ل ب ث Root l-b-th in the Qur’an 31 occurrences in 27 verses

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

لَبِثَ 30 times

• 2:259 · Al-Baqarahلَبِثْتَ ۖ (have) you remainedOr [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent."
• 2:259 · Al-Baqarahلَبِثْتُ I remainedOr [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent."
• 2:259 · Al-Baqarahلَّبِثْتَ you (have) remainedOr [consider such an example] as the one who passed by a township which had fallen into ruin. He said, "How will Allah bring this to life after its death?" So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years; then He revived him. He said, "How long have you remained?" The man said, "I have remained a day or part of a day." He said, "Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time. And look at your donkey; and We will make you a sign for the people. And look at the bones [of this donkey] - how We raise them and then We cover them with flesh." And when it became clear to him, he said, "I know that Allah is over all things competent."
• 10:16 · Yunusلَبِثْتُ I have stayedSay, "If Allah had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I had remained among you a lifetime before it. Then will you not reason?"
• 10:45 · Yunusيَلْبَثُوٓا۟ they had not remainedAnd on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided
• 11:69 · Hudلَبِثَ and not he delayedAnd certainly did Our messengers come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.
• 12:42 · Yusufفَلَبِثَ so he remainedAnd he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and Joseph remained in prison several years.
• 17:52 · Al-Israلَّبِثْتُمْ you had remainedOn 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."
• 17:76 · Al-Israيَلْبَثُونَ they (would) have stayedAnd indeed, they were about to drive you from the land to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little.
• 18:12 · Al-Kahfلَبِثُوٓا۟ (they had) remainedThen We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time.
• 18:19 · Al-Kahfلَبِثْتُمْ ۖ have you remainedAnd similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.
• 18:19 · Al-Kahfلَبِثْنَا We have remainedAnd similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.
• 18:19 · Al-Kahfلَبِثْتُمْ you have remainedAnd similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.
• 18:25 · Al-Kahfوَلَبِثُوا۟ And they remainedAnd they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.
• 18:26 · Al-Kahfلَبِثُوا۟ ۖ they remainedSay, "Allah is most knowing of how long they remained. He has [knowledge of] the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. How Seeing is He and how Hearing! They have not besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."
• 20:40 · Ta-Haفَلَبِثْتَ Then you remained[And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.
• 20:103 · Ta-Haلَّبِثْتُمْ you remainedThey will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."
• 20:104 · Ta-Haلَّبِثْتُمْ you remainedWe are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner will say, "You remained not but one day."
• 23:112 · Al-Mu'minunلَبِثْتُمْ did you remain[Allah] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?"
• 23:113 · Al-Mu'minunلَبِثْنَا We remainedThey will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
• 23:114 · Al-Mu'minunلَّبِثْتُمْ you stayedHe will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known.
• 26:18 · Ash-Shu'araوَلَبِثْتَ and you remained[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
• 29:14 · Al-'Ankabutفَلَبِثَ and he remainedAnd We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.
• 30:55 · Ar-Rumلَبِثُوا۟ they remainedAnd the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.
• 30:56 · Ar-Rumلَبِثْتُمْ you remainedBut those who were given knowledge and faith will say, "You remained the extent of Allah 's decree until the Day of Resurrection, and this is the Day of Resurrection, but you did not used to know."
• 33:14 · Al-Ahzabتَلَبَّثُوا۟ they (would) have hesitatedAnd if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.
• 34:14 · Sabaلَبِثُوا۟ they (would have) remainedAnd when We decreed for Solomon death, nothing indicated to the jinn his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff. But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.
• 37:144 · As-Saffatلَلَبِثَ Certainly, he (would have) remainedHe would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.
• 46:35 · Al-Ahqafيَلْبَثُوٓا۟ remainedSo be patient, [O Muhammad], as were those of determination among the messengers and do not be impatient for them. It will be - on the Day they see that which they are promised - as though they had not remained [in the world] except an hour of a day. [This is] notification. And will [any] be destroyed except the defiantly disobedient people?
• 79:46 · An-Nazi'atيَلْبَثُوٓا۟ they had remainedIt will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

لابِث 1 time

• 78:23 · An-Nabaلَّـٰبِثِينَ (They will) be remainingIn which they will remain for ages [unending].

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.