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28 times in the Quran · 6 word forms · rank 323
The Quran root ث و ب th-w-b
Words built from the root ث و ب ([th-w-b]) appear 28 times in the Quran. The most common is ثَواب, “reward”, which comes 13 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ثَواب | thawaab | reward | 13 | |
| ثِياب | thiyaab | garments · clothing | 8 | |
| أَثابَ | athaaba | rewarded them · repaid you | 3 | |
| مَثُوبَة | mathuuba | reward · recompense | 2 | |
| مَثابَة | mathaaba | place of return | 1 | |
| ثُوِّبَ | thuwwiba | been rewarded | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ كِتَابًا مُّؤَجَّلًا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ الْآخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِ مِنْهَا وَسَنَجْزِي الشَّاكِرِينَ ١٤٥
ثَوَابَ thawāba · reward
And it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allāh at a decree determined. And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And We will reward the grateful. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:145)
فَآتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا وَحُسْنَ ثَوَابِ الْآخِرَةِ وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٤٨
ثَوَابَ thawāba · reward
So Allāh gave them the reward of this world and the good reward of the Hereafter. And Allāh loves the doers of good. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:148)
أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا مِنْهُ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ ٥
ثِيَابَهُمْ thiyābahum · (with) their garments
Unquestionably, they [i.e., the disbelievers] turn away their breasts to hide themselves from him. Unquestionably, [even] when they cover themselves in their clothing, He [i.e., Allāh] knows what they conceal and what they declare. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts. (Surah Hud, 11:5)
إِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَلَا تَلْوُونَ عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ وَالرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ فِي أُخْرَاكُمْ فَأَثَابَكُمْ غَمًّا بِغَمٍّ لِّكَيْلَا تَحْزَنُوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا مَا أَصَابَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ١٥٣
فَأَثَابَكُمْ fa-athābakum · So (He) repaid you
[Remember] when you [fled and] climbed [the mountain] without looking aside at anyone while the Messenger was calling you from behind. So Allāh repaid you with distress upon distress so you would not grieve for that which had escaped you [of victory and spoils of war] or [for] that which had befallen you [of injury and death]. And Allāh is [fully] Aware of what you do. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:153)
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ ١٠٣
لَمَثُوبَةٌ lamathūbatun · surely (the) reward
And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:103)
وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَاتَّخِذُوا مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى وَعَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ ١٢٥
مَثَابَةً mathābatan · a place of return
And [mention] when We made the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:125)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 7×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 4×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah An-Nur · 2×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 2×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 2×
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.