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ث-و-ب

Tha-Waw-Ba

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About this root

Tha-Waw-Ba (ث-و-ب) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: thawāb (reward (from God)), thiyāb (clothes / garments).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 28 times in 23 verses, across 15 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:103. The form ثَوَابٌ (reward (from God)) accounts for 13 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Shopping, Clothes

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
ثَوَابٌ
thawāb
reward (from God)noun, B113×Community and Society
ثِياب
thiyāb
clothes / garmentsnoun, A28×At the Market

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

In the Quran

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ ۖ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

And if they had believed and kept from evil, a recompense from Allah would be better, if they only knew.

Quran 2:103
وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفْسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَـٰبًا مُّؤَجَّلًا ۗ وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنْيَا نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا وَمَن يُرِدْ ثَوَابَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ نُؤْتِهِۦ مِنْهَا ۚ وَسَنَجْزِى ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

No soul can ever die except by Allah's leave and at a term appointed. Whoso desireth the reward of the world, We bestow on him thereof; and whoso desireth the reward of the Hereafter, We bestow on him thereof. We shall reward the thankful.

Quran 3:145
أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ يَثْنُونَ صُدُورَهُمْ لِيَسْتَخْفُوا۟ مِنْهُ ۚ أَلَا حِينَ يَسْتَغْشُونَ ثِيَابَهُمْ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

Lo! now they fold up their breasts that they may hide (their thoughts) from Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with their clothing, Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim. Lo! He is Aware of what is in the breasts (of men).

Quran 11:5

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

B1noun
ثَوَابٌ
thawāb

reward (from God)

Example
فَآتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ ثَوَابَ الدُّنْيَا وَحُسْنَ ثَوَابِ الْآخِرَةِ
fa-ātāhumu Allāhu thawāba ad-dunyā wa-ḥusna thawābi al-ākhirah
So Allah gave them the reward of this world and the good reward of the Hereafter (3:148)
Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar) of ثَابَ (to return). The concept is that reward 'returns' to the doer of good. Related: مَثُوبَةٌ (reward), ثَوْبٌ (garment - different meaning, same root).

Culture

Thawāb motivates good deeds in Islam. The Quran promises both worldly and otherworldly rewards, with the reward of the Hereafter being far superior and eternal.

A2noun
ثِياب
thiyāb

clothes / garments

Example
اشْتَرَيْتُ ثِيابًا جَديدة لِلعيد.
ishtaraytu thiyāban jadīda lil-ʿīd.
I bought new clothes for the holiday.

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