أَب
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Father; also parents, fathers, forefathers.
Definition
- 1أَبabFather; also parents, fathers, forefathers.117
Total uses in the Qur’an: 117
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
أَبًا · أَبَا · آبَاهُ · أَبِيهِ · أَبَوْهَا · أَبُوهُمْ · آبَاؤُهُمْ · أَبِيهِمْ · أَبُوكَ · أَبَاكُمْ · أَبِيكُمْ · أَبِي · أَبَتِ · أَبُونَا · أَبَانَا · أَبَوَاهُ · أَبَوَيْهِ · أَبَوَيْكَ · أَبَوَيْكُمْ · آبَاءٌ · آبَاؤُهُمْ · آبَاءَهُمْ · آبَائِهِمْ · آبَائِهِنَّ · آبَاؤُكَ · آبَاؤُكُمْ · آبَاءَكُمْ · آبَائِكُمْ · آبَاؤُنَا · آبَاءَنَا · آبَائِنَا · آبَائِي
إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَٰجِدِينَ
[Of these stories mention] when Joseph said to his father, "O my father, indeed I have seen [in a dream] eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them prostrating to me."
12:4draft glosses: 15 of 15
وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَٰنًۭا وَكُفْرًۭا
And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.
18:80draft glosses: 10 of 10
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
And when it is said to them, "Follow what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that upon which we found our fathers." Even if Satan was inviting them to the punishment of the Blaze?
31:21draft glosses: 21 of 21
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed