Rizwan Zubair

Root ق ب ل q-b-l

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ق ب لq-b-l

(س) قَبِلَ يَقْبَلُ قَبُوْلًاqabila yaqbalu qabūlan: to take a thing, to accept. ﴿وَهُوَ الَّذِيْ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِۦ﴾ (Ash-Shūrā 42:25)

قَبْلُqablu (noun of time or place, ẓarf): before. ﴿مِّنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَّاْتِيَ يَوْمٌ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:254); قِبَلٌqibal (noun of time or place, ẓarf): in front, towards. ﴿فَمَالِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Maʿārij 70:36)

قُبُلٌqubul: the front part of a thing. ﴿اِنْ كَانَ قَمِيْصُهُۥ قُدَّ مِنْ قُبُلٍ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:26)

قِبْلَةٌqiblah: anything that one faces, the direction of prayer (qiblah). ﴿فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضٰىهَا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:144)

قَبِيْلٌqabīl pl. قَبَآئِلُqabāʾilu (on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): a body of people of one lineage, tribe (because they are near to one another in descent). ﴿وَجَعَلْنٰكُمْ شُعُوْبًا وَّقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوْا﴾ (Al-Ḥujurāt 49:13)

Form III (mufāʿalah) قَابَلَ يُقَابِلُ مُقَابَلَةً وَقِبَالًاqābala yuqābilu muqābalatan wa-qibālan: to be face to face; to confront; to compare two things (this verb is not used in the Quran).

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَقْبَلَ يُقْبِلُ اِقْبَالًاaqbala yuqbilu iqbālan: to come forward, to turn towards someone. ﴿فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَّتَسَآءَلُوْنَ﴾ (Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:50)

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَقَبَّلَ يَتَقَبَّلُ تَقَبُّلًاtaqabbala yataqabbalu taqabbulan: to accept readily, to receive with care. ﴿رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:127)

Form VI (tafāʿul) تَقَابَلَ يَتَقَابَلُ تَقَابُلًاtaqābala yataqābalu taqābulan: to face one another; مُتَقٰبِلٌmutaqābil (active participle, ism fāʿil). ﴿عَلٰى سُرُرٍ مُّتَقٰبِلِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Ḥijr 15:47)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَقْبَلَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ اِسْتِقْبَالًاistaqbala yastaqbilu istiqbālan: to come before someone, to turn towards; مُسْتَقْبِلٌmustaqbil (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who comes forward, advancing. ﴿فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ اَوْدِيَتِهِمْ﴾ (Al-Aḥqāf 46:24)

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