قبض

q-b-ḍ

The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

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ق-ب-ض

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ق-ب-ض

Root Meaning

The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

Derived forms

يَقۡبِضُ1مَّقۡبُوضَةࣱۖ1وَيَقۡبِضُونَ1فَقَبَضۡتُ1قَبۡضَةࣰ1قَبَضۡنَٰهُ1قَبۡضࣰ1قَبۡضَتُهُۥ1وَيَقۡبِضۡنَۚ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (7)

Al-Baqarah 2:245

يَقْبِضُMeaning here: The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

Who is it that will lend unto Allah a goodly loan, so that He may give it increase manifold? Allah straiteneth and enlargeth. Unto Him ye will return

Al-Baqarah 2:283

مَّقْبُوضَةٌMeaning here: The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

If ye be on a journey and cannot find a scribe, then a pledge in hand (shall suffice). And if one of you entrusteth to another let him who is trusted deliver up that which is entrusted to him (according to the pact between them) and let him observe his duty to Allah his Lord. Hide not testimony. He who hideth it, verily his heart is sinful. Allah is Aware of what ye do

At-Tawbah 9:67

وَيَقْبِضُونَMeaning here: The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

The hypocrites, both men and women, proceed one from another. They enjoin the wrong, and they forbid the right, and they withhold their hands (from spending for the cause of Allah). They forget Allah, so He hath forgotten them. Lo! the hypocrites, they are the transgressors

Ta-Ha 20:96

فَقَبَضْتُMeaning here: The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

He said: I perceived what they perceive not, so I seized a handful from the footsteps of the messenger, and then threw it in. Thus my soul commended to me

Al-Furqan 25:46

قَبَضْنَٰهُMeaning here: The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

Then We withdraw it unto Us, a gradual withdrawal

Az-Zumar 39:67

قَبْضَتُهُۥMeaning here: The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

And they esteem not Allah as He hath the right to be esteemed, when the whole earth is His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are rolled in His right hand. Glorified is He and High Exalted from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)

Al-Mulk 67:19

وَيَقْبِضْنَMeaning here: The root قبض (qbD) primarily means to take or grasp something with the hand, to seize or clutch it. It also extends to taking possession, receiving, or even God taking a soul (causing death).

Have they not seen the birds above them spreading out their wings and closing them? Naught upholdeth them save the Beneficent. Lo! He is Seer of all things