 38:52)
يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَائِبِ ٧
وَالتَّرَائِبِ wal-tarāibi · and the ribs
Emerging from between the backbone and the ribs. (Surah At-Tariq, 86:7)
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ١٦
مَتْرَبَةٍ matrabatin · misery
Or a needy person in misery (Surah Al-Balad, 90:16)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 2×
- Surah As-Saffat · 2×
- Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 2×
- Surah An-Naba · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 1×
- 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.