ن ب ت Root n-b-t in the Qur’an 26 occurrences in 23 verses
- Occurrences
- 26
- Verses
- 23
- Surahs
- 21 of 114
- Words
- 3
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 ن ب ت (n-b-t) gives 3 words. It appears most in Al-Baqarah (2), Ali 'Imran (2), An-Naml (2).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
أَنۢبَتَ 16 times
- 2:61 · Al-Baqarahتُنۢبِتُ growsAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.
- 2:261 · Al-Baqarahأَنۢبَتَتْ which growsThe example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed [of grain] which grows seven spikes; in each spike is a hundred grains. And Allah multiplies [His reward] for whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
- 3:37 · Ali 'Imranوَأَنۢبَتَهَا and reared her So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, "O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?" She said, "It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account."
- 15:19 · Al-Hijrوَأَنۢبَتْنَا and [We] caused to growAnd the earth - We have spread it and cast therein firmly set mountains and caused to grow therein [something] of every well-balanced thing.
- 16:11 · An-Nahlيُنۢبِتُ He causes to growHe causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and from all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
- 22:5 · Al-Hajjوَأَنۢبَتَتْ and growsO People, if you should be in doubt about the Resurrection, then [consider that] indeed, We created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot, and then from a lump of flesh, formed and unformed - that We may show you. And We settle in the wombs whom We will for a specified term, then We bring you out as a child, and then [We develop you] that you may reach your [time of] maturity. And among you is he who is taken in [early] death, and among you is he who is returned to the most decrepit [old] age so that he knows, after [once having] knowledge, nothing. And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.
- 26:7 · Ash-Shu'araأَنۢبَتْنَا We producedDid they not look at the earth - how much We have produced therein from every noble kind?
- 27:60 · An-Namlفَأَنۢبَتْنَا And We caused to grow[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].
- 27:60 · An-Namlتُنۢبِتُوا۟ you cause to grow[More precisely], is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].
- 31:10 · Luqmanفَأَنۢبَتْنَا then We caused to growHe created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And We sent down rain from the sky and made grow therein [plants] of every noble kind.
- 36:36 · Ya-Sinتُنۢبِتُ growsExalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.
- 37:146 · As-Saffatوَأَنۢبَتْنَا And We caused to growAnd We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.
- 50:7 · Qafوَأَنۢبَتْنَا and We made to growAnd the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,
- 50:9 · Qafفَأَنۢبَتْنَا then We made to growAnd We have sent down blessed rain from the sky and made grow thereby gardens and grain from the harvest
- 71:17 · Nuhأَنۢبَتَكُم has caused you to growAnd Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
- 80:27 · Abasaفَأَنۢبَتْنَا Then We caused to growAnd caused to grow within it grain
نَبات 9 times
- 3:37 · Ali 'Imranنَبَاتًا a rearingSo her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, "O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?" She said, "It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account."
- 6:99 · Al-An'amنَبَاتَ vegetationAnd it is He who sends down rain from the sky, and We produce thereby the growth of all things. We produce from it greenery from which We produce grains arranged in layers. And from the palm trees - of its emerging fruit are clusters hanging low. And [We produce] gardens of grapevines and olives and pomegranates, similar yet varied. Look at [each of] its fruit when it yields and [at] its ripening. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
- 7:58 · Al-A'rafنَبَاتُهُۥ its vegetationAnd the good land - its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad - nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.
- 10:24 · Yunusنَبَاتُ (the) plantsThe example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the sky that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
- 18:45 · Al-Kahfنَبَاتُ (the) vegetationAnd present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
- 20:53 · Ta-Haنَّبَاتٍۢ plants[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.
- 57:20 · Al-Hadidنَبَاتُهُۥ its growthKnow that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
- 71:17 · Nuhنَبَاتًۭا (as) a growthAnd Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
- 78:15 · An-Nabaوَنَبَاتًۭا and vegetationThat We may bring forth thereby grain and vegetation
تَنۢبُتُ 1 time
- 23:20 · Al-Mu'minunتَنۢبُتُ (which) producesAnd [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food for those who eat.
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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