اسْتَبَقَ
Verb · 5 timesMeaning: so race · Also translated as: racing each other, And they both raced, then they race
Forms in the Quran
- فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ×3
- نَسْتَبِقُ ×1
- وَٱسْتَبَقَا ×1
اسْتَبَقَ
Meaning: so race
استبق occurs 5 times in 5 verses across 4 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
Meaning: so race · Also translated as: racing each other, And they both raced, then they race
أصل السبق: التقدم في السير، نحو:
قوله تعالى: ﴿فالسابقات سبقا﴾ [النازعات: 40] عنى بها الخيل العادية في الجهاد. وقيل: هم الملائكة، بأنهم يسبقون الجن باستماع الوحي. والسبق: أصله التقدم في السير، ثم يعبر بذلك عن التقدم إلى الأشياء أعيانا كانت أو معاني.
Verses 1–5 of 5
To each is a goal To which God turns him; Then strive together (as in a race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, God will bring you Together, For God Hath power over all things.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:148To thee We sent the Scripture In truth, confirming The scripture that came Before it, and guarding it In safety: so judge Between them by what God hath revealed, And follow not their vain Desires, diverging From the Truth that hath come To thee. To each among you Have We prescribed a Law And an Open Way. If God had so willed. He would have made you A single People, but (His Plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive As in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to God; It is He that will show you The truth of the matters In which ye dispute;
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:48They said: "O our father! We went racing with one another, And left Joseph with our things; And the wolf devoured him.… But thou wilt never believe us Even though we tell the truth.
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:17So they both raced each other To the door, and she Tore his shirt from the back: They both found her lord Near the door. She said: "What is the (fitting) punishment For one who formed An evil design against Thy wife, but prison Or a grievous chastisement?"
Surah Yusuf, verse 12:25If it had been Our Will, We could surely have Blotted out their eyes; Then should they have Run about groping for the Path, But how could they have seen?
Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:66