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نَبِيّ

nabiyyan

a Prophet

নাবী

Root letters: ن ب أAppears 75 times in the Qur'an#151 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 16

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ن ب أ

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)نَبِيًّۭا54 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أَنۢبِيَآءَ21 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلنَّبِىُّ[the] Prophetl-nabiyu · 17 times
  • ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَthe Prophetsl-nabiyīna · 8 times
  • ٱلنَّبِىِّthe Prophetl-nabiyi · 7 times
  • ٱلنَّبِىَّthe Prophetl-nabiya · 5 times
  • نَبِيًّۭاa Prophetnabiyyan · 4 times
  • وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَand the Prophetswal-nabiyīna · 3 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ن ب أ — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.

Surah 37:112 — Read full ayah

And how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,

Surah 43:6 — Read full ayah

And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.

Surah 19:53 — Read full ayah