اقترب

• IPA^(key): /iq.ta.ra.ba/

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

1. to approach, to near, to draw near (مِنْ (min) to)

   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.

   • 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˺.

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “اقترب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd 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