ص ح ب Root ṣ-ḥ-b in the Qur’an 97 occurrences in 89 verses

Words from this root

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

أَصْحاب 78 times

• 2:39 · Al-Baqarahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsAnd those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally."
• 2:81 · Al-Baqarahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsYes, whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 2:82 · Al-Baqarahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsBut they who believe and do righteous deeds - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.
• 2:119 · Al-Baqarahأَصْحَـٰبِ (the) companionsIndeed, We have sent you, [O Muhammad], with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner, and you will not be asked about the companions of Hellfire.
• 2:217 · Al-Baqarahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are) companionsThey 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.
• 2:257 · Al-Baqarahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsAllah is the ally of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. And those who disbelieve - their allies are Taghut. They take them out of the light into darknesses. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
• 2:275 · Al-Baqarahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsThose who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity. That is because they say, "Trade is [just] like interest." But Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden interest. So whoever has received an admonition from his Lord and desists may have what is past, and his affair rests with Allah. But whoever returns to [dealing in interest or usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
• 3:116 · Ali 'Imranأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsIndeed, those who disbelieve - never will their wealth or their children avail them against Allah at all, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 4:47 · An-Nisaأَصْحَـٰبَ companionsO 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.
• 5:10 · Al-Ma'idahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsBut those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those are the companions of Hellfire.
• 5:29 · Al-Ma'idahأَصْحَـٰبِ (the) companionsIndeed I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."
• 5:86 · Al-Ma'idahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsBut those who disbelieved and denied Our signs - they are the companions of Hellfire.
• 6:71 · Al-An'amأَصْحَـٰبٌۭ companionsSay, "Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], 'Come to us.' " Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.
• 7:36 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsBut the ones who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 7:42 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsBut those who believed and did righteous deeds - We charge no soul except [within] its capacity. Those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.
• 7:44 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبُ (the) companionsAnd the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."
• 7:44 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبَ (to the) companionsAnd the companions of Paradise will call out to the companions of the Fire, "We have already found what our Lord promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord promised to be true?" They will say, "Yes." Then an announcer will announce among them, "The curse of Allah shall be upon the wrongdoers."
• 7:46 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبَ (to the) companionsAnd between them will be a partition, and on [its] elevations are men who recognize all by their mark. And they call out to the companions of Paradise, "Peace be upon you." They have not [yet] entered it, but they long intensely.
• 7:47 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبِ (the) companionsAnd when their eyes are turned toward the companions of the Fire, they say, "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people."
• 7:48 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبُ (the) companionsAnd the companions of the Elevations will call to men [within Hell] whom they recognize by their mark, saying, "Of no avail to you was your gathering and [the fact] that you were arrogant."
• 7:50 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبُ (the) companionsAnd the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allah has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers."
• 7:50 · Al-A'rafأَصْحَـٰبَ (to the) companionsAnd the companions of the Fire will call to the companions of Paradise, "Pour upon us some water or from whatever Allah has provided you." They will say, "Indeed, Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers."
• 9:70 · At-Tawbahوَأَصْحَـٰبِ and (the) companionsHas there not reached them the news of those before them - the people of Noah and [the tribes of] 'Aad and Thamud and the people of Abraham and the companions of Madyan and the towns overturned? Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. And Allah would never have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves.
• 9:113 · At-Tawbahأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsIt is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.
• 10:26 · Yunusأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsFor them who have done good is the best [reward] and extra. No darkness will cover their faces, nor humiliation. Those are companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally
• 10:27 · Yunusأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsBut they who have earned [blame for] evil doings - the recompense of an evil deed is its equivalent, and humiliation will cover them. They will have from Allah no protector. It will be as if their faces are covered with pieces of the night - so dark [are they]. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 11:23 · Hudأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsIndeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds and humbled themselves to their Lord - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide eternally therein.
• 13:5 · Ar-Ra'dأَصْحَـٰبُ (are the) companionsAnd if you are astonished, [O Muhammad] - then astonishing is their saying, "When we are dust, will we indeed be [brought] into a new creation?" Those are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord, and those will have shackles upon their necks, and those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.
• 15:78 · Al-Hijrأَصْحَـٰبُ (the) companionsAnd the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers.
• 15:80 · Al-Hijrأَصْحَـٰبُ (the) companionsAnd certainly did the companions of Thamud deny the messengers.

Also in 48 more places: 18:9, 20:135, 22:44, 22:51, 25:24, 25:38, 26:61, 26:176, 29:15, 35:6, 36:13, 36:55, 38:13, 39:8, 40:6, 40:43, 46:14, 46:16, 50:12, 50:14, 51:59, 56:8, 56:8, 56:9, 56:9, 56:27, 56:27, 56:38, 56:41, 56:41, 56:90, 56:91, 57:19, 58:17, 59:20, 59:20, 59:20, 60:13, 64:10, 67:10, 67:11, 68:17, 74:31, 74:39, 85:4, 90:18, 90:19, 105:1

صاحِب 12 times

• 4:36 · An-Nisaوَٱلصَّاحِبِ and the companionWorship 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.
• 7:184 · Al-A'rafبِصَاحِبِهِم in their companionThen do they not give thought? There is in their companion [Muhammad] no madness. He is not but a clear warner.
• 9:40 · At-Tawbahلِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ to his companionIf you do not aid the Prophet - Allah has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allah is with us." And Allah sent down his tranquillity upon him and supported him with angels you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah - that is the highest. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 12:39 · Yusufيَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ O my two companionsO [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah, the One, the Prevailing?
• 12:41 · Yusufيَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِ O my two companionsO two companions of prison, as for one of you, he will give drink to his master of wine; but as for the other, he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. The matter has been decreed about which you both inquire."
• 18:34 · Al-Kahfلِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ to his companionAnd he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."
• 18:37 · Al-Kahfصَاحِبُهُۥ his companionHis companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?
• 34:46 · Sabaبِصَاحِبِكُم (is in) your companionSay, "I only advise you of one [thing] - that you stand for Allah, [seeking truth] in pairs and individually, and then give thought." There is not in your companion any madness. He is only a warner to you before a severe punishment.
• 53:2 · An-Najmصَاحِبُكُمْ your companionYour companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,
• 54:29 · Al-Qamarصَاحِبَهُمْ their companionBut they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her].
• 68:48 · Al-Qalamكَصَاحِبِ like (the) companionThen be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
• 81:22 · At-Takwirصَاحِبُكُم (is) your companionAnd your companion is not [at all] mad.

صاحِبَة 4 times

• 6:101 · Al-An'amصَـٰحِبَةٌۭ ۖ a companion[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing.
• 70:12 · Al-Ma'arijوَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ And his spouseAnd his wife and his brother
• 72:3 · Al-Jinnصَـٰحِبَةًۭ a wifeAnd [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son
• 80:36 · Abasaوَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ And his wifeAnd his wife and his children,

تُصاحِبْ 2 times

• 18:76 · Al-Kahfتُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖ keep me as a companion[Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."
• 31:15 · Luqmanوَصَاحِبْهُمَا But accompany themBut if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

يُصْحَبُ 1 time

• 21:43 · Al-Anbyaيُصْحَبُونَ can be protectedOr do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

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.