قبل
q-b-l
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root قبل across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root قبل (qbl) primarily means to face or come forward.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
q-b-l
Listen:
قَبْلِ
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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 | 9× | |
| قَبْلَهُم | qablahum | Noun | 6× | |
| قَبْلِهِم | qablihim | Noun | 5× | |
| قَبْلَكَ | qablaka | Noun | 4× |