(ن) نَابَ يَنُوْبُ نَوْبًاnāba yanūbu nawban (original form: نَوَبَ يَنْوُبُnawaba yanwubu): (1) to return, to come back (generally with the preposition «اِلٰىilā») (2) to stand in for someone, to be a deputy (generally with the preposition «عَنْʿan»). (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَنَابَ يُنِيْبُ اِنَابَةًanāba yunību inābatan: (1) to turn to someone (again and again), to turn in repentance (2) to appoint someone as a deputy (this second sense is not used in the Quran); مُنِيْبٌmunīb (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who turns in repentance. ﴿وَاَنِيْبُوْٓا اِلٰى رَبِّكُمْ وَاَسْلِمُوْا لَهُۥ﴾ (Az-Zumar 39:54); ﴿وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَّاَنَابَ﴾ (Ṣād 38:24); ﴿مُنِيْبِيْنَ اِلَيْهِ وَاتَّقُوْهُ﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:31); ﴿اِنَّ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ لَحَلِيْمٌ اَوَّاهٌ مُّنِيْبٌ﴾ (Hūd 11:75)