أ ب و
Most of the words in the Arabic language are derived from a three-letter root like أ ب و which represents a core meaning or concept
To be a father, Ancestor
has the meaning of nourishing, breeding, rearing, training, bringing up
Below you will find verses of the holy Quran containing words derived from أ ب و and their meanings
| Pattern | Surah | Meaning / Occurrence | Aayat |
| Verse | The root أ ب و occurs in the holy Quran approximately 117 times | ||
| Or were you witnesses when death came to Yaqub (AS) when he said to his sons | أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوْبَ المَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيْهِ | ||
| “What will you worship after me?” They said “We shall worship your God and the God of your forefathers | مَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِى قَالُوْا نَعْبُدُ إِلَاهَكَ وَإِلَاهَ ءَابَآئِكَ | ||
| 2-133 | Ebrahim (AS) and Ismail (AS) and Ishaq (AS) the One God and to Him we all submit” | إِبْرَاهِيْمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيْلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِلَاهًا وَاحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُوْنَ | |
| When it is said to them “Follow what Allah (SWT) sent down” | وَإِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوْا مَآ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ | ||
| They say “Nay We follow what we found our fathers on it (following)” | قَالُوْا بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَآ أَلْفَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآئَنَا | ||
| 2-170 | even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided | أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُوْنَ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَهْتَدُوْنَ | |
| and when you have completed your sacred rites (worship) remember Allah (SWT) like you remember | فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمْ مَّنَاسِكَكُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ | ||
| your forefathers or with a much greater remembrance and from the people are some who say | ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًا فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُوْلُ | ||
| 2-200 | “Our Lord give us in this world” so, not will he have in the hereafter any share | رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الأَخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ | |
| Allah (SWT) instructs you concerning your children, belonging to the male like a portion for two females | يُوْصِيْكُمُ اللهُ فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ لِلذَّكَرِ مِثْلُ حَظِّ الأُنْثَيَيْنِ | ||
| but if there are women, more than two then for them two thirds of what he left | فَإِنْ كُنَّ نِسَآءً فَوْقَ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَلَهُنَّ ثُلُثَا مَا تَرَكَ | ||
| but if there is only one then for her half and for his parents for each one of them | وَإِنْ كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً فَلَهَا النِّصْفُ وَلِأَبَوَيْهِ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا | ||
| a sixth of what he left if it is for him a child and if not is for him a child | مِّنْهُمَا السُّدُسُ مِمَّا تَرَكَ إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ فَإِن لَّمْ يَكُن لَّهُ وَلَدٌ | ||
| and his parents inherit it then for his mother is a third and if are for him siblings then for his mother | وَوَرَثَهُ أَبَوَاهُ فَلِأُمِّهِ الثُّلُثُ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ إِخْوَةٌ فَلِأُمِّهِ | ||
| is a sixth after any will he has made with it or any debt | السُّدُسُ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوْصِى بِهَآ أَوْ دَيْنٍ | ||
| your parents and your children, not you know which of them is nearer to you in benefit | ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ لَا تَدْرُوْنَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ لَكُمْ نَفْعًا | ||
| 4-11 | an obligation from Allah (SWT) truly Allah (SWT) is All-Knowing, All-Wise | فَرِيْضَةً مِّنَ اللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ عَلِيْمًا حَكِيْمًا | |
| and do not marry from women whom your fathers married except what indeed passed | وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآءُكُمْ مِّنَ النِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ | ||
| 4-22 | indeed, it was an immorality and hateful and an evil way | إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَمَقْتًا وَسَآءَ سَبِيْلًا | |
| And when it is said to them, “Come to what Allah (SWT) has revealed and to the Messenger” | وَإِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالُوا إِلَى مَآ أَنْزَلَ اللهُ وَإِلَى الرَّسُوْلِ | ||
| They say, “enough for us is what we found our forefathers upon” | قَالُوا حَسْبُنَا مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ | ||
| 5-104 | even though their forefathers did not know any better and were not guided | أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَآؤُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ شَيْعًا وَلَا يَهْتَدُوْنَ | |
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| الأَسْمَاءُ الْخَمْسَةُ | 12-16 | and they came to their father in the early part of the night, weeping | وَجَآءُو أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً يَبْكُونَ |
| الأَسْمَاءُ الْخَمْسَةُ | 12-17 | They said, “O our father! we went, we were racing, and we left Yusuf (AS) by our belongings | قَالُوا يَآ أَبَانَآ إِنَّا ذَهَبْنَا نَسْتَبِقُ وَتَرَكْنَا يُوْسُفَ عِنْدَ مَتَاعِنَا |
| and a wolf ate him, and you will not believe us even though we speak the truth | فَأَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَمَآ أَنْتَ بِمُؤْمِنٍ لَّنَا وَلَو كُنَّا صَادِقِيْنَ | ||
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| الأَسْمَاءُ الْخَمْسَةُ | 111-1 | Perished, the two hands of Abu Lahab (Father of Flame) and perish he | تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَّتَبَّ |