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Quran Maqasid

قَبْل

قبل in the Quran

Meaning: before

قبل occurs 249 times in 242 verses across 62 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
249
Verses
242
Surahs
62

قَبْل

Noun · 242 times

Meaning: before

Forms in the Quran

  • قَبْلُ ×115
  • قَبْلِهِم ×52
  • قَبْلِكَ ×32
  • قَبْلِكُمْ ×18
  • قَبْلِهِۦ ×16
  • قَبْلِى ×3
  • قَبْلِنَا ×2
  • قَبْلِهَآ ×2

قِبَل

Noun · 4 times

Meaning: towards · Also translated as: resistance

Forms in the Quran

  • قِبَلَ ×2
  • قِبَلِهِ ×1
  • قِبَلَكَ ×1

قُبُل

Noun · 3 times

Meaning: face to face · Also translated as: the front, before

Forms in the Quran

  • قُبُلًا ×2
  • قُبُلٍ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

قبل يستعمل في التقدم المتصل والمنفصل، ويضاده بعد، وقيل: يستعملان في التقدم المتصل، ويضادهما دبر ودبر. هذا في الأصل وإن كان قد يتجوز في كل واحد منهما.

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿لله الأمر من قبل ومن بعد﴾ [الروم: 4] قبل: ظرف زمان يقتضي التقدم، ويقابل بعد. وقد تقدم حكمهما في مادة (ب ع د) بالنسبة إلى الإعراب والبناء. وقيل: قبل يستعمل في التقدم المنفصل، ويضاده بعد. وقبل وقبل ويضادهما دبر ودبر، هذا في الأصل، وإن كان قد يتجوز في كل واحد منهما. قال بعضهم: قبل تستعمل على أوجه: أحدها في…

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

Verses with قبل

Verses 41–60 of 242

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    See they not how many Of those before them We did destroy?— Generations We had established On the earth, in strength Such as We have not given To you—for whom We poured out rain From the skies in abundance, And gave (fertile) streams Flowing beneath their (feet): Yet for their sins We destroyed them, And raised in their wake Fresh generations (To succeed them).

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

    Mocked were (many) Apostles before thee; But their scoffers Were hemmed in By the thing that they mocked.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:10
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    Yea, in their own (eyes) Will become manifest What before they concealed. But if they were returned, They would certainly relapse To the things they were forbidden, For they are indeed liars.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:28
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Rejected were the Apostles Before thee: with patience And constancy they bore Their rejection and their wrongs, Until Our aid did reach Them: there is none That can alter the Words (And Decrees) of God. Already hast thou received Some account of those Apostles.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:34
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Before thee We sent (Apostles) to many nations, And We afflicted the nations With suffering and adversity, That they might learn humility.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:42
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    We gave him Isaac And Jacob: all (three) We guided: And before him, We guided Noah, And among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron: Thus do We reward Those who do good:

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:84
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Even if We did send Unto them angels, And the dead did speak Unto them, and We gathered Together all things before Their very eyes, they are not The ones to believe, Unless it is in God's Plan. But most of them Ignore (the truth).

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:111
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who give partners (To God) will say: "If God had wished, We should not have Given partners to Him, Nor would our fathers; Nor should we have had Any taboos." So did Their ancestors argue Falsely, until they tasted Of Our wrath. Say: "Have ye any (certain) Knowledge? If so, produce It before us. Ye follow Nothing but conjecture: Ye do nothing but lie."

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:148
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down To two Peoples before us, And for our part, we Remained unacquainted With all that they learned By assiduous study;"

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:156
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    Are they waiting to see If the angels come to them, Or thy Lord (Himself), Or certain of the Signs Of thy Lord! The day that certain Of the Signs of thy Lord Do come, no good Will it do to a soul To believe in them then, If it believed not before Nor earned righteousness Through its Faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too Are waiting."

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:158
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    He will say: "Enter ye In the company of The Peoples who passed away Before you—men and Jinns,— Into the Fire. Every time A new People enters, It curses its sister-People (That went before), until They follow each other, all Into the Fire. Saith the last About the first: "Our Lord! It is these that misled us: So give them a double Penalty in the Fire." He will say: "Doubled For all": but this Ye do not understand.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:38
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they just wait For the final fulfilment Of the event? On the day The event is finally fulfilled, Those who disregarded it Before will say: "The apostles Of our Lord did indeed Bring true (tidings). Have we No intercessors now to intercede On our behalf? Or could we Be sent back? Then should we Behave differently from our Behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost Their souls, and the things They invented will leave Them in the lurch.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:53
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Such were the towns Whose story We (thus) Relate unto thee: There came indeed to them Their apostles with clear (Signs): But they would not believe What they had rejected before. Thus doth God seal up The hearts of those Who reject Faith.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:101
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye In Him before I give You permission? Surely This is a trick which ye Have planned in the City To drive out its people: But soon shall ye know (The consequences).

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:123
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    They said: "We have had (Nothing but) trouble, both before And after thou camest To us." He said: "It may be that your Lord Will destroy your enemy And make you inheritors In the earth; that so He may try you By your deeds."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:129
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    And Moses chose seventy Of his people for Our place Of meeting: when they Were seized with violent quaking, He prayed: "O my Lord! If it had been Thy Will Thou couldst have destroyed, Long before, both them And me: wouldst Thou Destroy us for the deeds Of the foolish ones among us? This is no more than Thy trial: by it Thou causest Whom Thou wilt to stray, And Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: So forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art The Best of those who forgive.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:155
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us May have taken false gods, But we are (their) descendants After them: wilt Thou then Destroy us because of the deeds Of men who were futile?"

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:173
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    "(Deeds) after the manner Of the People of Pharaoh And of those before them: They rejected the Signs of God, And God punished them For their crimes: for God Is Strong, and Strict in punishment:

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:52
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    "(Deeds) after the manner Of the People of Pharaoh And those before them": They treated as false the Signs Of their Lord: so We Destroyed them for their crimes, And We drowned the People Of Pharaoh: for they were all Oppressors and wrong-doers.

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:54
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    But if they have Treacherous designs against thee, (O Apostle!), they have already Been in treason against God, And so hath He given (Thee) power over them. And God is He who hath (Full) knowledge and wisdom.

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:71