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س-ب-ع

Sin-Ba-Ayn

4 words from this root family

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Sin-Ba-Ayn (س-ب-ع) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: sabʿa (seven), usbūʿ (week), sabʿūna (seventy), as-sābiʿ (seventh).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 28 times in 24 verses, across 16 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:29. The form سَبْعَة (seven) accounts for 4 of them.

Themes: Numbers, Basics, Time, Numbers Tens, Numbers Ordinals

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
سَبْعَة
sabʿa
sevennumeral, A14×Numbers 0-9
أُسْبُوع
usbūʿ
weeknoun, A1Telling Time
سَبْعُونَ
sabʿūna
seventynumeral, A1Remaining Tens & Compound Numbers
السَّابِع
as-sābiʿ
seventhadjective, A1Large Numbers & Ordinals

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is knower of all things.

Quran 2:29
مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

The likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah's way is as the likeness of a grain which groweth seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah giveth increase manifold to whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.

Quran 2:261
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ

It hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.

Quran 15:44

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

A1numeral
سَبْعَة
sabʿa

seven

Example
فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ سَبْعَةُ أَيَّامٍ
fī al-usbūʿi sabʿatu ayyāmin
There are seven days in a week
A1noun
أُسْبُوع
usbūʿ

week

Example
سَأَزُورُكَ الْأُسْبُوعَ الْقَادِمَ
sa-azūruka al-usbūʿa al-qādima
I will visit you next week
A1numeral
سَبْعُونَ
sabʿūna

seventy

Example
يَعِيشُ جَدِّي مُنْذُ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا
yaʿīshu jaddī mundhu sabʿīna ʿāman
My grandfather has lived for seventy years
A1adjective
السَّابِع
as-sābiʿ

seventh

Example
الْيَوْمُ السَّابِعُ مِنَ الْأُسْبُوعِ
al-yawmu as-sābiʿu min al-usbūʿi
The seventh day of the week

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