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18 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 426
The Quran root ث ب ت th-b-t
Words built from the root ث ب ت ([th-b-t]) appear 18 times in the Quran. The most common is ثَبَّتْ, “make firm”, which comes 10 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ثَبَّتْ | thabbat | make firm · strengthen | 10 | |
| تَثْبِيت | tathbiit | certainty · strengthen | 2 | |
| يُثْبِتُ | yuthbitu | that they restrain you · confirms | 2 | |
| ثابِت | thaabit | firm · firm word | 2 | |
| اثْبُتُ | athbutu | be firm | 1 | |
| ثُبُوت | thubuut | it is firmly planted | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ ٢٥٠
وَثَبِّتْ wathabbit · and make firm
And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:250)
وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ ١٤٧
وَثَبِّتْ wathabbit · and make firm
And their words were not but that they said, "Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:147)
وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَآتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ ٢٦٥
وَتَثْبِيتًا watathbītan · and certainty
And the example of those who spend their wealth seeking means to the approval of Allāh and assuring [reward for] themselves is like a garden on high ground which is hit by a downpour - so it yields its fruits in double. And [even] if it is not hit by a downpour, then a drizzle [is sufficient]. And Allāh, of what you do, is Seeing. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:265)
وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ ٣٠
لِيُثْبِتُوكَ liyuth'bitūka · that they restrain you
And [remember, O Muḥammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners. (Surah Al-Anfal, 8:30)
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ ٢٤
ثَابِتٌ thābitun · (is) firm
Have you not considered how Allāh presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky? (Surah Ibrahim, 14:24)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ٤٥
فَاثْبُتُوا fa-uth'butū · then be firm
O you who have believed, when you encounter a company [from the enemy forces], stand firm and remember Allāh much that you may be successful. (Surah Al-Anfal, 8:45)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Anfal · 4×
- Surah Ibrahim · 3×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 2×
- Surah An-Nahl · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
- Surah Hud · 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.