س ب ل Root s-b-l in the Qur’an 176 occurrences in 164 verses

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

سَبِيل 176 times

• 2:108 · Al-Baqarahٱلسَّبِيلِ (of) the wayOr 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.
• 2:154 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayAnd do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allah, "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.
• 2:177 · Al-Baqarahٱلسَّبِيلِ the wayfarerRighteousness 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.
• 2:190 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayFight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors.
• 2:195 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayAnd spend in the way of Allah and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allah loves the doers of good.
• 2:215 · Al-Baqarahٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗ the wayfarerThey ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it."
• 2:217 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayThey ask you about the sacred month - about fighting therein. Say, "Fighting therein is great [sin], but averting [people] from the way of Allah and disbelief in Him and [preventing access to] al-Masjid al-Haram and the expulsion of its people therefrom are greater [evil] in the sight of Allah. And fitnah is greater than killing." And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able. And whoever of you reverts from his religion [to disbelief] and dies while he is a disbeliever - for those, their deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and those are the companions of the Fire, they will abide therein eternally.
• 2:218 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayIndeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of Allah - those expect the mercy of Allah. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 2:244 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayAnd fight in the cause of Allah and know that Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
• 2:246 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayHave you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
• 2:246 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayHave you not considered the assembly of the Children of Israel after [the time of] Moses when they said to a prophet of theirs, "Send to us a king, and we will fight in the way of Allah "? He said, "Would you perhaps refrain from fighting if fighting was prescribed for you?" They said, "And why should we not fight in the cause of Allah when we have been driven out from our homes and from our children?" But when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned away, except for a few of them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers.
• 2:261 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayThe 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.
• 2:262 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) wayThose who spend their wealth in the way of Allah and then do not follow up what they have spent with reminders [of it] or [other] injury will have their reward with their Lord, and there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
• 2:273 · Al-Baqarahسَبِيلِ (the) way[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allah, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all]. And whatever you spend of good - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it.
• 3:13 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلِ (the) wayAlready there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met - one fighting in the cause of Allah and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight. But Allah supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision.
• 3:75 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلٌۭ any [way] (accountability)And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] silver coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, "There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned." And they speak untruth about Allah while they know [it].
• 3:97 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلًۭا ۚ (find) a wayIn it are clear signs [such as] the standing place of Abraham. And whoever enters it shall be safe. And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.
• 3:99 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلِ (the) waySay, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is not unaware of what you do."
• 3:146 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلِ (the) wayAnd how many a prophet [fought and] with him fought many religious scholars. But they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the cause of Allah, nor did they weaken or submit. And Allah loves the steadfast.
• 3:157 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلِ (the) wayAnd if you are killed in the cause of Allah or die - then forgiveness from Allah and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].
• 3:167 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلِ (the) wayAnd that He might make evident those who are hypocrites. For it was said to them, "Come, fight in the way of Allah or [at least] defend." They said, "If we had known [there would be] fighting, we would have followed you." They were nearer to disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah is most Knowing of what they conceal -
• 3:169 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلِ (the) wayAnd never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,
• 3:195 · Ali 'Imranسَبِيلِى My wayAnd their Lord responded to them, "Never will I allow to be lost the work of [any] worker among you, whether male or female; you are of one another. So those who emigrated or were evicted from their homes or were harmed in My cause or fought or were killed - I will surely remove from them their misdeeds, and I will surely admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow as reward from Allah, and Allah has with Him the best reward."
• 4:15 · An-Nisaسَبِيلًۭا a wayThose who commit unlawful sexual intercourse of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine the guilty women to houses until death takes them or Allah ordains for them [another] way.
• 4:22 · An-Nisaسَبِيلًا wayAnd do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allah] and was evil as a way.
• 4:34 · An-Nisaسَبِيلًا ۗ a wayMen are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand.
• 4:36 · An-Nisaٱلسَّبِيلِ travelerWorship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful.
• 4:43 · An-Nisaسَبِيلٍ (through) a wayO you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying or in a state of janabah, except those passing through [a place of prayer], until you have washed [your whole body]. And if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women and find no water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and your hands [with it]. Indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.
• 4:44 · An-Nisaٱلسَّبِيلَ (from) the wayHave you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, purchasing error [in exchange for it] and wishing you would lose the way?
• 4:51 · An-Nisaسَبِيلًا (as to the) wayHave you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in superstition and false objects of worship and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?

Also in 146 more places: 4:74, 4:74, 4:75, 4:76, 4:76, 4:84, 4:88, 4:89, 4:90, 4:94, 4:95, 4:98, 4:100, 4:115, 4:137, 4:141, 4:143, 4:150, 4:160, 4:167, 5:12, 5:16, 5:35, 5:54, 5:60, 5:77, 6:55, 6:116, 6:117, 6:153, 6:153, 7:45, 7:86, 7:142, 7:146, 7:146, 7:146, 7:146, 7:148, 8:36, 8:41, 8:47, 8:60, 8:72, 8:74, 9:5, 9:9, 9:19, 9:20, 9:24, 9:34, 9:34, 9:38, 9:41, 9:60, 9:60, 9:81, 9:91, 9:93, 9:111, 9:120, 10:88, 10:89, 11:19, 12:108, 13:33, 14:3, 14:12, 14:30, 15:76, 16:9, 16:15, 16:69, 16:88, 16:94, 16:125, 16:125, 17:26, 17:32, 17:42, 17:48, 17:72, 17:84, 17:110, 18:61, 18:63, 20:53, 21:31, 22:9, 22:25, 22:58, 24:22, 25:9, 25:17, 25:27, 25:34, 25:42, 25:44, 25:57, 27:24, 28:22, 29:12, 29:29, 29:38, 29:69, 30:38, 31:6, 31:15, 33:4, 33:67, 38:26, 38:26, 39:8, 40:7, 40:11, 40:29, 40:37, 40:38, 42:41, 42:42, 42:44, 42:46, 43:10, 43:37, 47:1, 47:4, 47:32, 47:34, 47:38, 49:15, 53:30, 57:10, 58:16, 59:7, 60:1, 60:1, 61:4, 61:11, 63:2, 68:7, 71:20, 73:19, 73:20, 76:3, 76:29, 80:20

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.