ق-ب-ل
Qaf-Ba-Lam
5 words from this root family
About this root
Qaf-Ba-Lam (ق-ب-ل) has 5 words in the Fahm dictionary: qabl (before), qabila (to accept), istiqbāl (reception), muqābala (interview), and 1 more.
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 294 times in 282 verses, across 64 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:4. The form قَبْل (before) accounts for 242 of them.
Themes: Time, Basics, Quranic, Verbs, Actions, Travel, Places, Work, Advanced Verbs
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
قَبْل qabl | before | adverb, A1 | 242× | Telling Time |
قَبِلَ qabila | to accept | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Making & Creating | |
اِسْتِقْبال istiqbāl | reception | noun, A2 | Travel Plans & Booking | |
مُقابَلة muqābala | interview | noun, A2 | Jobs & Careers | |
اِسْتَقْبَلَ istaqbala | to receive / to welcome (Form X) | verb, B1 | Verbs of Achievement |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
In the Quran
وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَAnd who believe in that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) and that which was revealed before thee, and are certain of the Hereafter.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَـٰعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَAnd guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped.
وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ ٱلْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُAnd when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House, (Abraham prayed): Our Lord! Accept from us (this duty). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower.
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).
Word cards with examples
to accept
Form I verb. Past: qabila, Present: yaqbalu.