ق ب ل Root q-b-l in the Qur’an 294 occurrences in 282 verses

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قَبْل 242 times

• 2:4 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِكَ before youAnd who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].
• 2:21 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِكُمْ before youO mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
• 2:25 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلُ ۖ beforeAnd give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.
• 2:89 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلُ beforeAnd when there came to them a Book from Allah confirming that which was with them - although before they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieved - but [then] when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of Allah will be upon the disbelievers.
• 2:91 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلُ beforeAnd when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah has revealed," they say, "We believe [only] in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the prophets of Allah before, if you are [indeed] believers?"
• 2:108 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلُ ۗ beforeOr do you intend to ask your Messenger as Moses was asked before? And whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.
• 2:118 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِهِم before themThose who do not know say, "Why does Allah not speak to us or there come to us a sign?" Thus spoke those before them like their words. Their hearts resemble each other. We have shown clearly the signs to a people who are certain [in faith].
• 2:183 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِكُمْ before youO you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -
• 2:198 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِهِۦ before [it]There is no blame upon you for seeking bounty from your Lord [during Hajj]. But when you depart from 'Arafat, remember Allah at al- Mash'ar al-Haram. And remember Him, as He has guided you, for indeed, you were before that among those astray.
• 2:214 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِكُم ۖ before youOr do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allah?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near.
• 2:237 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِ beforeAnd if you divorce them before you have touched them and you have already specified for them an obligation, then [give] half of what you specified - unless they forego the right or the one in whose hand is the marriage contract foregoes it. And to forego it is nearer to righteousness. And do not forget graciousness between you. Indeed Allah, of whatever you do, is Seeing.
• 2:254 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِ beforeO you who have believed, spend from that which We have provided for you before there comes a Day in which there is no exchange and no friendship and no intercession. And the disbelievers - they are the wrongdoers.
• 2:286 · Al-Baqarahقَبْلِنَا ۚ before usAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
• 3:4 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلُ before (this)Before, as guidance for the people. And He revealed the Qur'an. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah will have a severe punishment, and Allah is exalted in Might, the Owner of Retribution.
• 3:11 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِهِمْ ۚ before them[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in penalty.
• 3:93 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِ beforeAll food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, [O Muhammad], "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."
• 3:137 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِكُمْ before youSimilar situations [as yours] have passed on before you, so proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied.
• 3:143 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِ beforeAnd you had certainly wished for martyrdom before you encountered it, and you have [now] seen it [before you] while you were looking on.
• 3:144 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِهِ before himMuhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm Allah at all; but Allah will reward the grateful.
• 3:164 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلُ before (that)Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error.
• 3:183 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِى before me[They are] those who said, "Indeed, Allah has taken our promise not to believe any messenger until he brings us an offering which fire [from heaven] will consume." Say, "There have already come to you messengers before me with clear proofs and [even] that of which you speak. So why did you kill them, if you should be truthful?"
• 3:184 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِكَ before youThen if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so were messengers denied before you, who brought clear proofs and written ordinances and the enlightening Scripture.
• 3:186 · Ali 'Imranقَبْلِكُمْ before youYou will surely be tested in your possessions and in yourselves. And you will surely hear from those who were given the Scripture before you and from those who associate others with Allah much abuse. But if you are patient and fear Allah - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of determination.
• 4:26 · An-Nisaقَبْلِكُمْ before youAllah wants to make clear to you [the lawful from the unlawful] and guide you to the [good] practices of those before you and to accept your repentance. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
• 4:47 · An-Nisaقَبْلِ beforeO 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.
• 4:60 · An-Nisaقَبْلِكَ before youHave you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to Taghut, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray.
• 4:94 · An-Nisaقَبْلُ beforeO you who have believed, when you go forth [to fight] in the cause of Allah, investigate; and do not say to one who gives you [a greeting of] peace "You are not a believer," aspiring for the goods of worldly life; for with Allah are many acquisitions. You [yourselves] were like that before; then Allah conferred His favor upon you, so investigate. Indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.
• 4:131 · An-Nisaقَبْلِكُمْ before youAnd to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And We have instructed those who were given the Scripture before you and yourselves to fear Allah. But if you disbelieve - then to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And ever is Allah Free of need and Praiseworthy.
• 4:136 · An-Nisaقَبْلُ ۚ beforeO you who have believed, believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book that He sent down upon His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, and the Last Day has certainly gone far astray.
• 4:159 · An-Nisaقَبْلَ beforeAnd there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be against them a witness.

Also in 212 more places: 4:162, 4:164, 5:5, 5:34, 5:57, 5:59, 5:75, 5:77, 5:102, 6:6, 6:10, 6:28, 6:34, 6:42, 6:84, 6:148, 6:156, 6:158, 7:38, 7:53, 7:101, 7:123, 7:129, 7:155, 7:173, 8:52, 8:54, 8:71, 9:30, 9:48, 9:50, 9:69, 9:69, 9:70, 9:107, 10:13, 10:16, 10:39, 10:74, 10:91, 10:94, 10:102, 11:17, 11:49, 11:62, 11:78, 11:109, 11:116, 12:3, 12:6, 12:37, 12:64, 12:76, 12:77, 12:80, 12:100, 12:109, 12:109, 13:6, 13:6, 13:30, 13:32, 13:38, 13:42, 14:9, 14:22, 14:31, 14:44, 15:10, 15:27, 16:26, 16:33, 16:35, 16:43, 16:63, 16:118, 17:58, 17:77, 17:107, 18:109, 19:7, 19:9, 19:23, 19:67, 19:74, 19:98, 20:71, 20:90, 20:114, 20:115, 20:128, 20:130, 20:130, 20:134, 20:134, 21:6, 21:7, 21:24, 21:25, 21:34, 21:41, 21:51, 21:76, 22:42, 22:52, 22:78, 23:83, 24:34, 24:55, 24:58, 24:59, 25:20, 26:49, 27:38, 27:39, 27:40, 27:42, 27:46, 27:68, 28:12, 28:46, 28:48, 28:52, 28:53, 28:78, 29:3, 29:18, 29:48, 30:4, 30:9, 30:42, 30:43, 30:47, 30:49, 30:49, 32:3, 32:26, 33:15, 33:38, 33:49, 33:62, 34:44, 34:45, 34:53, 34:54, 35:4, 35:25, 35:44, 36:31, 37:71, 38:3, 38:12, 38:16, 39:8, 39:25, 39:50, 39:54, 39:55, 39:65, 40:5, 40:21, 40:34, 40:67, 40:74, 40:78, 40:82, 41:25, 41:43, 41:48, 42:3, 42:47, 43:21, 43:23, 43:45, 44:17, 44:37, 46:4, 46:12, 46:17, 46:18, 47:10, 48:15, 48:16, 48:23, 50:12, 50:36, 50:39, 50:39, 51:16, 51:46, 51:52, 52:26, 52:28, 53:52, 54:9, 55:56, 55:74, 56:45, 57:10, 57:16, 57:22, 58:3, 58:4, 58:5, 59:9, 59:15, 62:2, 63:10, 64:5, 67:18, 69:9, 71:1

تَقَبَّلَ 10 times

• 2:127 · Al-Baqarahتَقَبَّلْ AcceptAnd [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing.
• 3:35 · Ali 'Imranفَتَقَبَّلْ so accept[Mention, O Muhammad], when the wife of 'Imran said, "My Lord, indeed I have pledged to You what is in my womb, consecrated [for Your service], so accept this from me. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing."
• 3:37 · Ali 'Imranفَتَقَبَّلَهَا So accepted herSo 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."
• 5:27 · Al-Ma'idahفَتُقُبِّلَ and it was acceptedAnd recite to them the story of Adam's two sons, in truth, when they both offered a sacrifice [to Allah], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], "I will surely kill you." Said [the former], "Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].
• 5:27 · Al-Ma'idahيُتَقَبَّلْ was acceptedAnd recite to them the story of Adam's two sons, in truth, when they both offered a sacrifice [to Allah], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], "I will surely kill you." Said [the former], "Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].
• 5:27 · Al-Ma'idahيَتَقَبَّلُ acceptsAnd recite to them the story of Adam's two sons, in truth, when they both offered a sacrifice [to Allah], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], "I will surely kill you." Said [the former], "Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].
• 5:36 · Al-Ma'idahتُقُبِّلَ will be acceptedIndeed, those who disbelieve - if they should have all that is in the earth and the like of it with it by which to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted from them, and for them is a painful punishment
• 9:53 · At-Tawbahيُتَقَبَّلَ will be acceptedSay, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient people."
• 14:40 · Ibrahimوَتَقَبَّلْ and acceptMy Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.
• 46:16 · Al-Ahqafنَتَقَبَّلُ We will acceptThose are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.

أَقْبَلَ 9 times

• 12:71 · Yusufوَأَقْبَلُوا۟ turning towardsThey said while approaching them, "What is it you are missing?"
• 12:82 · Yusufأَقْبَلْنَا we returnedAnd ask the city in which we were and the caravan in which we came - and indeed, we are truthful,"
• 28:31 · Al-Qasasأَقْبِلْ Draw nearAnd [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.
• 37:27 · As-Saffatوَأَقْبَلَ And will approachAnd they will approach one another blaming each other.
• 37:50 · As-Saffatفَأَقْبَلَ And (will) approachAnd they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
• 37:94 · As-Saffatفَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ Then they advancedThen the people came toward him, hastening.
• 51:29 · Adh-Dhariyatفَأَقْبَلَتِ Then came forwardAnd his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"
• 52:25 · At-Turوَأَقْبَلَ And will approachAnd they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.
• 68:30 · Al-Qalamفَأَقْبَلَ Then approachedThen they approached one another, blaming each other.

يَقْبَلُ 9 times

• 2:48 · Al-Baqarahيُقْبَلُ will be acceptedAnd fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.
• 2:123 · Al-Baqarahيُقْبَلُ will be acceptedAnd fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.
• 3:85 · Ali 'Imranيُقْبَلَ will be acceptedAnd whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.
• 3:90 · Ali 'Imranتُقْبَلَ will be acceptedIndeed, those who reject the message after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray.
• 3:91 · Ali 'Imranيُقْبَلَ will be acceptedIndeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For those there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.
• 9:54 · At-Tawbahتُقْبَلَ is acceptedAnd what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah and in His Messenger and that they come not to prayer except while they are lazy and that they do not spend except while they are unwilling.
• 9:104 · At-Tawbahيَقْبَلُ (Who) acceptsDo they not know that it is Allah who accepts repentance from His servants and receives charities and that it is Allah who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful?
• 24:4 · An-Nurتَقْبَلُوا۟ acceptAnd those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,
• 42:25 · Ash-Shuraيَقْبَلُ acceptsAnd it is He who accepts repentance from his servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do.

قِبْلَة 7 times

• 2:142 · Al-Baqarahقِبْلَتِهِمُ their direction of prayerThe foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away from their qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To Allah belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path."
• 2:143 · Al-Baqarahٱلْقِبْلَةَ the direction of prayerAnd thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.
• 2:144 · Al-Baqarahقِبْلَةًۭ (to the) direction of prayerWe have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
• 2:145 · Al-Baqarahقِبْلَتَكَ ۚ your direction of prayerAnd if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.
• 2:145 · Al-Baqarahقِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚ (of) their direction of prayerAnd if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.
• 2:145 · Al-Baqarahقِبْلَةَ (of the) direction of prayerAnd if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.
• 10:87 · Yunusقِبْلَةًۭ (as) places of worshipAnd We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people in Egypt in houses and make your houses [facing the] qiblah and establish prayer and give good tidings to the believers."

قِبَل 4 times

• 2:177 · Al-Baqarahقِبَلَ towardsRighteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
• 27:37 · An-Namlقِبَلَ (is) resistanceReturn to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."
• 57:13 · Al-Hadidقِبَلِهِ facing towards [it]On the [same] Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women will say to those who believed, "Wait for us that we may acquire some of your light." It will be said, "Go back behind you and seek light." And a wall will be placed between them with a door, its interior containing mercy, but on the outside of it is torment.
• 70:36 · Al-Ma'arijقِبَلَكَ before youSo what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

مُتَقابِل 4 times

• 15:47 · Al-Hijrمُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ facing each otherAnd We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.
• 37:44 · As-Saffatمُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ facing each otherOn thrones facing one another.
• 44:53 · Ad-Dukhanمُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ facing each otherWearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.
• 56:16 · Al-Waqi'ahمُتَقَـٰبِلِينَ facing each otherReclining on them, facing each other.

قُبُل 3 times

• 6:111 · Al-An'amقُبُلًۭا face to faceAnd even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allah should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.
• 12:26 · Yusufقُبُلٍۢ the front[Joseph] said, "It was she who sought to seduce me." And a witness from her family testified. "If his shirt is torn from the front, then she has told the truth, and he is of the liars.
• 18:55 · Al-Kahfقُبُلًۭا before (them)And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.

قَبِيل 2 times

• 7:27 · Al-A'rafوَقَبِيلُهُۥ and his tribeO 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.
• 17:92 · Al-Israقَبِيلًا before (us)Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allah and the angels before [us]

قابِل 1 time

• 40:3 · Ghafirوَقَابِلِ and (the) AcceptorThe forgiver of sin, acceptor of repentance, severe in punishment, owner of abundance. There is no deity except Him; to Him is the destination.

قَبائِل 1 time

• 49:13 · Al-Hujuratوَقَبَآئِلَ and tribesO mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.

قَبُول 1 time

• 3:37 · Ali 'Imranبِقَبُولٍ with acceptanceSo 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."

مُسْتَقْبِل 1 time

• 46:24 · Al-Ahqafمُّسْتَقْبِلَ approachingAnd when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,

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.