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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 141–160 of 242

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    And the apostles whom We Sent before thee were all (Men) who ate food And walked through the streets: We have made some of you As a trial for others: Will ye have patience? For God is One Who Sees (all things).

    Surah Al-Furqan, verse 25:20
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye In Him before I give You permission? Surely he Is your leader, who has Taught you sorcery! But soon shall ye know! "Be sure I will cut off Your hands and your feet On opposite sides, and I Will cause you all To die on the cross!"

    Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 26:49
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Go back to them, and be sure We shall come to them With such hosts as they Will never be able to meet: We shall expel them From there in disgrace, And they will feel Humbled (indeed)."

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:37
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said (to his own men): "Ye Chiefs! which of you Can bring me her throne Before they come to me In submission?"

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:38
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Said an ‘Ifrit, of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee Before thou rise from thy Council: indeed I have Full strength for the purpose, And may be trusted."

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:39
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Said one who had knowledge Of the Book: "I will Bring it to thee within The twinkling of an eye!" Then when (Solomon) saw it Placed firmly before him, He said: "This is By the grace of my Lord! To test me whether I am Grateful or ungrateful! And if any is grateful, Truly his gratitude is (a gain) For his own soul; but if Any is ungrateful, truly My Lord is Free of all Needs, Supreme in Honour!"

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:40
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    So when she arrived, She was asked, "Is this Thy throne?" She said, "It was just like this; And knowledge was bestowed On us in advance of this, And we have submitted To God (in Islam)."

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:42
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "O my people! Why ask ye to hasten on The evil in preference to the good? If only ye ask God for forgiveness, Ye may hope to receive mercy.

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:46
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    "It is true we were promised This,—we and our fathers Before (us): these are nothing But tales of the ancients."

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:68
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We ordained that he Refused suck at first, until (His sister came up And) said: "Shall I Point out to you the people Of a house that will nourish And bring him up for you And be sincerely attached To him?"...

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:12
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor wast thou at the side Of (the Mountain of) Ṭūr When We called (to Moses). Yet (art thou sent) As a Mercy from thy Lord, To give warning to a people To whom no warner had come Before thee: in order that They may receive admonition.

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:46
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    But (now), when the Truth Has come to them from Ourselves, They say, "Why are not (Signs) sent to him, like Those which were sent to Moses?" Do they not then reject (The Signs) which were formerly Sent to Moses? They say: "Two kinds of sorcery, Each assisting the other . And they say: "For us, We reject all (such things)!"

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:48
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those to whom We sent The Book before this,—they Do believe in this (Revelation);

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:52
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    And when it is recited To them, they say: "We Believe therein, for it is The Truth from our Lord: Indeed we have been Muslims (Bowing to God's Will) From before this.

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:53
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "This has been given To me because of a certain Knowledge which I have." Did he not know that God Had destroyed, before him, (Whole) generations,—which were Superior to him in strength And greater in the amount (Of riches) they had collected? But the wicked are not Called (immediately) to account For their sins.

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:78
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    We did test those Before them, and God will Certainly know those who are True from those who are false.

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:3
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And if ye reject (the Message), So did generations before you: And the duty of the apostle Is only to preach publicly (And clearly)."

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:18
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    And thou wast not (able) To recite a Book before This (Book came), nor art thou (Able) to transcribe it With thy right hand: In that case, indeed, would The talkers of vanities Have doubted.

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:48
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Within a few years. With God is the Decision, In the Past And in the Future: On that Day shall The Believers rejoice—

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:4
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Do they not travel Through the earth, and see What was the End Of those before them? They were superior to them In strength: they tilled The soil and populated it In greater numbers than these Have done: there came to them Their apostles with Clear (Signs), (Which they rejected, to their Own destruction): it was not God who wronged them, but They wronged their own souls.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:9