أ ب و Root ʾ-b-w in the Qur’an 117 occurrences in 104 verses

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آباء 64 times

• 2:133 · Al-Baqarahءَابَآئِكَ (of) your forefathersOr were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac - one God. And we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."
• 2:170 · Al-Baqarahءَابَآءَنَآ ۗ our forefathers (following)And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
• 2:170 · Al-Baqarahءَابَآؤُهُمْ their forefathersAnd when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing." Even though their fathers understood nothing, nor were they guided?
• 2:200 · Al-Baqarahءَابَآءَكُمْ your forefathersAnd when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance. And among the people is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.
• 4:11 · An-Nisaءَابَآؤُكُمْ Your parentsAllah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females. But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of one's estate. And if there is only one, for her is half. And for one's parents, to each one of them is a sixth of his estate if he left children. But if he had no children and the parents [alone] inherit from him, then for his mother is one third. And if he had brothers [or sisters], for his mother is a sixth, after any bequest he [may have] made or debt. Your parents or your children - you know not which of them are nearest to you in benefit. [These shares are] an obligation [imposed] by Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:22 · An-Nisaءَابَآؤُكُم your fathersAnd do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allah] and was evil as a way.
• 5:104 · Al-Ma'idahءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ our forefathersAnd when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?
• 5:104 · Al-Ma'idahءَابَآؤُهُمْ their forefathersAnd when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," they say, "Sufficient for us is that upon which we found our fathers." Even though their fathers knew nothing, nor were they guided?
• 6:87 · Al-An'amءَابَآئِهِمْ their fathersAnd [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.
• 6:91 · Al-An'amءَابَآؤُكُمْ ۖ your forefathersAnd they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal when they said, "Allah did not reveal to a human being anything." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture that Moses brought as light and guidance to the people? You [Jews] make it into pages, disclosing [some of] it and concealing much. And you were taught that which you knew not - neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allah [revealed it]." Then leave them in their [empty] discourse, amusing themselves.
• 6:148 · Al-An'amءَابَآؤُنَا our forefathersThose who associated with Allah will say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have associated [anything] and neither would our fathers, nor would we have prohibited anything." Likewise did those before deny until they tasted Our punishment. Say, "Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us? You follow not except assumption, and you are not but falsifying."
• 7:28 · Al-A'rafءَابَآءَنَا our forefathersAnd when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah that which you do not know?"
• 7:70 · Al-A'rafءَابَآؤُنَا ۖ our forefathersThey said, "Have you come to us that we should worship Allah alone and leave what our fathers have worshipped? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
• 7:71 · Al-A'rafوَءَابَآؤُكُم and your forefathers[Hud] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
• 7:95 · Al-A'rafءَابَآءَنَا our forefathersThen We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.
• 7:173 · Al-A'rafءَابَآؤُنَا (by) our forefathersOr [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?"
• 9:23 · At-Tawbahءَابَآءَكُمْ your fathersO you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as allies if they have preferred disbelief over belief. And whoever does so among you - then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
• 9:24 · At-Tawbahءَابَآؤُكُمْ your fathersSay, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."
• 10:78 · Yunusءَابَآءَنَا our forefathersThey said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."
• 11:62 · Hudءَابَآؤُنَا our forefathers worshippedThey said, "O Salih, you were among us a man of promise before this. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? And indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."
• 11:87 · Hudءَابَآؤُنَآ our forefathersThey said, "O Shu'ayb, does your prayer command you that we should leave what our fathers worship or not do with our wealth what we please? Indeed, you are the forbearing, the discerning!"
• 11:109 · Hudءَابَآؤُهُم their forefathersSo do not be in doubt, [O Muhammad], as to what these [polytheists] are worshipping. They worship not except as their fathers worshipped before. And indeed, We will give them their share undiminished.
• 12:38 · Yusufءَابَآءِىٓ (of) my forefathersAnd I have followed the religion of my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And it was not for us to associate anything with Allah. That is from the favor of Allah upon us and upon the people, but most of the people are not grateful.
• 12:40 · Yusufوَءَابَآؤُكُم and your forefathersYou worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority. Legislation is not but for Allah. He has commanded that you worship not except Him. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
• 13:23 · Ar-Ra'dءَابَآئِهِمْ their fathersGardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying],
• 14:10 · Ibrahimءَابَآؤُنَا our forefathersTheir messengers said, "Can there be doubt about Allah, Creator of the heavens and earth? He invites you that He may forgive you of your sins, and He delays your death for a specified term." They said, "You are not but men like us who wish to avert us from what our fathers were worshipping. So bring us a clear authority."
• 16:35 · An-Nahlءَابَآؤُنَا our forefathersAnd those who associate others with Allah say, "If Allah had willed, we would not have worshipped anything other than Him, neither we nor our fathers, nor would we have forbidden anything through other than Him." Thus did those do before them. So is there upon the messengers except [the duty of] clear notification?
• 18:5 · Al-Kahfلِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚ their forefathersThey have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.
• 21:44 · Al-Anbyaوَءَابَآءَهُمْ and their fathersBut, [on the contrary], We have provided good things for these [disbelievers] and their fathers until life was prolonged for them. Then do they not see that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? So it is they who will overcome?
• 21:53 · Al-Anbyaءَابَآءَنَا our forefathersThey said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

Also in 34 more places: 21:54, 23:24, 23:68, 23:83, 24:31, 24:31, 24:61, 25:18, 26:26, 26:74, 26:76, 27:67, 27:68, 28:36, 31:21, 33:5, 33:5, 33:55, 34:43, 36:6, 37:17, 37:69, 37:126, 40:8, 43:22, 43:23, 43:24, 43:29, 44:8, 44:36, 45:25, 53:23, 56:48, 58:22

أَب 46 times

• 6:74 · Al-An'amلِأَبِيهِ to his fatherAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father Azar, "Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error."
• 9:114 · At-Tawbahلِأَبِيهِ for his fatherAnd the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to Abraham that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.
• 12:4 · Yusufلِأَبِيهِ to his father[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
• 12:4 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَتِ O my father[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
• 12:8 · Yusufأَبِينَا our fatherWhen they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.
• 12:8 · Yusufأَبَانَا our fatherWhen they said, "Joseph and his brother are more beloved to our father than we, while we are a clan. Indeed, our father is in clear error.
• 12:9 · Yusufأَبِيكُمْ (of) your fatherKill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."
• 12:11 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَانَا O our fatherThey said, "O our father, why do you not entrust us with Joseph while indeed, we are to him sincere counselors?
• 12:16 · Yusufأَبَاهُمْ (to) their fatherAnd they came to their father at night, weeping.
• 12:17 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَانَآ O our fatherThey said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."
• 12:59 · Yusufأَبِيكُمْ ۚ your fatherAnd when he had furnished them with their supplies, he said, "Bring me a brother of yours from your father. Do not you see that I give full measure and that I am the best of accommodators?
• 12:61 · Yusufأَبَاهُ (from) his fatherThey said, "We will attempt to dissuade his father from [keeping] him, and indeed, we will do [it]."
• 12:63 · Yusufأَبِيهِمْ their fatherSo when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."
• 12:63 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَانَا O our fatherSo when they returned to their father, they said, "O our father, [further] measure has been denied to us, so send with us our brother [that] we will be given measure. And indeed, we will be his guardians."
• 12:65 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَانَا O our fatherAnd when they opened their baggage, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said, "O our father, what [more] could we desire? This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will obtain supplies for our family and protect our brother and obtain an increase of a camel's load; that is an easy measurement."
• 12:68 · Yusufأَبُوهُم their fatherAnd when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against Allah at all except [it was] a need within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.
• 12:78 · Yusufأَبًۭا a fatherThey said, "O 'Azeez, indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."
• 12:80 · Yusufأَبَاكُمْ your fatherSo when they had despaired of him, they secluded themselves in private consultation. The eldest of them said, "Do you not know that your father has taken upon you an oath by Allah and [that] before you failed in [your duty to] Joseph? So I will never leave [this] land until my father permits me or Allah decides for me, and He is the best of judges.
• 12:80 · Yusufأَبِىٓ my fatherSo when they had despaired of him, they secluded themselves in private consultation. The eldest of them said, "Do you not know that your father has taken upon you an oath by Allah and [that] before you failed in [your duty to] Joseph? So I will never leave [this] land until my father permits me or Allah decides for me, and He is the best of judges.
• 12:81 · Yusufأَبِيكُمْ your fatherReturn to your father and say, "O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen,
• 12:81 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَانَآ 'O our fatherReturn to your father and say, "O our father, indeed your son has stolen, and we did not testify except to what we knew. And we were not witnesses of the unseen,
• 12:93 · Yusufأَبِى (of) my fatherTake this, my shirt, and cast it over the face of my father; he will become seeing. And bring me your family, all together."
• 12:94 · Yusufأَبُوهُمْ their father saidAnd when the caravan departed [from Egypt], their father said, "Indeed, I find the smell of Joseph [and would say that he was alive] if you did not think me weakened in mind."
• 12:97 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَانَا O our fatherThey said, "O our father, ask for us forgiveness of our sins; indeed, we have been sinners."
• 12:100 · Yusufيَـٰٓأَبَتِ O my fatherAnd he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.
• 18:82 · Al-Kahfأَبُوهُمَا their fatherAnd as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."
• 19:28 · Maryamأَبُوكِ your fatherO sister of Aaron, your father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste."
• 19:42 · Maryamلِأَبِيهِ to his father[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?
• 19:42 · Maryamيَـٰٓأَبَتِ O my father[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?
• 19:43 · Maryamيَـٰٓأَبَتِ O my fatherO my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.

Also in 16 more places: 19:44, 19:45, 21:52, 22:78, 26:70, 26:86, 28:23, 28:25, 28:26, 33:40, 37:85, 37:102, 43:26, 60:4, 80:35, 111:1

أَبَوان 7 times

• 4:11 · An-Nisaوَلِأَبَوَيْهِ And for his parentsAllah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females. But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of one's estate. And if there is only one, for her is half. And for one's parents, to each one of them is a sixth of his estate if he left children. But if he had no children and the parents [alone] inherit from him, then for his mother is one third. And if he had brothers [or sisters], for his mother is a sixth, after any bequest he [may have] made or debt. Your parents or your children - you know not which of them are nearest to you in benefit. [These shares are] an obligation [imposed] by Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 4:11 · An-Nisaأَبَوَاهُ his parentsAllah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females. But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of one's estate. And if there is only one, for her is half. And for one's parents, to each one of them is a sixth of his estate if he left children. But if he had no children and the parents [alone] inherit from him, then for his mother is one third. And if he had brothers [or sisters], for his mother is a sixth, after any bequest he [may have] made or debt. Your parents or your children - you know not which of them are nearest to you in benefit. [These shares are] an obligation [imposed] by Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
• 7:27 · Al-A'rafأَبَوَيْكُم your parentsO children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.
• 12:6 · Yusufأَبَوَيْكَ your two forefathersAnd thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation of narratives and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaac. Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise."
• 12:99 · Yusufأَبَوَيْهِ his parentsAnd when they entered upon Joseph, he took his parents to himself and said, "Enter Egypt, Allah willing, safe [and secure]."
• 12:100 · Yusufأَبَوَيْهِ his parentsAnd he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration. And he said, "O my father, this is the explanation of my vision of before. My Lord has made it reality. And He was certainly good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you [here] from bedouin life after Satan had induced [estrangement] between me and my brothers. Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills. Indeed, it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise.
• 18:80 · Al-Kahfأَبَوَاهُ his parents wereAnd as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.