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Quran Maqasid

كَعْبَة

كعبة in the Quran

Meaning: the Kabah

كعبة occurs 2 times in 2 verses across 1 surah of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
2
Verses
2
Surahs
1

كَعْبَة

Proper noun · 2 times

Meaning: the Kabah

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْكَعْبَةِ ×2

Its root in the classical dictionaries

كعب الرجل: العظم الذي عند ملتقى القدم والساق. قال: وأرجلكم إلى الكعبين

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿وأرجلكم إلى الكعبين﴾ [المائدة: 6]. الكعب: العظم المرتفع بين مفصل الساق والقدم. وكل ما بين عقدتين من القضيب والرمح ونحوهما فهو كعب، قيل: سببه تكعب الإنسان، ومنه قول الشاعر: [من الوافر]

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

Verses with كعبة

Verses 1–2 of 2

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Kill not game While in the Sacred Precincts or in pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so Intentionally, the compensation Is an offering, brought To the Ka’ba, of a domestic animal Equivalent to the one he killed, As adjudged by two just men Among you; or by way Of atonement, the feeding Of the indigent; or its Equivalent in fasts: that he May taste of the penalty Of his deed. God Forgives what is past: For repetition God will Exact from him the penalty. For God is Exalted, And Lord of Retribution.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:95
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    God made the Ka’ba, The Sacred House, an asylum Of security for men, as Also the Sacred Months, The animals for offerings, And the garlands that mark them: That ye may know That God hath knowledge Of what is in the heavens And on earth and that God Is well acquainted With all things.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:97