س-ب-ع
Sin-Ba-Ayn
4 words from this root family
About this root
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
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
سَبْعَة sabʿa | seven | numeral, A1 | 4× | Numbers 0-9 |
أُسْبُوع usbūʿ | week | noun, A1 | Telling Time | |
سَبْعُونَ sabʿūna | seventy | numeral, A1 | Remaining Tens & Compound Numbers | |
السَّابِع as-sābiʿ | seventh | adjective, A1 | Large 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 عَلِيمٌHe 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.
مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِى كُلِّ سُنۢبُلَةٍ مِّا۟ئَةُ حَبَّةٍ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُضَـٰعِفُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌThe 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.
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَٰبٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌIt hath seven gates, and each gate hath an appointed portion.
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).