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ز ب ر Root z-b-r in the Qur’an 11 occurrences in 11 verses

Occurrences
11
Verses
11
Surahs
10 of 114
Words
3

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 ز ب ر (z-b-r) gives 3 words. It appears most in Al-Qamar (2), Ali 'Imran (1), An-Nisa (1).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
زُبُرnoun7Scriptures, Books, sects
زَبُورproper noun3Zaboor, Scripture
زُبَرnoun1sheets

زُبُر 7 times

  • 3:184 · Ali 'Imranوَٱلزُّبُرِ and the ScripturesThen if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so were messengers denied before you, who brought clear proofs and written ordinances and the enlightening Scripture.
  • 16:44 · An-Nahlوَٱلزُّبُرِ ۗ and the Books[We sent them] with clear proofs and written ordinances. And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them and that they might give thought.
  • 23:53 · Al-Mu'minunزُبُرًۭا ۖ (into) sectsBut the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.
  • 26:196 · Ash-Shu'araزُبُرِ (the) ScripturesAnd indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples.
  • 35:25 · Fatirوَبِٱلزُّبُرِ and with ScripturesAnd if they deny you - then already have those before them denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and written ordinances and with the enlightening Scripture.
  • 54:43 · Al-Qamarٱلزُّبُرِ the ScripturesAre your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?
  • 54:52 · Al-Qamarٱلزُّبُرِ the written recordsAnd everything they did is in written records.

زَبُور 3 times

  • 4:163 · An-Nisaزَبُورًۭا the ZaboorIndeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].
  • 17:55 · Al-Israزَبُورًۭا ZaboorAnd your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].
  • 21:105 · Al-Anbyaٱلزَّبُورِ the ScriptureAnd We have already written in the book [of Psalms] after the [previous] mention that the land [of Paradise] is inherited by My righteous servants.

زُبَر 1 time

  • 18:96 · Al-Kahfزُبَرَ sheetsBring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

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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