Arabic root

ل-ب-س

Lam-Ba-Sin

2 words from this root family

About this root

Lam-Ba-Sin (ل-ب-س) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: labisa (to wear / to put on), malābis (clothing).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 23 times in 20 verses, across 13 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:42.

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	Taught in
لَبِسَ labisa	to wear / to put on	verb, A1	Action Verbs - Work & Study
مَلابِس malābis	clothing	noun, A2	Payment & Receipts

In the Quran

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Confound not truth with falsehood, nor knowingly conceal the truth.

Quran 2:42

يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاسًا يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَٰتِكُمْ وَرِيشًا ۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

O Children of Adam! We have revealed unto you raiment to conceal your shame, and splendid vesture, but the raiment of restraint from evil, that is best. This is of the revelations of Allah, that they may remember.

Quran 7:26

وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَّكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُم مِّنۢ بَأْسِكُمْ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُمْ شَـٰكِرُونَ

And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful?

Quran 21:80

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).