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طلب

ṭ-l-b

The root طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) primarily means to seek, desire, demand, or ask for something. It can also imply pursuing or following in search of something.

Root

ط-ل-ب

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Total uses

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Verses

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Surahs

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Forms

Root

ط-ل-ب

Root Meaning

The root طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) primarily means to seek, desire, demand, or ask for something. It can also imply pursuing or following in search of something.

Derived forms

يَطۡلُبُهُۥ1طَلَبࣰ1ٱلطَّالِبُ1وَٱلۡمَطۡلُوبُ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (3)

Al-A'raf 7:54

يَطْلُبُهُۥMeaning here: The root طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) primarily means to seek, desire, demand, or ask for something. It can also imply pursuing or following in search of something.

Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then mounted He the Throne. He covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command. His verily is all creation and commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds

Al-Kahf 18:41

طَلَبًاMeaning here: The root طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) primarily means to seek, desire, demand, or ask for something. It can also imply pursuing or following in search of something.

Or some morning the water thereof will be lost in the earth so that thou canst not make search for it

Al-Hajj 22:73

ٱلطَّالِبُMeaning here: The root طَلَبَ (ṭalaba) primarily means to seek, desire, demand, or ask for something. It can also imply pursuing or following in search of something.

O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: Lo! those on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought