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قُرْبَى

qur'bā

a near relative

নৈকট্য

Root letters: ق ر بAppears 16 times in the Qur'an#599 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ق ر ب

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)قُرْبَىٰ ۙ16 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْقُرْبَىٰrelativesl-qur'bā · 11 times
  • قُرْبَىٰ ۙa near relativequr'bā · 1 times
  • قُرْبَىٰ ۖa near relativequr'bā · 1 times
  • قُرْبَىٰnear of kinqur'bā · 1 times
  • قُرْبَىٰٓ ۗnear of kinqur'bā · 1 times
  • ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ ۗthe relativesl-qur'bā · 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 give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.

Surah 17:26 — Read full ayah

And when [other] relatives and orphans and the needy are present at the [time of] division, then provide for them [something] out of it [i.e., the estate] and speak to them words of appropriate kindness.

Surah 4:8 — Read full ayah

Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.

Surah 16:90 — Read full ayah