اقترب

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See also: أقترب and أقبرت

Arabic

Root
ق ر ب (q r b)
15 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

اِقْتَرَبَ (iqtaraba) VIII (non-past يَقْتَرِبُ (yaqtaribu), verbal noun اِقْتِرَاب (iqtirāb))

  1. to approach, to near, to draw near (مِنْ (min) to)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:19:
      كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب
      kallā lā tuṭiʕhu wasjud waqtarib
      Again, no! Never obey him ˹O Prophet˺! Rather, ˹continue to˺ prostrate and draw near ˹to Allah˺.
    تَقْتَرِبُ دَرَجةُ الحَرارةِ من الثَلاثينَ دَرَجةً.
    The temperature is approaching thirty degrees.
    ولِأنَّ اللهَ خالِقُهُم، كانَ سيُهَيِّئُ لهُمُ الوَسيلَةَ لِيَتَحَرَّروا مِنَ الخَطِيَّةِ ويَقتَرِبوا إلَيه.
    Because God is their Creator, He would provide the means for them to be freed from sin and draw near to Him.

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References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “اقترب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “اقترب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN