و ه ب Root w-h-b in the Qur’an 25 occurrences in 22 verses
- Occurrences
- 25
- Verses
- 22
- Surahs
- 12 of 114
- Words
- 2
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 و ه ب (w-h-b) gives 2 words. It appears most in Maryam (5), Sad (5), Ali 'Imran (3).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
وَهَبَ 22 times
- 3:8 · Ali 'Imranوَهَبْ and grant[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
- 3:38 · Ali 'Imranهَبْ grantAt that, Zechariah called upon his Lord, saying, "My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication."
- 6:84 · Al-An'amوَوَهَبْنَا And We bestowedAnd We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
- 14:39 · Ibrahimوَهَبَ has grantedPraise to Allah, who has granted to me in old age Ishmael and Isaac. Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication.
- 19:5 · Maryamفَهَبْ So giveAnd indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir
- 19:19 · Maryamلِأَهَبَ that I (may) bestowHe said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."
- 19:49 · Maryamوَهَبْنَا [and] We bestowedSo when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.
- 19:50 · Maryamوَوَهَبْنَا And We bestowedAnd We gave them of Our mercy, and we made for them a reputation of high honor.
- 19:53 · Maryamوَوَهَبْنَا And We bestowedAnd We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.
- 21:72 · Al-Anbyaوَوَهَبْنَا And We bestowedAnd We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.
- 21:90 · Al-Anbyaوَوَهَبْنَا and We bestowedSo We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
- 25:74 · Al-Furqanهَبْ GrantAnd those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous."
- 26:21 · Ash-Shu'araفَوَهَبَ But grantedSo I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord granted me wisdom and prophethood and appointed me [as one] of the messengers.
- 26:83 · Ash-Shu'araهَبْ Grant[And he said], "My Lord, grant me authority and join me with the righteous.
- 29:27 · Al-'Ankabutوَوَهَبْنَا And We grantedAnd We gave to Him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous.
- 33:50 · Al-Ahzabوَهَبَتْ she givesO Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given their due compensation and those your right hand possesses from what Allah has returned to you [of captives] and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who emigrated with you and a believing woman if she gives herself to the Prophet [and] if the Prophet wishes to marry her, [this is] only for you, excluding the [other] believers. We certainly know what We have made obligatory upon them concerning their wives and those their right hands possess, [but this is for you] in order that there will be upon you no discomfort. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.
- 37:100 · As-Saffatهَبْ grantMy Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."
- 38:30 · Sadوَوَهَبْنَا And We gaveAnd to David We gave Solomon. An excellent servant, indeed he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].
- 38:35 · Sadوَهَبْ and grantHe said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."
- 38:43 · Sadوَوَهَبْنَا And We grantedAnd We granted him his family and a like [number] with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for those of understanding.
- 42:49 · Ash-Shuraيَهَبُ He grantsTo Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what he wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males.
- 42:49 · Ash-Shuraوَيَهَبُ and He grantsTo Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what he wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males.
وَهّاب 3 times
- 3:8 · Ali 'Imranٱلْوَهَّابُ (are) the Bestower[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
- 38:9 · Sadٱلْوَهَّابِ the BestowerOr do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?
- 38:35 · Sadٱلْوَهَّابُ (are) the BestowerHe said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."
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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