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سبب

s-b-b

The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Root

س-ب-ب

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Total uses

21

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15

Surahs

15

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Root

س-ب-ب

Root Meaning

The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Derived forms

ٱلسَّبۡتِ5سَبَبًا3سُبَاتࣰ2نَسَبࣰ2ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبِ2تَسُبُّواْ1فَيَسُبُّواْ1سَبۡتِهِمۡ1يَسۡبِتُونَ1سَبَبࣰ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)

Al-Baqarah 2:166

ٱلْأَسْبَابُ

(On the day) when those who were followed disown those who followed (them), and they behold the doom, and all their aims collapse with them

Al-An'am 6:108

تَسُبُّوا۟Meaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah through ignorance. Thus unto every nation have We made their deed seem fair. Then unto their Lord is their return, and He will tell them what they used to do

Al-Kahf 18:84

سَبَبًاMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a road

Al-Kahf 18:85

سَبَبًاMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

And he followed a road

Al-Kahf 18:89

سَبَبًاMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Then he followed a road

Al-Kahf 18:92

سَبَبًاMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Then he followed a road

Al-Hajj 22:15

بِسَبَبٍMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Whoso is wont to think (through envy) that Allah will not give him (Muhammad) victory in the world and the Hereafter (and is enraged at the thought of his victory), let him stretch a rope up to the roof (of his dwelling), and let him hang himself. Then let him see whether his strategy dispelleth that whereat he rageth

Sad 38:10

ٱلْأَسْبَٰبِMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

Or is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them theirs? Then let them ascend by ropes

Ghafir 40:36

ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads

Ghafir 40:37

أَسْبَٰبَMeaning here: The root سَبَب primarily means a rope or anything by which one ascends or attains an object. It also refers to a means, instrument, or cause for something to happen.

The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the god of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin

🔎 Across the Quran (12)

Al-Baqarah 2:65

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعۡتَدَوۡاْ مِنكُمۡ فِي فَقُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ

And you know well the story of those among you who broke Sabbath. We said to them, "Be apes despised and hated by all

An-Nisa 4:47

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ ءَامِنُواْ بِمَا نَزَّلۡنَا مُصَدِّقࣰ ا لِّمَا مَعَكُم مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن نَّطۡمِسَ وُجُوهࣰ ا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَدۡبَارِهَآ أَوۡ نَلۡعَنَهُمۡ كَمَا لَعَنَّآ أَصۡحَٰبَ وَكَانَ أَمۡرُ ٱللَّهِ مَفۡعُولًا

O you who have been granted the Book! Do believe in what We have (now) revealed, which confirms the revelation which you already possess. Do this before We alter countenances, turning them backwards, or lay a curse upon them as We cursed the Sabbath-men. Bear in mind that Allah's command is done

An-Nisa 4:154

وَرَفَعۡنَا فَوۡقَهُمُ ٱلطُّورَ بِمِيثَٰقِهِمۡ وَقُلۡنَا لَهُمُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡبَابَ سُجَّدࣰ ا وَقُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ لَا تَعۡدُواْ فِي وَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظࣰ ا

and We raised the Mount high above them and took from them a covenant (to obey the commandment), and ordered them: 'Enter the gate in the state of prostration.' And We said to them: 'Do not violate the law of the Sabbath', and took from them a firm covenant

Al-A'raf 7:163

وَسۡـَٔلۡهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتۡ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ إِذۡ يَعۡدُونَ فِي إِذۡ تَأۡتِيهِمۡ حِيتَانُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ سَبۡتِهِمۡ شُرَّعࣰ ا وَيَوۡمَ لَا يَسۡبِتُونَ لَا تَأۡتِيهِمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبۡلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ

And ask the people of Moses concerning the town situated along the sea how its people profaned the Sabbath when fish came to them breaking the water's surface on Sabbath days, and would not come to them on other than Sabbath-days. Thus did We try them because of their disobedience

An-Nahl 16:124

إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِۚ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ

As for the Sabbath, it was made incumbent only on those who differed about its laws. Certainly your Lord will judge on the Day of Resurrection between them regarding the matters they disputed

Al-Mu'minun 23:101

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

And then no sooner the Trumpet is blown than there will remain no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask one another

Al-Furqan 25:47

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ لِبَاسࣰ ا وَٱلنَّوۡمَ ا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورࣰ ا

And it is Allah Who has ordained the night as a garment for you, and the sleep as a repose of death, and the day as the time of return to life

Al-Furqan 25:54

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِ بَشَرࣰ ا فَجَعَلَهُۥ ا وَصِهۡرࣰ اۗ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيرࣰ ا

And it is He, Who created man from water: then from him He caused two kinds of kindred, by blood and by marriage: your Lord is AI I-Powerful

An-Naml 27:22

فَمَكَثَ غَيۡرَ بَعِيدࣲ فَقَالَ أَحَطتُ بِمَا لَمۡ تُحِطۡ بِهِۦ وَجِئۡتُكَ مِن بِنَبَإࣲ يَقِينٍ

Not before long the hoopoe came up and said: "I have obtained a knowledge which you could not. I have brought for you sure news about Sheba

Saba 34:15

لَقَدۡ كَانَ فِي مَسۡكَنِهِمۡ ءَايَةࣱۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينࣲ وَشِمَالࣲۖ كُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِ رَبِّكُمۡ وَٱشۡكُرُواْ لَهُۥۚ بَلۡدَةࣱ طَيِّبَةࣱ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورࣱ‏

For Sheba there was also a Sign in their dwelling place: the two gardens to the right and to the left. “Eat of your Lord's provision, and render thanks to Him. Most pleasant is your land and Most Forgiving is your Lord.”

As-Saffat 37:158

وَجَعَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُۥ وَبَيۡنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ اۚ وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمَتِ ٱلۡجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمۡ لَمُحۡضَرُونَ

They have established a kinship between Allah and the angels; and the angels know well that these people will be arraigned (as culprits)

An-Naba 78:9

وَجَعَلۡنَا نَوۡمَكُمۡ ا

and made your sleep a means of repose