لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَآئِبِينَ ١٢٧
That He might cut down a section of the disbelievers or suppress them so that they turn back disappointed.
The root خ ي ب (kh-y-b) in the Quran
Meaning: failure, disappointment
5 occurrences in 5 verses and 4 surahs · 2 derived words
Every Quranic word built on this root is counted, prefixes and suffixes included (و، ب، ال…), in the Hafs reading.
Words built on this root
- خابَ verb · to fail, to be disappointed 4 times خاب4 Word page خابَ
- خائِب active participle · disappointed 1 time خائبين1
Surahs where it occurs most
The 5 verses
وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ ١٥
And they requested decision [i.e., victory from Allāh], and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant.
قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ ٦١
Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], "Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood]."
وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا ١١١
And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. And he will have failed who carries injustice.
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠
And he has failed who instills it [with corruption].
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