Morphology Explorer — سبق

sbq

Root analysis: 37 occurrences across 35 verses in the Quran

سبق
sbq
37
Total Occurrences
35
Verses
23
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Verb ×26 Noun ×11

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Word Forms in the Quran 23

سَبَقَتْ sabaqat 7 سَبَقَ sabaqa 4 فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ fastabiqua 2 سَبَقَكُم sabaqakum 2 وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ walssaabiquna 2 تَسْبِقُ tasbiqu 2 بِمَسْبُوقِينَ bimasbuqina 2 سَبَقُوٓا۟ sabaqua 1 نَسْتَبِقُ nastabiqu 1 وَٱسْتَبَقَا wastabaqaa 1 يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ yasbiqunahu 1 سَٰبِقُونَ saabiquna 1 يَسْبِقُونَا yasbiqunaa 1 سَٰبِقِينَ saabiqina 1 سَابِقٌۢ saabiqun 1 سَابِقُ saabiqu 1 فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ fastabaqua 1 سَبَقُونَآ sabaqunaa 1 ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ lssaabiquna 1 سَابِقُوٓا۟ saabiqua 1 سَبَقُونَا sabaqunaa 1 فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ falssaabiqaati 1 سَبْقًا sabqana 1

Quranic Concordance 37

Every occurrence of the root سبق 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
2:148 فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ fastabiqua (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
5:48 فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ fastabiqua (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
7:80 سَبَقَكُم sabaqakum (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
8:59 سَبَقُوٓا۟ sabaqua (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
8:68 سَبَقَ sabaqa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
9:100 وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ walssaabiquna to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
10:19 سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
11:40 سَبَقَ sabaqa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
11:110 سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
12:17 نَسْتَبِقُ nastabiqu (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
12:25 وَٱسْتَبَقَا wastabaqaa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
15:5 تَسْبِقُ tasbiqu (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
20:99 سَبَقَ sabaqa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
20:129 سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
21:27 يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ yasbiqunahu (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
21:101 سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
23:27 سَبَقَ sabaqa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
23:43 تَسْبِقُ tasbiqu (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
23:61 سَٰبِقُونَ saabiquna to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
29:4 يَسْبِقُونَا yasbiqunaa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
29:28 سَبَقَكُم sabaqakum (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
29:39 سَٰبِقِينَ saabiqina to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
35:32 سَابِقٌۢ saabiqun to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
36:40 سَابِقُ saabiqu to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
36:66 فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ fastabaqua (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
37:171 سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
41:45 سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
42:14 سَبَقَتْ sabaqat (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
46:11 سَبَقُونَآ sabaqunaa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
56:10 وَٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ walssaabiquna to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
56:10 ٱلسَّٰبِقُونَ lssaabiquna to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
56:60 بِمَسْبُوقِينَ bimasbuqina to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
57:21 سَابِقُوٓا۟ saabiqua (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
59:10 سَبَقُونَا sabaqunaa (v.) to precede, to outstrip Verb V
70:41 بِمَسْبُوقِينَ bimasbuqina to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
79:4 فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ falssaabiqaati to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
79:4 سَبْقًا sabqana to precede, to outstrip Noun Noun
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