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كوب

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The root كُوبَةٌ (kūbah) refers to games like backgammon (نَرْد) or chess (شِطْرَنْج), especially in Yemen. It can also mean a small, slender drum or a musical instrument called بَرْبَط.

Root

ك-و-ب

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Root

ك-و-ب

Root Meaning

The root كُوبَةٌ (kūbah) refers to games like backgammon (نَرْد) or chess (شِطْرَنْج), especially in Yemen. It can also mean a small, slender drum or a musical instrument called بَرْبَط.

Derived forms

وَأَكۡوَابࣲۖ3يَكۡبِتَهُمۡ1لَنَٰكِبُونَ1فَكُبَّتۡ1بِأَكۡوَابࣲ1كُبِتُواْ1كُبِتَ1مَنَاكِبِهَا1مُكِبًّا1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (4)

Az-Zukhruf 43:71

وَأَكْوَابٍMeaning here: The root كُوبَةٌ (kūbah) refers to games like backgammon (نَرْد) or chess (شِطْرَنْج), especially in Yemen. It can also mean a small, slender drum or a musical instrument called بَرْبَط.

Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are immortal therein

Al-Waqi'ah 56:18

بِأَكْوَابٍMeaning here: The root كُوبَةٌ (kūbah) refers to games like backgammon (نَرْد) or chess (شِطْرَنْج), especially in Yemen. It can also mean a small, slender drum or a musical instrument called بَرْبَط.

With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring

Al-Insan 76:15

وَأَكْوَابٍMeaning here: The root كُوبَةٌ (kūbah) refers to games like backgammon (نَرْد) or chess (شِطْرَنْج), especially in Yemen. It can also mean a small, slender drum or a musical instrument called بَرْبَط.

Goblets of silver are brought round for them, and beakers (as) of glass

Al-Ghashiyah 88:14

وَأَكْوَابٌMeaning here: The root كُوبَةٌ (kūbah) refers to games like backgammon (نَرْد) or chess (شِطْرَنْج), especially in Yemen. It can also mean a small, slender drum or a musical instrument called بَرْبَط.

And goblets set at hand

🔎 Across the Quran (6)

Aal-Imran 3:127

لِيَقۡطَعَ طَرَفࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَوۡ فَيَنقَلِبُواْ خَآئِبِينَ

And Allah provided this aid to you in order to cut off a part of those who disbelieved and frustrate them so that they retreat in utter disappointment

Al-Mu'minun 23:74

وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ

but those who do not believe in the Hereafter are ever prone to deviate from the Right Way

An-Naml 27:90

وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ وُجُوهُهُمۡ فِي ٱلنَّارِ هَلۡ تُجۡزَوۡنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

And whosoever comes with evil, they will be flung upon their faces into the Fire. Will you be recompensed for aught other than what you do

Al-Mujadila 58:5

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآدُّونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ كَمَا كُبِتَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ وَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتࣲۚ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابࣱ مُّهِينࣱ‏

Verily those who oppose Allah and His Messenger shall be brought low even as those before them were brought low. Surely We have sent down Clear Signs; and a humiliating chastisement awaits the unbelievers

Al-Mulk 67:15

هُوَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ ذَلُولࣰ ا فَٱمۡشُواْ فِي وَكُلُواْ مِن رِّزۡقِهِۦۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ

He it is Who made the earth subservient to you. So traverse in its tracks and partake of the sustenance He has provided. To Him will you be resurrected

Al-Mulk 67:22

أَفَمَن يَمۡشِي عَلَىٰ وَجۡهِهِۦٓ أَهۡدَىٰٓ أَمَّن يَمۡشِي سَوِيًّا عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ‏

Who is better guided: he who walks grovelling on his face, or he who walks upright on a Straight Path