س ب ع Root s-b-ʿ in the Qur’an 28 occurrences in 24 verses

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

سَبْع 23 times

• 2:29 · Al-Baqarahسَبْعَ sevenIt is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.
• 2:261 · Al-Baqarahسَبْعَ sevenThe 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.
• 7:155 · Al-A'rafسَبْعِينَ seventyAnd Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.
• 9:80 · At-Tawbahسَبْعِينَ seventyAsk forgiveness for them, [O Muhammad], or do not ask forgiveness for them. If you should ask forgiveness for them seventy times - never will Allah forgive them. That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger, and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.
• 12:43 · Yusufسَبْعَ sevenAnd [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."
• 12:43 · Yusufسَبْعٌ sevenAnd [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."
• 12:43 · Yusufوَسَبْعَ and sevenAnd [subsequently] the king said, "Indeed, I have seen [in a dream] seven fat cows being eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry. O eminent ones, explain to me my vision, if you should interpret visions."
• 12:46 · Yusufسَبْعِ (the) seven[He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you]."
• 12:46 · Yusufسَبْعٌ seven[He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you]."
• 12:46 · Yusufوَسَبْعِ and seven[He said], "Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you]."
• 12:47 · Yusufسَبْعَ (for) seven[Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.
• 12:48 · Yusufسَبْعٌۭ sevenThen will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you saved for them, except a little from which you will store.
• 15:87 · Al-Hijrسَبْعًۭا sevenAnd We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an.
• 17:44 · Al-Israٱلسَّبْعُ the seven heavensThe seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [Allah] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing and Forgiving.
• 23:17 · Al-Mu'minunسَبْعَ sevenAnd We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.
• 23:86 · Al-Mu'minunٱلسَّبْعِ (of) the seven heavensSay, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?"
• 41:12 · Fussilatسَبْعَ (as) sevenAnd He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
• 65:12 · At-Talaqسَبْعَ sevenIt is Allah who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends among them so you may know that Allah is over all things competent and that Allah has encompassed all things in knowledge.
• 67:3 · Al-Mulkسَبْعَ seven[And] who created seven heavens in layers. You do not see in the creation of the Most Merciful any inconsistency. So return [your] vision [to the sky]; do you see any breaks?
• 69:7 · Al-Haqqahسَبْعَ (for) sevenWhich Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
• 69:32 · Al-Haqqahسَبْعُونَ (is) seventyThen into a chain whose length is seventy cubits insert him."
• 71:15 · Nuhسَبْعَ (the) sevenDo you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
• 78:12 · An-Nabaسَبْعًۭا sevenAnd constructed above you seven strong [heavens]

سَبْعَة 4 times

• 2:196 · Al-Baqarahوَسَبْعَةٍ and seven (days)And complete the Hajj and 'umrah for Allah. But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice. And when you are secure, then whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajj [offers] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days during Hajj and of seven when you have returned [home]. Those are ten complete [days]. This is for those whose family is not in the area of al-Masjid al-Haram. And fear Allah and know that Allah is severe in penalty.
• 15:44 · Al-Hijrسَبْعَةُ (are) sevenIt has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."
• 18:22 · Al-Kahfسَبْعَةٌۭ (they were) sevenThey will say there were three, the fourth of them being their dog; and they will say there were five, the sixth of them being their dog - guessing at the unseen; and they will say there were seven, and the eighth of them was their dog. Say, [O Muhammad], "My Lord is most knowing of their number. None knows them except a few. So do not argue about them except with an obvious argument and do not inquire about them among [the speculators] from anyone."
• 31:27 · Luqmanسَبْعَةُ sevenAnd if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

سَبُع 1 time

• 5:3 · Al-Ma'idahٱلسَّبُعُ the wild animalProhibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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.