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س-ر-ب

Sin-Ra-Ba

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Sin-Ra-Ba (س-ر-ب) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: tasrīb (leak (of information)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 4 times in 4 verses, across 4 of the 114 suras. The first is in 13:10.

Themes: Media Politics

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
تَسْرِيب
tasrīb
leak (of information)noun, B2Public Opinion & Propaganda

In the Quran

سَوَآءٌ مِّنكُم مَّنْ أَسَرَّ ٱلْقَوْلَ وَمَن جَهَرَ بِهِۦ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍۭ بِٱلَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌۢ بِٱلنَّهَارِ

Alike of you is he who hideth the saying and he who noiseth it abroad, he who lurketh in the night and he who goeth freely in the daytime.

Quran 13:10
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا

And when they reached the point where the two met, they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the waters, being free.

Quran 18:61
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are as a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one supposeth it to be water till he cometh unto it and findeth it naught, and findeth, in the place thereof, Allah Who payeth him his due; and Allah is swift at reckoning.

Quran 24:39

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

B2noun
تَسْرِيب
tasrīb

leak (of information)

Example
كَشَفَ التَّسريبُ عَن فَسادٍ حُكومِيّ.
kashafa t-tasrību ʿan fasādin ḥukūmiyy.
The leak exposed government corruption.

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