ع ر ب Root ʿ-r-b in the Qur’an 22 occurrences in 22 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

عَرَبِيّ 11 times

• 12:2 · Yusufعَرَبِيًّۭا (as) a Quran in ArabicIndeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
• 13:37 · Ar-Ra'dعَرَبِيًّۭا ۚ (in) ArabicAnd thus We have revealed it as an Arabic legislation. And if you should follow their inclinations after what has come to you of knowledge, you would not have against Allah any ally or any protector.
• 16:103 · An-Nahlعَرَبِىٌّۭ ArabicAnd We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches the Prophet." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this Qur'an is [in] a clear Arabic language.
• 20:113 · Ta-Haعَرَبِيًّۭا (in) ArabicAnd thus We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an and have diversified therein the warnings that perhaps they will avoid [sin] or it would cause them remembrance.
• 26:195 · Ash-Shu'araعَرَبِىٍّۢ ArabicIn a clear Arabic language.
• 39:28 · Az-Zumarعَرَبِيًّا (in) Arabic[It is] an Arabic Qur'an, without any deviance that they might become righteous.
• 41:3 · Fussilatعَرَبِيًّۭا (in) ArabicA Book whose verses have been detailed, an Arabic Qur'an for a people who know,
• 41:44 · Fussilatوَعَرَبِىٌّۭ ۗ and an ArabAnd if We had made it a non-Arabic Qur'an, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.
• 42:7 · Ash-Shuraعَرَبِيًّۭا (in) ArabicAnd thus We have revealed to you an Arabic Qur'an that you may warn the Mother of Cities [Makkah] and those around it and warn of the Day of Assembly, about which there is no doubt. A party will be in Paradise and a party in the Blaze.
• 43:3 · Az-Zukhrufعَرَبِيًّۭا (in) ArabicIndeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
• 46:12 · Al-Ahqafعَرَبِيًّۭا ArabicAnd before it was the scripture of Moses to lead and as a mercy. And this is a confirming Book in an Arabic tongue to warn those who have wronged and as good tidings to the doers of good.

أَعْراب 10 times

• 9:90 · At-Tawbahٱلْأَعْرَابِ the bedouinsAnd those with excuses among the bedouins came to be permitted [to remain], and they who had lied to Allah and His Messenger sat [at home]. There will strike those who disbelieved among them a painful punishment.
• 9:97 · At-Tawbahٱلْأَعْرَابُ The bedouinsThe bedouins are stronger in disbelief and hypocrisy and more likely not to know the limits of what [laws] Allah has revealed to His Messenger. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
• 9:98 · At-Tawbahٱلْأَعْرَابِ the bedouinsAnd among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
• 9:99 · At-Tawbahٱلْأَعْرَابِ the bedouinsBut among the bedouins are some who believe in Allah and the Last Day and consider what they spend as means of nearness to Allah and of [obtaining] invocations of the Messenger. Unquestionably, it is a means of nearness for them. Allah will admit them to His mercy. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 9:101 · At-Tawbahٱلْأَعْرَابِ the bedouinsAnd among those around you of the bedouins are hypocrites, and [also] from the people of Madinah. They have become accustomed to hypocrisy. You, [O Muhammad], do not know them, [but] We know them. We will punish them twice [in this world]; then they will be returned to a great punishment.
• 9:120 · At-Tawbahٱلْأَعْرَابِ the bedouinsIt was not [proper] for the people of Madinah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allah or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allah, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good.
• 33:20 · Al-Ahzabٱلْأَعْرَابِ the BedouinsThey think the companies have not [yet] withdrawn. And if the companies should come [again], they would wish they were in the desert among the bedouins, inquiring [from afar] about your news. And if they should be among you, they would not fight except for a little.
• 48:11 · Al-Fathٱلْأَعْرَابِ the BedouinsThose who remained behind of the bedouins will say to you, "Our properties and our families occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not within their hearts. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He intended for you harm or intended for you benefit? Rather, ever is Allah, with what you do, Acquainted.
• 48:16 · Al-Fathٱلْأَعْرَابِ the BedouinsSay to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit. So if you obey, Allah will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment."
• 49:14 · Al-Hujuratٱلْأَعْرَابُ the BedouinsThe bedouins say, "We have believed." Say, "You have not [yet] believed; but say [instead], 'We have submitted,' for faith has not yet entered your hearts. And if you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not deprive you from your deeds of anything. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."

عُرُب 1 time

• 56:37 · Al-Waqi'ahعُرُبًا DevotedDevoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

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.