د ب ر Root d-b-r in the Qur’an 44 occurrences in 44 verses

Words from this root

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

دُبُر 18 times

• 3:111 · Ali 'Imranٱلْأَدْبَارَ the backsThey will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs; then they will not be aided.
• 4:47 · An-Nisaأَدْبَارِهَآ their backsO you who were given the Scripture, believe in what We have sent down [to Muhammad], confirming that which is with you, before We obliterate faces and turn them toward their backs or curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers. And ever is the decree of Allah accomplished.
• 5:21 · Al-Ma'idahأَدْبَارِكُمْ your backsO my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back [from fighting in Allah 's cause] and [thus] become losers."
• 8:15 · Al-Anfalٱلْأَدْبَارَ the backsO you who have believed, when you meet those who disbelieve advancing [for battle], do not turn to them your backs [in flight].
• 8:16 · Al-Anfalدُبُرَهُۥٓ his backAnd whoever turns his back to them on such a day, unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company, has certainly returned with anger [upon him] from Allah, and his refuge is Hell - and wretched is the destination.
• 8:50 · Al-Anfalوَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ and their backsAnd if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved... They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.
• 12:25 · Yusufدُبُرٍۢ the backAnd they both raced to the door, and she tore his shirt from the back, and they found her husband at the door. She said, "What is the recompense of one who intended evil for your wife but that he be imprisoned or a painful punishment?"
• 12:27 · Yusufدُبُرٍۢ (the) backBut if his shirt is torn from the back, then she has lied, and he is of the truthful."
• 12:28 · Yusufدُبُرٍۢ (the) backSo when her husband saw his shirt torn from the back, he said, "Indeed, it is of the women's plan. Indeed, your plan is great.
• 15:65 · Al-Hijrأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ their backsSo set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."
• 17:46 · Al-Israأَدْبَـٰرِهِمْ their backsAnd We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn back in aversion.
• 33:15 · Al-Ahzabٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ ۚ their backsAnd they had already promised Allah before not to turn their backs and flee. And ever is the promise to Allah [that about which one will be] questioned.
• 47:25 · Muhammadأَدْبَـٰرِهِم their backsIndeed, those who reverted back [to disbelief] after guidance had become clear to them - Satan enticed them and prolonged hope for them.
• 47:27 · Muhammadوَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ and their backsThen how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?
• 48:22 · Al-Fathٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ the backsAnd if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.
• 50:40 · Qafوَأَدْبَـٰرَ and afterAnd [in part] of the night exalt Him and after prostration.
• 54:45 · Al-Qamarٱلدُّبُرَ (their) backs[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
• 59:12 · Al-Hashrٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ (their) backsIf they are expelled, they will not leave with them, and if they are fought, they will not aid them. And [even] if they should aid them, they will surely turn their backs; then [thereafter] they will not be aided.

مُدْبِر 8 times

• 9:25 · At-Tawbahمُّدْبِرِينَ fleeingAllah has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Hunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing.
• 21:57 · Al-Anbyaمُدْبِرِينَ turning (your) backsAnd [I swear] by Allah, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."
• 27:10 · An-Namlمُدْبِرًۭا (in) flightAnd [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it were a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, fear not. Indeed, in My presence the messengers do not fear.
• 27:80 · An-Namlمُدْبِرِينَ retreatingIndeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.
• 28:31 · Al-Qasasمُدْبِرًۭا (in) flightAnd [he was told], "Throw down your staff." But when he saw it writhing as if it was a snake, he turned in flight and did not return. [Allah said], "O Moses, approach and fear not. Indeed, you are of the secure.
• 30:52 · Ar-Rumمُدْبِرِينَ retreatingSo indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.
• 37:90 · As-Saffatمُدْبِرِينَ departingSo they turned away from him, departing.
• 40:33 · Ghafirمُدْبِرِينَ fleeingThe Day you will turn your backs fleeing; there is not for you from Allah any protector. And whoever Allah leaves astray - there is not for him any guide.

أَدْبَرَ 4 times

• 70:17 · Al-Ma'arijأَدْبَرَ turned his backIt invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]
• 74:23 · Al-Muddaththirأَدْبَرَ he turned backThen he turned back and was arrogant
• 74:33 · Al-Muddaththirأَدْبَرَ it departsAnd [by] the night when it departs
• 79:22 · An-Nazi'atأَدْبَرَ he turned his backThen he turned his back, striving.

دابِر 4 times

• 6:45 · Al-An'amدَابِرُ (the) remnantSo the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
• 7:72 · Al-A'rafدَابِرَ the rootsSo We saved him and those with him by mercy from Us. And We eliminated those who denied Our signs, and they were not [at all] believers.
• 8:7 · Al-Anfalدَابِرَ (the) roots[Remember, O believers], when Allah promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allah intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers
• 15:66 · Al-Hijrدَابِرَ (the) rootAnd We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.

يَتَدَبَّرُ 4 times

• 4:82 · An-Nisaيَتَدَبَّرُونَ they ponderThen do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction.
• 23:68 · Al-Mu'minunيَدَّبَّرُوا۟ they ponderThen have they not reflected over the Qur'an, or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?
• 38:29 · Sadلِّيَدَّبَّرُوٓا۟ that they may ponder[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.
• 47:24 · Muhammadيَتَدَبَّرُونَ they ponderThen do they not reflect upon the Qur'an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?

يُدَبِّرُ 4 times

• 10:3 · Yunusيُدَبِّرُ disposingIndeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne, arranging the matter [of His creation]. There is no intercessor except after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Then will you not remember?
• 10:31 · Yunusيُدَبِّرُ disposesSay, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, "Allah," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?"
• 13:2 · Ar-Ra'dيُدَبِّرُ He arrangesIt is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He arranges [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain.
• 32:5 · As-Sajdahيُدَبِّرُ He regulatesHe arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count.

إِدْبار 1 time

• 52:49 · At-Turوَإِدْبَـٰرَ and afterAnd in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars.

مُدَبِّرَة 1 time

• 79:5 · An-Nazi'atفَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ And those who arrangeAnd those who arrange [each] matter,

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.