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أَرْبَع

arbaʿīna

forty

চল্লিশ

Root letters: ر ب عAppears 7 times in the Qur'an#1,024 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 103

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ر ب ع

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أَرْبَعُ3 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَرْبَعِينَ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَرْبَعِينَfortyarbaʿīna · 4 times
  • أَرْبَعُ(is) fourarbaʿu · 1 times
  • أَرْبَعَfourarbaʿa · 1 times
  • أَرْبَعٍۢ ۚfourarbaʿin · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ر ب ع — know one root, recognise many words.

  • أَرْبَعَةfourচার
  • رابِعthe forth of themচতুর্থটি (ছিলো) তাদের
  • رُباعor fourবা চারটা (পর্যন্ত)
  • رُبُع(is) the fourthএক চতুর্থাংশ

Examples from the Qur'an

But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.

Surah 24:8 — Read full ayah

And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.

Surah 2:51 — Read full ayah

[Allāh] said, "Then indeed, it is forbidden to them for forty years [in which] they will wander throughout the land. So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people."

Surah 5:26 — Read full ayah