Meaning: preceded · Also translated as: they can outstrip, advance, they precede Him, has gone forth
Forms in the Quran
سَبَقَتْ×7
سَبَقَ×4
سَبَقَكُم×2
تَسْبِقُ×2
سَبَقُونَآ×2
سَبَقُوٓا۟×1
يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ×1
يَسْبِقُونَا×1
سَبْق
Noun · 1 time
Meaning: a race
Forms in the Quran
سَبْقًا×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
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.
Mankind was but one nation,
But differed (later). Had it not
Been for a Word
That went forth before
From thy Lord, their differences
Would have been settled
Between them.
At length, behold!
There came Our Command,
And the fountains of the earth
Gushed forth! We said:
"Embark therein, of each kind
Two, male and female,
And your family—except
Those against whom the Word
Has already gone forth,—
And the Believers."
But only a few
Believed with him.
We certainly gave the Book
To Moses, but differences
Arose therein: had it not been
That a Word had gone forth
Before from thy Lord, the matter
Would have been decided
Between them: but they
Are in suspicious doubt
Concerning it.
Had it not been
For a Word that went forth
Before from thy Lord,
(Their punishment) must necessarily
Have come; but there is
A term appointed (for respite).
So We inspired him
(With this message): "Construct
The Ark within Our sight
And under Our guidance: then
When comes Our command,
And the fountains of the earth
Gush forth, take thou on board
Pairs of every species, male
And female, and thy family—
Except those of them
Against whom the Word
Has already gone forth:
And address Me not
In favour of the wrong-doers;
For they shall be drowned
(In the Flood).
We certainly gave Moses
The Book aforetime: but disputes
Arose therein. Had it not
Been for a Word
That went forth before
From thy Lord, (their differences)
Would have been settled
Between them: but they
Remained in suspicious
Disquieting doubt thereon.
And they became divided
Only after knowledge
Reached them,—through selfish
Envy as between themselves.
Had it not been
For a Word that
Went forth before
From thy Lord,
(Tending) to a Term appointed,
The matter would have
Been settled between them:
But truly those who have
Inherited the Book after them
Are in suspicious (disquieting)
Doubt concerning it.
The Unbelievers say
Of those who believe:
"If (this Message) were
A good thing, (such men)
Would not have gone
To it first, before us!"
And seeing that they
Guide not themselves thereby,
They will say, "This is
An (old,) old falsehood!"
And those who came
After them say: "Our Lord!
Forgive us, and our brethren
Who came before us
Into the Faith,
And leave not,
In our hearts,
Rancour (or sense of injury)
Against those who have believed.
Our Lord! Thou art
Indeed Full of Kindness,
Most Merciful."