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أَقْرَب

aqrabu

(is) nearer

নিকটতর

Root letters: ق ر بAppears 19 times in the Qur'an#516 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 52

About this word

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

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)أَقْرَبُ12 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ7 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • أَقْرَبُ(is) neareraqrabu · 8 times
  • وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَand the near relativeswal-aqrabīna · 2 times
  • وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَand the near relativeswal-aqrabūna · 2 times
  • وَٱلْأَقْرَبُونَ ۚand the relativeswal-aqrabūna · 1 times
  • وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚand the relativeswal-aqrabīna · 1 times
  • أَقْرَبَهُمnearest of themaqrabahum · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

And warn, [O Muḥammad], your closest kindred.

Surah 26:214 — Read full ayah

And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

Surah 56:85 — Read full ayah

So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.

Surah 18:81 — Read full ayah