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غَيْب

ghaybu

(the) unseen

অদৃশ্যকে

Root letters: غ ي بAppears 49 times in the Qur'an#238 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 24

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: غ ي ب

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)غَيْبُ49 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْغَيْبِ(of) the unseenl-ghaybi · 18 times
  • بِٱلْغَيْبِin the unseenbil-ghaybi · 7 times
  • ٱلْغَيْبَthe unseenl-ghayba · 6 times
  • بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۚin the unseenbil-ghaybi · 3 times
  • ٱلْغَيْبُthe unseenl-ghaybu · 3 times
  • غَيْبُ(is the) unseenghaybu · 3 times

Opposite words

Words from the same root

More words from the root غ ي ب — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.

Surah 13:9 — Read full ayah

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

Surah 52:41 — Read full ayah

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

Surah 53:35 — Read full ayah