The triliteral root qāf wāw bā (ق و ب) occurs only once in the Quran, as the noun qāb (قَاب). The translation below is a brief gloss intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on the word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Noun
| (53:9:2) qāba | (at) a distance | فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَىٰ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon
- Classical Arabic dictionary
