Morphology Explorer — قرب
qrb
Root analysis: 97 occurrences across 91 verses in the Quran
قرب
qrb
97
Total Occurrences
91
Verses
37
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories
Part-of-Speech Distribution
Noun ×76
Verb ×21
Citation Generator
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Word Forms in the Quran 37
ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ
lqurbaaa
12
أَقْرَبُ
aaqrabu
10
قَرِيبًا
qaribana
9
قَرِيبٌ
qaribun
8
قَرِيبٍ
qaribin
6
تَقْرَبُوا۟
taqrabua
5
ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ
lmuqarrabina
4
ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ
lmuqarrabuna
4
وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ
walaaqrabina
3
وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ
walaaqrabuna
3
قُرْبَىٰ
qurbaaa
3
تَقْرَبَا
taqrabaa
2
قُرْبَانًا
qurbaanana
2
ٱقْتَرَبَ
qtaraba
2
أَقَرِيبٌ
aaqaribun
2
تَقْرَبُوهَا
taqrabuhaa
1
تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ
taqrabuhunna
1
بِقُرْبَانٍ
biqurbaanin
1
قَرَّبَا
qarrabaa
1
أَقْرَبَهُم
aaqrabahum
1
يَقْرَبُوا۟
yaqrabua
1
قُرُبَٰتٍ
qurubaatin
1
قُرْبَةٌ
qurbahun
1
بِقَرِيبٍ
biqaribin
1
تَقْرَبُونِ
taqrabuni
1
لِأَقْرَبَ
liaaqraba
1
وَأَقْرَبَ
waaaqraba
1
وَقَرَّبْنَٰهُ
waqarrabnaahu
1
وَٱقْتَرَبَ
waqtaraba
1
ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ
laaqrabina
1
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Quranic Concordance 97
Every occurrence of the root قرب in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.
Tense / Aspect
- Perfect
- Completed action (past tense)
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or future action (present/future)
- Imperative
- A command or request
Voice
- Active
- Subject performs the action
- Passive
- Subject receives the action
Person
- 1st Person
- Speaker ("I" or "we")
- 2nd Person
- Addressed ("you")
- 3rd Person
- Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")
Gender & Number
- Masculine / Feminine
- Grammatical gender of the subject
- Singular
- One person or thing
- Dual
- Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
- Plural
- Three or more
Case
- Nominative
- Subject of the sentence
- Accusative
- Object of the verb
- Genitive
- After a preposition or in possession
State
- Definite
- With "al-" (the)
- Indefinite
- Without "al-" (a/an)
Derivation
- Participle
- Verb form used as adjective/noun
- Verbal Noun
- Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")
Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).
| Verse | Arabic | Transliteration | English | POS | Features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:35 | تَقْرَبَا | taqrabaa | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 2:83 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ | lqurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:177 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ | lqurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:180 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ | walaaqrabina | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:186 | قَرِيبٌ | qaribun | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:187 | تَقْرَبُوهَا | taqrabuhaa | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 2:214 | قَرِيبٌ | qaribun | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:215 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ | walaaqrabina | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:222 | تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ | taqrabuhunna | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 2:237 | أَقْرَبُ | aaqrabu | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:45 | ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ | lmuqarrabina | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:167 | أَقْرَبُ | aaqrabu | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:183 | بِقُرْبَانٍ | biqurbaanin | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:7 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ | walaaqrabuna | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:7 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ | walaaqrabuna | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:8 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ | lqurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:11 | أَقْرَبُ | aaqrabu | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:17 | قَرِيبٍ | qaribin | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:33 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ | walaaqrabuna | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:36 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ | lqurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:36 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ | lqurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:43 | تَقْرَبُوا۟ | taqrabua | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 4:77 | قَرِيبٍ | qaribin | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:135 | وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ | walaaqrabina | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:172 | ٱلْمُقَرَّبُونَ | lmuqarrabuna | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 5:8 | أَقْرَبُ | aaqrabu | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 5:27 | قَرَّبَا | qarrabaa | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 5:27 | قُرْبَانًا | qurbaanana | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 5:82 | أَقْرَبَهُم | aaqrabahum | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 5:106 | قُرْبَىٰ | qurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 6:151 | تَقْرَبُوا۟ | taqrabua | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 6:152 | تَقْرَبُوا۟ | taqrabua | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 6:152 | قُرْبَىٰ | qurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 7:19 | تَقْرَبَا | taqrabaa | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 7:56 | قَرِيبٌ | qaribun | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 7:114 | ٱلْمُقَرَّبِينَ | lmuqarrabina | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 7:185 | ٱقْتَرَبَ | qtaraba | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 8:41 | ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ | lqurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 9:28 | يَقْرَبُوا۟ | yaqrabua | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 9:42 | قَرِيبًا | qaribana | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 9:99 | قُرُبَٰتٍ | qurubaatin | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 9:99 | قُرْبَةٌ | qurbahun | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 9:113 | قُرْبَىٰ | qurbaaa | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 11:61 | قَرِيبٌ | qaribun | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 11:64 | قَرِيبٌ | qaribun | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 11:81 | بِقَرِيبٍ | biqaribin | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 12:60 | تَقْرَبُونِ | taqrabuni | (v.) be or become near | Verb | V | |
| 13:31 | قَرِيبًا | qaribana | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 14:44 | قَرِيبٍ | qaribin | be or become near | Noun | Noun | |
| 16:77 | أَقْرَبُ | aaqrabu | be or become near | Noun | Noun |