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Quran Maqasid

حُبّ

حب in the Quran

Meaning: love

حب occurs 16 times in 15 verses across 13 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
16
Verses
15
Surahs
13

حُبّ

Noun · 9 times

Meaning: love

Forms in the Quran

  • حُبًّا ×3
  • حُبِّهِۦ ×2
  • حُبُّ ×2
  • كَحُبِّ ×1
  • لِحُبِّ ×1

حَبّ

Noun · 7 times

Meaning: grain

Forms in the Quran

  • حَبًّا ×4
  • ٱلْحَبِّ ×1
  • وَحَبَّ ×1
  • وَٱلْحَبُّ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الحب والحبة يقال في الحنطة والشعير ونحوهما من المطعومات، والحب والحبة في بزور الرياحين، قال الله تعالى: كمثل حبة أنبتت سبع سنابل في كل سنبلة مائة حبة [البقرة/ 261] ، وقال: ولا حبة في ظلمات الأرض [الأنعام/ 59] ، وقال تعالى: إن الله فالق الحب والنوى [الأنعام/ 95] ، وقوله تعالى:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿يحبهم ويحبونه﴾ [المائدة: 54].

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ح ب ب

Verses with حب

Verses 1–15 of 15

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Yet there are men Who take (for worship) Others besides God, As equal (with God): They love them As they should love God. But those of Faith are Overflowing in their love For God. If only The unrighteous could see, Behold, they would see The Penalty: that to God Belongs all power, and God Will strongly enforce The Penalty.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:165
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is not righteousness That ye turn your faces Towards East or West; But it is righteousness— To believe in God And the Last Day, And the Angels, And the Book, And the Messengers; To spend of your substance, Out of love for Him, For your kin, For orphans, For the needy, For the wayfarer, For those who ask, And for the ransom of slaves; To be steadfast in prayer, And practice regular charity; To fulfil the contracts Which ye have made; And to be firm and patient, In pain (or suffering) And adversity, And throughout All periods of panic. Such are the people Of truth, the God-fearing.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:177
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Fair in the eyes of men Is the love of things they covet: Women and sons; Heaped-up hoards Of gold and silver; horses Branded (for blood and excellence); And (wealth of) cattle And well-tilled land. Such are the possessions Of this world's life; But in nearness to God Is the best of the goals (To return to).

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:14
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who causeth The seed-grain And the date-stone To split and sprout. He causeth the living To issue from the dead, And He is the One To cause the dead To issue from the living. That is God: then how Are ye deluded Away from the truth?

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:95
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who sendeth down Rain from the skies: With it We produce Vegetation of all kinds: From some We produce Green (crops), out of which We produce grain, Heaped up (at harvest); Out of the date-palm And its sheaths (or spathes) (Come) clusters of dates Hanging low and near: And (then there are) gardens Of grapes, and olives, And pomegranates, Each similar (in kind) Yet different (in variety): When they begin to bear fruit, Feast your eyes with the fruit And the ripeness thereof. Behold! in these things There are Signs for people Who believe.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:99
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) ’Aziz Is seeking to seduce her slave From his (true) self: Truly hath he inspired her With violent love: we see She is evidently going astray."

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:30
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    A Sign for them Is the earth that is dead: We do give it life, And produce grain therefrom, Of which ye do eat.

    Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:33
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    And he said, "Truly Do I love the love Of Good, with a view To the glory of my Lord,"— Until (the sun) was hidden In the veil (of Night):

    Surah Sad, verse 38:32
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We send down From the sky Rain Charged with blessing, And We produce therewith Gardens and Grain for harvests;

    Surah Qaf, verse 50:9
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Also corn, with (its) Leaves and stalk for fodder, And sweet-smelling plants.

    Surah Ar-Rahman, verse 55:12
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    And they feed, for the love Of God, the indigent, The orphan, and the captive,—

    Surah Al-Insan, verse 76:8
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    That We may produce Therewith corn and vegetables,

    Surah An-Naba, verse 78:15
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    And produce therein Corn,

    Surah 'Abasa, verse 80:27
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    And ye love wealth With inordinate love!

    Surah Al-Fajr, verse 89:20
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    And violent is he In his love of wealth.

    Surah Al-'Adiyat, verse 100:8