غ ب ر
gh-b-r
(lit., to go up in the air like dust)
Definition
- 1غَبَرَةghabarahdust1
- 2الْغَابِرِينَghābirīnthose doomed, who bite the dust; always in reference to those destroyed in the story of Prophet Lūṭ7
Total uses in the Qur’an: 8
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
غَبَرَة
وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ
And 'some' faces will be covered with dust.
80:40draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 2
الْغَابِرِينَ
إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ كَانَتْ مِنَ الْغَابِرِينَ
... except his wife, who was one of the doomed.
7:83draft glosses: 5 of 5
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed