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كَتَبَ

kutiba

Prescribed

ফরজ করা হয়েছে

Root letters: ك ت بAppears 49 times in the Qur'an#239 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form I
Learn it in lesson 24

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IRoot letters: ك ت ب

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)كُتِبَ29 times
  • Present/Future (muḍāriʿ)يَكْتُبَ16 times
  • Command (amr)فَٱكْتُبْنَا4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • كُتِبَPrescribedkutiba · 13 times
  • كَتَبَhas ordainedkataba · 8 times
  • يَكْتُبُونَwriteyaktubūna · 5 times
  • كَتَبْنَا(had) decreedkatabnā · 3 times
  • فَٱكْتُبْنَاthen write usfa-uk'tub'nā · 2 times
  • سَنَكْتُبُWe will recordsanaktubu · 2 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ك ت ب — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

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

Surah 52:41 — Read full ayah

Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger [i.e., Jesus], so register us among the witnesses [to truth]."

Surah 3:53 — Read full ayah

No! We will record what he says and extend [i.e., increase] for him from the punishment extensively.

Surah 19:79 — Read full ayah