ل ب س Root l-b-s in the Qur’an 23 occurrences in 20 verses

Words from this root

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

لَبَسْ 11 times

• 2:42 · Al-Baqarahتَلْبِسُوا۟ mixAnd do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].
• 3:71 · Ali 'Imranتَلْبِسُونَ do you mixO People of the Scripture, why do you confuse the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?
• 6:9 · Al-An'amوَلَلَبَسْنَا and certainly We (would) have obscuredAnd if We had made him an angel, We would have made him [appear as] a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves.
• 6:9 · Al-An'amيَلْبِسُونَ they are obscuringAnd if We had made him an angel, We would have made him [appear as] a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves.
• 6:65 · Al-An'amيَلْبِسَكُمْ (to) confuse youSay, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.
• 6:82 · Al-An'amيَلْبِسُوٓا۟ mixThey who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice - those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided.
• 6:137 · Al-An'amوَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ and that they make confusingAnd likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allah had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
• 16:14 · An-Nahlتَلْبَسُونَهَا (that) you wear themAnd it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships plowing through it, and [He subjected it] that you may seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 18:31 · Al-Kahfوَيَلْبَسُونَ and will wearThose will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place.
• 35:12 · Fatirتَلْبَسُونَهَا ۖ you wear themAnd not alike are the two bodies of water. One is fresh and sweet, palatable for drinking, and one is salty and bitter. And from each you eat tender meat and extract ornaments which you wear, and you see the ships plowing through [them] that you might seek of His bounty; and perhaps you will be grateful.
• 44:53 · Ad-Dukhanيَلْبَسُونَ Wearing garmentsWearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

لِباس 10 times

• 2:187 · Al-Baqarahلِبَاسٌۭ (are) garmentsIt has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous.
• 2:187 · Al-Baqarahلِبَاسٌۭ (are) garmentsIt has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous.
• 7:26 · Al-A'rafلِبَاسًۭا clothingO children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.
• 7:26 · Al-A'rafوَلِبَاسُ But the clothingO children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allah that perhaps they will remember.
• 7:27 · Al-A'rafلِبَاسَهُمَا their clothingO 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.
• 16:112 · An-Nahlلِبَاسَ (the) garbAnd Allah presents an example: a city which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allah. So Allah made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing.
• 22:23 · Al-Hajjوَلِبَاسُهُمْ and their garmentsIndeed, Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds to gardens beneath which rivers flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearl, and their garments therein will be silk.
• 25:47 · Al-Furqanلِبَاسًۭا (as) a coveringAnd it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.
• 35:33 · Fatirوَلِبَاسُهُمْ and their garments[For them are] gardens of perpetual residence which they will enter. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls, and their garments therein will be silk.
• 78:10 · An-Nabaلِبَاسًۭا (as) coveringAnd made the night as clothing

لَبُوس 1 time

• 21:80 · Al-Anbyaلَبُوسٍۢ (of) coats of armorAnd We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

لَبْس 1 time

• 50:15 · Qafلَبْسٍۢ doubtDid We fail in the first creation? But they are in confusion over a new creation.

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.