ج و ب Root j-w-b in the Qur’an 43 occurrences in 41 verses
- Occurrences
- 43
- Verses
- 41
- Surahs
- 23 of 114
- Words
- 5
Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ج و ب (j-w-b) gives 5 words. It appears most in Al-Anbya (4), Ash-Shura (4), Ar-Ra'd (3).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
اسْتَجابَ 28 times
- 2:186 · Al-Baqarahفَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ So let them respondAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
- 3:172 · Ali 'Imranٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ respondedThose [believers] who responded to Allah and the Messenger after injury had struck them. For those who did good among them and feared Allah is a great reward -
- 3:195 · Ali 'Imranفَٱسْتَجَابَ Then respondedAnd their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allah, and Allah has with Him the best reward."
- 6:36 · Al-An'amيَسْتَجِيبُ respondOnly those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allah will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.
- 7:194 · Al-A'rafفَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ and let them respondIndeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allah are servants like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.
- 8:9 · Al-Anfalفَٱسْتَجَابَ and He answered[Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another."
- 8:24 · Al-Anfalٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ RespondO you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that to Him you will be gathered.
- 11:14 · Hudيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ they respondAnd if they do not respond to you - then know that the Qur'an was revealed with the knowledge of Allah and that there is no deity except Him. Then, would you [not] be Muslims?
- 12:34 · Yusufفَٱسْتَجَابَ So respondedSo his Lord responded to him and averted from him their plan. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
- 13:14 · Ar-Ra'dيَسْتَجِيبُونَ they respondTo Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e. futility].
- 13:18 · Ar-Ra'dٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ respondedFor those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
- 13:18 · Ar-Ra'dيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ respondFor those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.
- 14:22 · Ibrahimفَٱسْتَجَبْتُمْ and you respondedAnd Satan will say when the matter has been concluded, "Indeed, Allah had promised you the promise of truth. And I promised you, but I betrayed you. But I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and you responded to me. So do not blame me; but blame yourselves. I cannot be called to your aid, nor can you be called to my aid. Indeed, I deny your association of me [with Allah] before. Indeed, for the wrongdoers is a painful punishment."
- 17:52 · Al-Israفَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ and you will respondOn the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."
- 18:52 · Al-Kahfيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ they will respondAnd [warn of] the Day when He will say, "Call 'My partners' whom you claimed," and they will invoke them, but they will not respond to them. And We will put between them [a valley of] destruction.
- 21:76 · Al-Anbyaفَٱسْتَجَبْنَا so We respondedAnd [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allah] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great flood.
- 21:84 · Al-Anbyaفَٱسْتَجَبْنَا So We respondedSo We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allah].
- 21:88 · Al-Anbyaفَٱسْتَجَبْنَا So We respondedSo We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
- 21:90 · Al-Anbyaفَٱسْتَجَبْنَا So We respondedSo We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
- 28:50 · Al-Qasasيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ they respondBut if they do not respond to you - then know that they only follow their [own] desires. And who is more astray than one who follows his desire without guidance from Allah? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
- 28:64 · Al-Qasasيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ they will respondAnd it will be said, "Invoke your 'partners' " and they will invoke them; but they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had followed guidance!
- 35:14 · Fatirٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ they (would) respondIf you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association. And none can inform you like [one] Acquainted [with all matters].
- 40:60 · Ghafirأَسْتَجِبْ I will respondAnd your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible.
- 42:16 · Ash-Shuraٱسْتُجِيبَ response has been made to HimAnd those who argue concerning Allah after He has been responded to - their argument is invalid with their Lord, and upon them is [His] wrath, and for them is a severe punishment.
- 42:26 · Ash-Shuraوَيَسْتَجِيبُ And He answersAnd He answers [the supplication of] those who have believed and done righteous deeds and increases [for] them from His bounty. But the disbelievers will have a severe punishment.
- 42:38 · Ash-Shuraٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ respondAnd those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend.
- 42:47 · Ash-Shuraٱسْتَجِيبُوا۟ RespondRespond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allah of which there is no repelling. No refuge will you have that day, nor for you will there be any denial.
- 46:5 · Al-Ahqafيَسْتَجِيبُ will not respondAnd who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allah those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and they, of their invocation, are unaware.
أُجِيبَت 8 times
- 2:186 · Al-Baqarahأُجِيبُ I respondAnd when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
- 5:109 · Al-Ma'idahأُجِبْتُمْ ۖ was (the) response you received[Be warned of] the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen"
- 10:89 · Yunusأُجِيبَت has been answered[Allah] said, "Your supplication has been answered." So remain on a right course and follow not the way of those who do not know."
- 14:44 · Ibrahimنُّجِبْ we will answerAnd, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn, before, that for you there would be no cessation?
- 27:62 · An-Namlيُجِيبُ respondsIs He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Little do you remember.
- 28:65 · Al-Qasasأَجَبْتُمُ did you answerAnd [mention] the Day He will call them and say, "What did you answer the messengers?"
- 46:31 · Al-Ahqafأَجِيبُوا۟ RespondO our people, respond to the Messenger of Allah and believe in him; Allah will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
- 46:32 · Al-Ahqafيُجِبْ respondBut he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."
جَواب 4 times
- 7:82 · Al-A'rafجَوَابَ (the) answerBut the answer of his people was only that they said, "Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure."
- 27:56 · An-Namlجَوَابَ (the) answerBut the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."
- 29:24 · Al-'Ankabutجَوَابَ (the) answerAnd the answer of Abraham's people was not but that they said, "Kill him or burn him," but Allah saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
- 29:29 · Al-'Ankabutجَوَابَ (the) answerIndeed, you approach men and obstruct the road and commit in your meetings [every] evil." And the answer of his people was not but they said, "Bring us the punishment of Allah, if you should be of the truthful."
مُجِيب 2 times
- 11:61 · Hudمُّجِيبٌۭ All-ResponsiveAnd to Thamud [We sent] their brother Salih. He said, "O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."
- 37:75 · As-Saffatٱلْمُجِيبُونَ (are We as) RespondersAnd Noah had certainly called Us, and [We are] the best of responders.
جابُ 1 time
- 89:9 · Al-Fajrجَابُوا۟ carved outAnd [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
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.
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