Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
قبل
Qur'an Occurrences
200 times across 56 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root قبل (qbl) primarily means to face or come forward.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: q-b-l
Listen: قَبْلِ 71:1
Root letters: ق — ب — ل

Word Family Tree (40 forms)

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

Noun 187× Verb 13×

Concordance — 200 Occurrences

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

Noun (180) · Verb (13)

Noun (180 verses — showing first 5)

Jonah 10:102 Noun
فَهَلۡ یَنتَظِرُونَ إِلَّا مِثۡلَ أَیَّامِ ٱلَّذِینَ خَلَوۡا۟ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ قُلۡ فَٱنتَظِرُوۤا۟ إِنِّی مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُنتَظِرِینَ ۝١٠٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So do they wait except for like [what occurred in] the days of those who passed on before them? Say, "Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
Jonah 10:91 Noun
ءَاۤلۡءَـٰنَ وَقَدۡ عَصَیۡتَ قَبۡلُ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِینَ ۝٩١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Now? And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters
Jonah 10:94 Noun
فَإِن كُنتَ فِی شَكࣲّ مِّمَّاۤ أَنزَلۡنَاۤ إِلَیۡكَ فَسۡءَلِ ٱلَّذِینَ یَقۡرَءُونَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبۡلِكَۚ لَقَدۡ جَاۤءَكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِینَ ۝٩٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So if you are in doubt, [O Muhammad], about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters
Hud 11:109 Noun
فَلَا تَكُ فِی مِرۡیَةࣲ مِّمَّا یَعۡبُدُ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِۚ مَا یَعۡبُدُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا یَعۡبُدُ ءَابَاۤؤُهُم مِّن قَبۡلُۚ وَإِنَّا لَمُوَفُّوهُمۡ نَصِیبَهُمۡ غَیۡرَ مَنقُوصࣲ ۝١٠٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So do not be in doubt, [O Muhammad], as to what these [polytheists] are worshipping. They worship not except as their fathers worshipped before. And indeed, We will give them their share undiminished
Hud 11:116 Noun
فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِیَّةࣲ یَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰا مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَیۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَاۤ أُتۡرِفُوا۟ فِیهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١١٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals

Derived Forms (40)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
قَبْلُ qablu Noun 46×
قَبْلِهِمْ qablihim Noun 23×
قَبْلِكَ qablika Noun 21×
قَبْلَ qabla Noun 19×
قَبْلِ qabli Noun 18×
قَبْلِهِۦ qablihi Noun 10×
قَبْلَهُمْ qablahum Noun
قَبْلَهُم qablahum Noun
قَبْلِهِم qablihim Noun
قَبْلَكَ qablaka Noun