to answer / to reply
Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ). Past: ajāba, Present: yujību. Takes 'an (عن) for the thing answered.
Jim-Waw-Ba
2 words from this root family
Jim-Waw-Ba (ج-و-ب) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: ajāba (to answer / to reply), istajwaba (to interrogate / to question).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 43 times in 41 verses, across 23 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:186.
Themes: Verbs, Communication, Media Politics
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
أَجَابَ ajāba | to answer / to reply | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Movement & Travel |
اِسْتَجْوَبَ istajwaba | to interrogate / to question | verb, B2 | Political Movements |
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لِى وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِى لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَAnd when My servants question thee concerning Me, then surely I am nigh. I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he crieth unto Me. So let them hear My call and let them trust in Me, in order that they may be led aright.
ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْقَرْحُ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌAs for those who heard the call of Allah and His messenger after the harm befell them (in the fight); for such of them as do right and ward off (evil), there is great reward.
وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَAnd the answer of his people was only that they said (one to another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk, forsooth, who keep pure.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Form IV verb (أَفْعَلَ). Past: ajāba, Present: yujību. Takes 'an (عن) for the thing answered.