نقب

n-q-b

The root N-Q-B primarily means to pierce or make a hole through something. It also describes traversing land, like journeying through countries.

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ن-ق-ب

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ن-ق-ب

Root Meaning

The root N-Q-B primarily means to pierce or make a hole through something. It also describes traversing land, like journeying through countries.

Derived forms

نَقِيبࣰ1نَقۡبࣰ1فَنَقَّبُواْ1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (3)

Al-Ma'idah 5:12

نَقِيبًاMeaning here: The root N-Q-B primarily means to pierce or make a hole through something. It also describes traversing land, like journeying through countries.

Allah made a covenant of old with the Children of Israel and We raised among them twelve chieftains, and Allah said: Lo! I am with you. If ye establish worship and pay the poor-due, and believe in My messengers and support them, and lend unto Allah a kindly loan, surely I shall remit your sins, and surely I shall bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow. Whoso among you disbelieveth after this will go astray from a plain road

Al-Kahf 18:97

نَقْبًاMeaning here: The root N-Q-B primarily means to pierce or make a hole through something. It also describes traversing land, like journeying through countries.

And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it)

Qaf 50:36

فَنَقَّبُوا۟Meaning here: The root N-Q-B primarily means to pierce or make a hole through something. It also describes traversing land, like journeying through countries.

And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)