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Quran Maqasid

نَبات

نبات in the Quran

Meaning: vegetation

نبات occurs 9 times in 9 verses across 9 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
9
Verses
9
Surahs
9

نَبات

Noun · 9 times

Meaning: vegetation · Also translated as: plants, a rearing, its growth, a growth

Forms in the Quran

  • نَبَاتَ ×4
  • نَبَاتًا ×2
  • نَبَاتُهُۥ ×2
  • وَنَبَاتًا ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

النبت والنبات: ما يخرج من الأرض من الناميات، سواء كان له ساق كالشجر، أو لم يكن له ساق كالنجم، لكن اختص في التعارف بما لا ساق له، بل قد اختص عند العامة بما يأكله الحيوان، وعلى هذا قوله تعالى: لنخرج به حبا ونباتا

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿وأنبتها نباتا حسنا﴾ [آل عمران:37] هذا مجاز عن [التربية] أي، رباها تربية. والنبت: والنبات: ما يخرج من الأرض من الناميات، سواء كان له ساق كالشجر أو لم يكن كالنجم. ولكن اختص في التعارف بما لا ساق له. قال الراغب: بل اختص عند العامة بما تأكله الحيوانات، وعليه قوله تعالى: ﴿لنخرج به حبا ونباتا﴾ [النبأ:15] ومتى…

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

Verses with نبات

Verses 1–9 of 9

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Right graciously Did her Lord accept her: He made her grow In purity and beauty: To the care of Zakarīya Was she assigned. Every time that he entered (Her) chamber to see her, He found her supplied With sustenance. He said: "O Mary! Whence (comes) this To you?" She said: "From God: for God Provides sustenance To whom He pleases, Without measure."

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:37
  2. 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
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    From the land that is clean And good, by the Will Of its Cherisher, springs up Produce, (rich) after its kind: But from the land that is Bad, springs up nothing But that which is niggardly: Thus do we explain the Signs By various (symbols) to those Who are grateful.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:58
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    The likeness of the life Of the Present is As the rain which We Send down from the skies: By its mingling arises The produce of the earth— Which provides food For men and animals: (It grows) till the earth Is clad with its golden Ornaments and is decked out (In beauty): the people to whom It belongs think they have All powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command By night or by day, And We make it Like a harvest clean-mown, As if it had not flourished Only the day before! Thus do We explain The Signs in detail For those who reflect.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:24
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Set forth to them The similitude of the life Of this world: it is like The rain which We send Down from the skies: The earth's vegetation absorbs it, But soon it becomes Dry stubble, which the winds Do scatter: it is (only) God Who prevails over all things.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:45
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    "He Who has made for you The earth like a carpet Spread out; has enabled you To go about therein by roads (And channels); and has sent Down water from the sky." With it have We produced Divers pairs of plants Each separate from the others.

    Surah Taha, verse 20:53
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Know ye (all), that The life of this world Is but play and amusement, Pomp and mutual boasting And multiplying, (in rivalry) Among yourselves, riches And children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth Which it brings forth, delight (The hearts of) the tillers; Soon it withers; thou Wilt see it grow yellow; Then it becomes dry And crumbles away. But in the Hereafter Is a Penalty severe (For the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from God And (His) Good Pleasure (For the devotees of God). And what is the life Of this world, but Goods and chattels Of deception?

    Surah Al-Hadid, verse 57:20
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    "And God has produced You from the earth, Growing (gradually),

    Surah Nuh, verse 71:17
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    That We may produce Therewith corn and vegetables,

    Surah An-Naba, verse 78:15