# Ayn-Ra-Be — عرب (Erb) > Occurs in 22 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Erb - **Meaning:** Pure, clear, plain, simple, smooth, free from errors-defects, clear water; distinctive-distinguishing, eloquent, explanatory speaking, eloquence; passionate, full of love, cheerful, full of life, enthusiastically flowing river; Arab, Arabic, to become Arabicized - **Derived forms:** أَعْرَاب (10) · عُرُب (1) · عَرَبِيّ (11) ## Verses containing this root ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 90 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case وَجَٓاءَ الْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَبُوا اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُۜ سَيُص۪يبُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ Wajaa almuAAaththiroona minaal-aAArabi liyu/thana lahum waqaAAada allatheenakathaboo Allaha warasoolahu sayuseebu allatheenakafaroo minhum AAathabun aleem And there came those with excuses among the desert Arabs, that leave be given them; and there sat those who lied to God and His messenger; a painful punishment will befall those among them who ignored warning. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-90.md_ ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 97 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابُ — al-aʿrābu · "The bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case اَلْاَعْرَابُ اَشَدُّ كُفْراً وَنِفَاقاً وَاَجْدَرُ اَلَّا يَعْلَمُوا حُدُودَ مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى رَسُولِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ Al-aAArabu ashaddu kufran wanifaqanwaajdaru alla yaAAlamoo hudooda ma anzalaAllahu AAala rasoolihi wallahuAAaleemun hakeem The desert Arabs are stronger in denial and wavering, and more likely not to know the limits of what God has sent down upon His messenger; and God is knowing and wise. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-97.md_ ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 98 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case وَمِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ مَغْرَماً وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَٓائِرَۜ عَلَيْهِمْ دَٓائِرَةُ السَّوْءِۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ Wamina al-aAArabi man yattakhithuma yunfiqu maghraman wayatarabbasu bikumu addawa-iraAAalayhim da-iratu assaw-i wallahusameeAAun AAaleem And among the desert Arabs is he who takes what he spends as a loss, and awaits reversals for you; for them is the Evil Reversal; and God is hearing and knowing. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-98.md_ ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 99 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case وَمِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَيَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ قُرُبَاتٍ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَصَلَوَاتِ الرَّسُولِۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّهَا قُرْبَةٌ لَهُمْۜ سَيُدْخِلُهُمُ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي رَحْمَتِه۪ۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ۟ Wamina al-aAArabi man yu/minu billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri wayattakhithu mayunfiqu qurubatin AAinda Allahi wasalawatiarrasooli ala innaha qurbatun lahumsayudkhiluhumu Allahu fee rahmatihi inna Allahaghafoorun raheem And among the desert Arabs is he who believes in God and the Last Day, and takes what he spends as a means of nearness to God and the duties of the Messenger. In truth, it is a means of nearness for them: God will make them enter into His mercy; God is forgiving and merciful. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-99.md_ ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 101 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case وَمِمَّنْ حَوْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ مُنَافِقُونَۜ وَمِنْ اَهْلِ الْمَد۪ينَةِ مَرَدُوا عَلَى النِّفَاقِ لَا تَعْلَمُهُمْۜ نَحْنُ نَعْلَمُهُمْۜ سَنُعَذِّبُهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّونَ اِلٰى عَذَابٍ عَظ۪يمٍۚ Wamimman hawlakum mina al-aAArabimunafiqoona wamin ahli almadeenati maradoo AAala annifaqila taAAlamuhum nahnu naAAlamuhum sanuAAaththibuhummarratayni thumma yuraddoona ila AAathabin AAatheem And among those around you of the desert Arabs are waverers; and among the people of the city — they persist in wavering. Thou knowest them not, but We know them; We will punish them twice, then will they be sent back to a great punishment. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-101.md_ ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 120 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case مَا كَانَ لِاَهْلِ الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ اَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ لَا يُص۪يبُهُمْ ظَمَاٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَطَؤُ۫نَ مَوْطِئاً يَغ۪يظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَيْلاً اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ بِه۪ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۙ Ma kana li-ahli almadeenatiwaman hawlahum mina al-aAArabi an yatakhallafooAAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bi-anfusihimAAan nafsihi thalika bi-annahum la yuseebuhumthamaon wala nasabun walamakhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoonamawti-an yagheethu alkuffara walayanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahumbihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha layudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen It is not for the people of the city and those around them of the desert Arabs to remain behind the messenger of God, and prefer their lives to his life. Is it not that there befalls them neither thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger, in the cause of God, neither take they any step that enrages the atheists, nor achieve they against the enemy an attainment save that it is recorded for them as a righteous deed! God causes not to be lost the reward of the doers of good. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-120.md_ ### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 2 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّۭا — ʿarabiyyan · "(as) a Quran in Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite اِنَّٓا اَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْءٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لَعَلَّـكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ Inna anzalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloon We have sent it down as an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason. _https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-2.md_ ### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 37 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّۭا ۚ — ʿarabiyyan · "(in) Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite وَكَذٰلِكَ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ حُكْماً عَرَبِياًّۜ وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ اَهْوَٓاءَهُمْ بَعْدَ مَا جَٓاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِۙ مَا لَكَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا وَاقٍ۟ Wakathalika anzalnahu hukmanAAarabiyyan wala-ini ittabaAAta ahwaahum baAAda majaaka mina alAAilmi ma laka mina Allahi minwaliyyin wala waq And thus have We sent it down as an Arabic judgment[...]. And if thou follow their vain desires after what has come to thee of knowledge, thou wilt have against God neither ally nor defender. _https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-37.md_ ### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 103 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِىٌّۭ — ʿarabiyyun · "Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ اِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌۜ لِسَانُ الَّذ۪ي يُلْحِدُونَ اِلَيْهِ اَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُب۪ينٌ Walaqad naAAlamu annahum yaqooloona innamayuAAallimuhu basharun lisanu allathee yulhidoonailayhi aAAjamiyyun wahatha lisanun AAarabiyyunmubeen And We know that they say: “A man but teaches him.” The tongue to which they incline is foreign, but this is a clear Arabic tongue. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-103.md_ ### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 113 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّۭا — ʿarabiyyan · "(in) Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite وَكَذٰلِكَ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ وَصَرَّفْنَا ف۪يهِ مِنَ الْوَع۪يدِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ اَوْ يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ ذِكْراً Wakathalika anzalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan wasarrafna feehi mina alwaAAeedilaAAallahum yattaqoona aw yuhdithu lahum thikra And thus have We sent it down as an Arabic recitation and expounded therein warnings, that they might be in prudent fear, or it cause in them remembrance. _https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-113.md_ ### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 195 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِىٍّۢ — ʿarabiyyin · "Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُب۪ينٍۜ Bilisanin AAarabiyyin mubeen In a clear Arabic tongue. _https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-195.md_ ### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 20 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the Bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case يَحْسَبُونَ الْاَحْزَابَ لَمْ يَذْهَبُواۚ وَاِنْ يَأْتِ الْاَحْزَابُ يَوَدُّوا لَوْ اَنَّهُمْ بَادُونَ فِي الْاَعْرَابِ يَسْـَٔلُونَ عَنْ اَنْبَٓائِكُمْۜ وَلَوْ كَانُوا ف۪يكُمْ مَا قَاتَلُٓوا اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً۟ Yahsaboona al-ahzabalam yathhaboo wa-in ya/ti al-ahzabu yawaddoolaw annahum badoona fee al-aAArabi yas-aloona AAananba-ikum walaw kanoo feekum ma qatalooilla qaleela They think the parties have not left; and if the parties come, they will wish they were desert-dwellers among the desert Arabs asking for reports of you. And were they among you, they would fight only a little. _https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-20.md_ ### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 28 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّا — ʿarabiyyan · "(in) Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ غَيْرَ ذ۪ي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ Qur-anan AAarabiyyan ghayra theeAAiwajin laAAallahum yattaqoon An Arabic recitation, free of deviation, that they might be in prudent fear. _https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-28.md_ ### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 3 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّۭا — ʿarabiyyan · "(in) Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ اٰيَاتُهُ قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَۙ Kitabun fussilat ayatuhuqur-anan AAarabiyyan liqawmin yaAAlamoon A Writ the proofs whereof are set out and detailed, an Arabic recitation for people who know, _https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-3.md_ ### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 44 - **Form in this verse:** وَعَرَبِىٌّۭ ۗ — waʿarabiyyun · "and an Arab" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْاٰناً اَعْجَمِياًّ لَقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ اٰيَاتُهُۜ ءَاَۭۘعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّۜ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَٓاءٌۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًىۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ۟ Walaw jaAAalnahu qur-ananaAAjamiyyan laqaloo lawla fussilat ayatuhuaaAAjamiyyun waAAarabiyyun qul huwa lillatheena amanoohudan washifaon wallatheena layu/minoona fee athanihim waqrun wahuwa AAalayhim AAaman ola-ikayunadawna min makanin baAAeed And had We made it a recitation in a foreign tongue, they would have said: “Oh, that its proofs were but set out and detailed — a foreign tongue and an Arab!” Say thou: “It is for those who heed warning a guidance and a healing”; but those who do not believe: in their ears is deafness, and it is for them blindness; those: they are called from a far place. _https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-44.md_ ### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 7 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّۭا — ʿarabiyyan · "(in) Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite وَكَذٰلِكَ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لِتُنْذِرَ اُمَّ الْقُرٰى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنْذِرَ يَوْمَ الْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهِۜ فَر۪يقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَر۪يقٌ فِي السَّع۪يرِ Wakathalika awhaynailayka qur-anan AAarabiyyan litunthira omma alqurawaman hawlaha watunthira yawma aljamAAi larayba feehi fareequn fee aljannati wafareequn fee assaAAeer And thus We have revealed to thee an Arabic recitation, that thou warn the mother of cities and whoso is around her, and thou warn of the Day of Gathering whereof there is no doubt: a faction will be in the Garden, and a faction in the Inferno. _https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-7.md_ ### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 3 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّۭا — ʿarabiyyan · "(in) Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite اِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْءٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَۚ Inna jaAAalnahu qur-ananAAarabiyyan laAAallakum taAAqiloona We have made it an Arabic recitation, that you might use reason, _https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-3.md_ ### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 12 - **Form in this verse:** عَرَبِيًّۭا — ʿarabiyyan · "Arabic" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite وَمِنْ قَبْلِه۪ كِتَابُ مُوسٰٓى اِمَاماً وَرَحْمَةًۜ وَهٰذَا كِتَابٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِسَاناً عَرَبِياًّ لِيُنْذِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۗ وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُحْسِن۪ينَ Wamin qablihi kitabu moosa imamanwarahmatan wahatha kitabun musaddiqunlisanan AAarabiyyan liyunthira allatheena thalamoowabushra lilmuhsineen But before it was the Writ of Moses a model and a mercy; and this is a confirming Writ, in an Arabic tongue, that it might warn those who do wrong, and bring glad tidings to the doers of good: _https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-12.md_ ### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 11 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the Bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case سَيَقُولُ لَكَ الْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ شَغَلَتْنَٓا اَمْوَالُنَا وَاَهْلُونَا فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَاۚ يَقُولُونَ بِاَلْسِنَتِهِمْ مَا لَيْسَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْۜ قُلْ فَمَنْ يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاً اِنْ اَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَراًّ اَوْ اَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعاًۜ بَلْ كَانَ اللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَب۪يراً Sayaqoolu laka almukhallafoona mina al-aAArabishaghalatna amwaluna waahloona fastaghfirlana yaqooloona bi-alsinatihim ma laysa feequloobihim qul faman yamliku lakum mina Allahi shay-an inarada bikum darran aw arada bikum nafAAanbal kana Allahu bima taAAmaloona khabeera Those who were left behind of the desert Arabs will say to thee: “Our possessions and our families engaged us, so ask thou forgiveness for us.” They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say thou: “Who has power for you against God in anything if He intends for you harm or intends for you benefit?” The truth is, God is aware of what you do. _https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-11.md_ ### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 16 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابِ — l-aʿrābi · "the Bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case قُلْ لِلْمُخَلَّف۪ينَ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ سَتُدْعَوْنَ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ اُو۬ل۪ي بَأْسٍ شَد۪يدٍ تُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ اَوْ يُسْلِمُونَۚ فَاِنْ تُط۪يعُوا يُؤْتِكُمُ اللّٰهُ اَجْراً حَسَناًۚ وَاِنْ تَتَوَلَّوْا كَمَا تَوَلَّيْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً Qul lilmukhallafeena mina al-aAArabisatudAAawna ila qawmin olee ba/sin shadeedin tuqatiloonahumaw yuslimoona fa-in tuteeAAoo yu/tikumu Allahuajran hasanan wa-in tatawallaw kama tawallaytum minqablu yuAAaththibkum AAathaban aleema Say thou to those who were left behind of the desert Arabs: “You will be called against a people possessed of strong might — to fight them, or they submit. If you obey, God will give you a goodly reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-16.md_ ### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 14 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْرَابُ — l-aʿrābu · "the Bedouins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case قَالَتِ الْاَعْرَابُ اٰمَنَّاۜ قُلْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلٰكِنْ قُولُٓوا اَسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْا۪يمَانُ ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَاِنْ تُط۪يعُوا اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَا يَلِتْكُمْ مِنْ اَعْمَالِكُمْ شَيْـٔاًۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ Qalati al-aAArabu amannaqul lam tu/minoo walakin qooloo aslamna walammayadkhuli al-eemanu fee quloobikum wa-in tuteeAAooAllaha warasoolahu la yalitkum min aAAmalikumshay-an inna Allaha ghafoorun raheem The desert Arabs say: “We believe.” Say thou: “You have not believed; but say: ‘We have submitted,’ for faith has not entered into your hearts.” But if you obey God and His messenger, He will not defraud you of anything of your deeds; God is forgiving and merciful. _https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-14.md_ ### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 37 - **Form in this verse:** عُرُبًا — ʿuruban · "Devoted" - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite عُـرُباً اَتْـرَاباًۙ AAuruban atraba Devoted, well-matched, _https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-37.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-13 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.