# Ayn-Be-Ra — عبر (Ebr)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Ebr

- **Meaning:** to cross, interpret, state clearly, pass over. i'tabara - to consider, ponder over, take into account, get experience from, take warming. abratun (pl. i'bar) - regard/consideration, admonition, warning, example, instructive warning. aabir (pl. aabiriina) - one who passes over. i'tabara - to take warning, learn a lesson.
- **Derived forms:** تَعْبُرُ (1) · عَابِرِى (1) · عِبْرَة (6) · ٱعْتَبِرُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** لَعِبْرَةًۭ — laʿib'ratan · "surely (is) a lesson"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ اٰيَةٌ ف۪ي فِئَتَيْنِ الْتَقَتَاۜ فِئَةٌ تُقَاتِلُ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَاُخْرٰى كَافِرَةٌ يَرَوْنَهُمْ مِثْلَيْهِمْ رَأْيَ الْعَيْنِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصْرِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِاُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Qad kana lakum ayatun feefi-atayni iltaqata fi-atun tuqatilu fee sabeeli Allahiwaokhra kafiratun yarawnahum mithlayhim ra/yaalAAayni wallahu yu-ayyidu binasrihi manyashao inna fee thalika laAAibratan li-olee al-absar

There had been a proof for you in the two hosts which met: one host fighting in the cause of God, and another denying; they saw them as twice their like by the sight of the eye. But God strengthens with His help whom He wills; in that is a lesson for those of vision.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-13.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** عَابِرِى — ʿābirī · "(when) passing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْتُمْ سُكَارٰى حَتّٰى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُباً اِلَّا عَابِر۪ي سَب۪يلٍ حَتّٰى تَغْتَسِلُواۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَٓائِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَٓاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُواًّ غَفُوراً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqraboo assalata waantum sukarahatta taAAlamoo ma taqooloona walajunuban illa AAabiree sabeelin hattataghtasiloo wa-in kuntum marda aw AAala safarin awjaa ahadun minkum mina algha-iti aw lamastumuannisaa falam tajidoo maan fatayammamoo saAAeedantayyiban famsahoo biwujoohikum waaydeekuminna Allaha kana AAafuwwan ghafoora

O you who heed warning: approach not the duty when you are intoxicated until you understand what you say; nor when you are unclean (save passing by upon the path), until you wash. And if you were ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes from the privy, or you have lain with women, then find not water: resort to clean soil, and wipe your faces and your hands; God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-43.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْبُرُونَ — taʿburūna · "interpret"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰى سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۜ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ اَفْتُون۪ي ف۪ي رُءْيَايَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

Waqala almaliku innee arasabAAa baqaratin simanin ya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafunwasabAAa sunbulatin khudrin waokhara yabisatinya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee ru/yaya inkuntum lirru/ya taAAburoon

And the King said: “I dreamed of seven fat cows, which seven lean were eating; and seven green ears of corn and others withered. O eminent ones: advise me concerning my dream, if you can interpret visions.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-43.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 111

- **Form in this verse:** عِبْرَةٌۭ — ʿib'ratun · "a lesson"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

لَقَدْ كَانَ ف۪ي قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِۜ مَا كَانَ حَد۪يثاً يُفْتَرٰى وَلٰكِنْ تَصْد۪يقَ الَّذ۪ي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْص۪يلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Laqad kana fee qasasihimAAibratun li-olee al-albabi ma kana hadeethanyuftara walakin tasdeeqa allatheebayna yadayhi watafseela kulli shay-in wahudan warahmatanliqawmin yu/minoon

There is in their story a lesson for men of understanding; it is not an invented narrative but a confirmation of what is before it, and an exposition of every thing, and guidance, and a mercy for people who believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-111.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** لَعِبْرَةًۭ ۖ — laʿib'ratan · "(is) a lesson"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ  نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِه۪ مِنْ بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَبَناً خَالِصاً سَٓائِغاً لِلشَّارِب۪ينَ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihi min baynifarthin wadamin labanan khalisan sa-ighan lishsharibeen

And you have in the cattle a lesson: We give you to drink of what is in its bellies — between excreta and blood — pure milk, palatable to the drinkers.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-66.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** لَعِبْرَةًۭ ۖ — laʿib'ratan · "surely, (is) a lesson"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْاَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةًۜ نُسْق۪يكُمْ مِمَّا ف۪ي بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَنَافِعُ كَث۪يرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَۙ

Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAamilaAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihawalakum feeha manafiAAu katheeratun waminhata/kuloon

And for you in the cattle is a lesson: We give you drink of what is in their bellies, and for you therein are many benefits; and of them you eat,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-21.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** لَعِبْرَةًۭ — laʿib'ratan · "surely is a lesson"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

يُقَلِّبُ اللّٰهُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِاُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Yuqallibu Allahu allayla wannaharainna fee thalika laAAibratan li-olee al-absar

God turns about the night and the day; in that is a lesson for those of vision.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-44.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟ — fa-iʿ'tabirū · "So take a lesson"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِاَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِۜ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاَتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Huwa allathee akhraja allatheenakafaroo min ahli alkitabi min diyarihim li-awwalialhashri ma thanantum an yakhrujoo wathannooannahum maniAAatuhum husoonuhum mina Allahifaatahumu Allahu min haythu lam yahtasiboowaqathafa fee quloobihimu arruAAba yukhriboonabuyootahum bi-aydeehim waaydee almu/mineena faAAtabiroo yaolee al-absar

He it is that turned out those who ignore warning among the doctors of the Law from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would go forth, and they thought that their strongholds would protect them from God; but God came upon them whence they reckoned not, and He hurled terror into their hearts; they ruined their houses with their hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O you who have vision!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-2.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** لَعِبْرَةًۭ — laʿib'ratan · "surely (is) a lesson"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشٰىۜ۟

Inna fee thalika laAAibratan limanyakhsha

In that is a lesson for him who fears.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-26.md_

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