غرب
gh-r-b
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root غرب across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root "gharb" relates to distance and the west, as in sunset. It also describes sharpness, like a sword's edge or a keen mind.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
gh-r-b
Listen:
وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ
73:9
Root letters:
غ — ر — ب
Word Family Tree (16 forms)
All word forms derived from the root غرب as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 17×
Verb 2×
Concordance — 19 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root غرب appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (16) · Verb (2)
Noun (16 verses — showing first 5)
The Cave 18:86
Noun
حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغۡرِبَ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغۡرُبُ فِی عَیۡنٍ حَمِئَةࣲ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوۡمࣰاۖ قُلۡنَا یَـٰذَا ٱلۡقَرۡنَیۡنِ إِمَّاۤ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّاۤ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِیهِمۡ حُسۡنࣰا ٨٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found near it a people. Allah said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."
Ta Ha 20:130
Noun
فَٱصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا یَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ قَبۡلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَقَبۡلَ غُرُوبِهَاۖ وَمِنۡ ءَانَاۤىِٕ ٱلَّیۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡ وَأَطۡرَافَ ٱلنَّهَارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرۡضَىٰ ١٣٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So be patient over what they say and exalt [ Allah ] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied
The Light 24:35
Noun
۞ ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشۡكَوٰةࣲ فِیهَا مِصۡبَاحٌۖ ٱلۡمِصۡبَاحُ فِی زُجَاجَةٍۖ ٱلزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوۡكَبࣱ دُرِّیࣱّ یُوقَدُ مِن شَجَرَةࣲ مُّبَـٰرَكَةࣲ زَیۡتُونَةࣲ لَّا شَرۡقِیَّةࣲ وَلَا غَرۡبِیَّةࣲ یَكَادُ زَیۡتُهَا یُضِیۤءُ وَلَوۡ لَمۡ تَمۡسَسۡهُ نَارࣱۚ نُّورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورࣲۚ یَهۡدِی ٱللَّهُ لِنُورِهِۦ مَن یَشَاۤءُۚ وَیَضۡرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡأَمۡثَـٰلَ لِلنَّاسِۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَیۡءٍ عَلِیمࣱ ٣٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp, the lamp is within glass, the glass as if it were a pearly [white] star lit from [the oil of] a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west, whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He wills. And Allah presents examples for the people, and Allah is Knowing of all things
The Poets 26:28
Noun
قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ وَمَا بَیۡنَهُمَاۤۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡقِلُونَ ٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason."
وَمَا كُنتَ بِجَانِبِ ٱلۡغَرۡبِیِّ إِذۡ قَضَیۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مُوسَى ٱلۡأَمۡرَ وَمَا كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِینَ ٤٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And you, [O Muhammad], were not on the western side [of the mount] when We revealed to Moses the command, and you were not among the witnesses [to that]
Derived Forms (16)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ | walmaghribi | Noun | 3× | |
| وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ | walmaghribu | Noun | 2× | |
| وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ | walmagharibi | Noun | 1× | |
| ٱلْمَغْرِبَيْنِ | lmaghribayni | Noun | 1× | |
| ٱلْغُرُوبِ | lghuruwbi | Noun | 1× | |
| وَغَرَابِيبُ | wagharaābiybu | Noun | 1× | |
| ٱلْغَرْبِىِّ | lgharbiāi | Noun | 1× | |
| غَرْبِيَّةٍ | gharbiyahin | Noun | 1× | |
| غُرُوبِهَا | ghuruwbihaā | Noun | 1× | |
| تَغْرُبُ | taghrubu | Verb | 1× |