ص ب ح Root ṣ-b-ḥ in the Qur’an 45 occurrences in 43 verses
- Occurrences
- 45
- Verses
- 43
- Surahs
- 25 of 114
- Words
- 7
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 ص ب ح (ṣ-b-ḥ) gives 7 words. It appears most in Al-Ma'idah (5), Hud (4), Al-Kahf (4).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
أَصْبَحَ 28 times
- 3:103 · Ali 'Imranفَأَصْبَحْتُم then you becameAnd hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you may be guided.
- 5:30 · Al-Ma'idahفَأَصْبَحَ and becameAnd his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.
- 5:31 · Al-Ma'idahفَأَصْبَحَ Then he becameThen Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.
- 5:52 · Al-Ma'idahفَيُصْبِحُوا۟ Then they will becomeSo you see those in whose hearts is disease hastening into [association with] them, saying, "We are afraid a misfortune may strike us." But perhaps Allah will bring conquest or a decision from Him, and they will become, over what they have been concealing within themselves, regretful.
- 5:53 · Al-Ma'idahفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ and they becameAnd those who believe will say, "Are these the ones who swore by Allah their strongest oaths that indeed they were with you?" Their deeds have become worthless, and they have become losers.
- 5:102 · Al-Ma'idahأَصْبَحُوا۟ they becameA people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.
- 7:78 · Al-A'rafفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ then they becameSo the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
- 7:91 · Al-A'rafفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ then they becameSo the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
- 11:67 · Hudفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ then they becameAnd the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone
- 11:94 · Hudفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ then they becameAnd when Our command came, We saved Shu'ayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone
- 18:40 · Al-Kahfفَتُصْبِحَ then it will becomeIt may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a calamity from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,
- 18:41 · Al-Kahfيُصْبِحَ will becomeOr its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."
- 18:42 · Al-Kahfفَأَصْبَحَ so he beganAnd his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."
- 18:45 · Al-Kahfفَأَصْبَحَ then becomesAnd 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.
- 22:63 · Al-Hajjفَتُصْبِحُ then becomesDo you not see that Allah has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, Allah is Subtle and Acquainted.
- 23:40 · Al-Mu'minunلَّيُصْبِحُنَّ surely they will become[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
- 26:157 · Ash-Shu'araفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ then they becameBut they hamstrung her and so became regretful.
- 28:10 · Al-Qasasوَأَصْبَحَ And becameAnd the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.
- 28:18 · Al-Qasasفَأَصْبَحَ In the morning he wasAnd he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."
- 28:82 · Al-Qasasوَأَصْبَحَ And beganAnd those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"
- 29:37 · Al-'Ankabutفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ and they becameBut they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.
- 30:17 · Ar-Rumتُصْبِحُونَ you reach the morningSo exalted is Allah when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning.
- 41:23 · Fussilatفَأَصْبَحْتُم and you have becomeAnd that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."
- 46:25 · Al-Ahqafفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ Then they became (such)Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
- 49:6 · Al-Hujuratفَتُصْبِحُوا۟ then you becomeO you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
- 61:14 · As-Saffفَأَصْبَحُوا۟ and they becameO you who have believed, be supporters of Allah, as when Jesus, the son of Mary, said to the disciples, "Who are my supporters for Allah?" The disciples said, "We are supporters of Allah." And a faction of the Children of Israel believed and a faction disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against their enemy, and they became dominant.
- 67:30 · Al-Mulkأَصْبَحَ becomesSay, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
- 68:20 · Al-Qalamفَأَصْبَحَتْ So it becameAnd it became as though reaped.
صُبْح 5 times
- 11:81 · Hudٱلصُّبْحُ ۚ (is) morningThe angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"
- 11:81 · Hudٱلصُّبْحُ the morningThe angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"
- 74:34 · Al-Muddaththirوَٱلصُّبْحِ And the morningAnd [by] the morning when it brightens,
- 81:18 · At-Takwirوَٱلصُّبْحِ And the dawnAnd by the dawn when it breathes
- 100:3 · Al-'Adiyatصُبْحًۭا (at) dawnAnd the chargers at dawn,
مُصْبِح 5 times
- 15:66 · Al-Hijrمُّصْبِحِينَ (by) early morningAnd We conveyed to him [the decree] of that matter: that those [sinners] would be eliminated by early morning.
- 15:83 · Al-Hijrمُصْبِحِينَ (at) early morningBut the shriek seized them at early morning.
- 37:137 · As-Saffatمُّصْبِحِينَ (in the) morningAnd indeed, you pass by them in the morning
- 68:17 · Al-Qalamمُصْبِحِينَ (in the) morningIndeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
- 68:21 · Al-Qalamمُصْبِحِينَ (at) morningAnd they called one another at morning,
مِصْباح 4 times
- 24:35 · An-Nurمِصْبَاحٌ ۖ (is) a lampAllah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.
- 24:35 · An-Nurٱلْمِصْبَاحُ the lampAllah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things.
- 41:12 · Fussilatبِمَصَـٰبِيحَ with lampsAnd 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.
- 67:5 · Al-Mulkبِمَصَـٰبِيحَ with lampsAnd We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
إِصْباح 1 time
- 6:96 · Al-An'amٱلْإِصْبَاحِ (of) the daybreak[He is] the cleaver of daybreak and has made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
صَباح 1 time
- 37:177 · As-Saffatصَبَاحُ (the) morningBut when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.
صَبَّحَ 1 time
- 54:38 · Al-Qamarصَبَّحَهُم seized them in the morningAnd there came upon them by morning an abiding 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.
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