Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
أبل
Parts of Speech
Noun (3×)
Qur'an Occurrences
3 times across 3 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root أبل across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root أبل (Abl) primarily describes skill in managing camels and livestock. It also conveys camels becoming numerous, content with green pasture, or remaining long in a place.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ʾa-b-l
Listen: أَبَابِيلَ 105:3
Root letters: أ — ب — ل

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

All word forms derived from the root أبل as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun

Concordance — 3 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root أبل appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (3)

Noun (3 verses — showing first 5)

The Elephant 105:3 Noun
وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And He sent against them birds in flocks
Cattle, Livestock 6:144 Noun
وَمِنَ ٱلۡإِبِلِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡبَقَرِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِۗ قُلۡ ءَاۤلذَّكَرَیۡنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلۡأُنثَیَیۡنِ أَمَّا ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ أَرۡحَامُ ٱلۡأُنثَیَیۡنِۖ أَمۡ كُنتُمۡ شُهَدَاۤءَ إِذۡ وَصَّىٰكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَاۚ فَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبࣰا لِّیُضِلَّ ٱلنَّاسَ بِغَیۡرِ عِلۡمٍۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا یَهۡدِی ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ۝١٤٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And of the camels, two and of the cattle, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or were you witnesses when Allah charged you with this? Then who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah to mislead the people by [something] other than knowledge? Indeed, Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people."
The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall 88:17 Noun
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created

Derived Forms (2)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلْإِبِلِ lʾiibili Noun
أَبَابِيلَ ʾaabaābiyla Noun