# Ha-Sad-Be — حصب (HSb)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To throw stones, scatter gravel/pebbles, cast/throw into fire, hasten away from a person or thing, turn away from a person, kindle a fire. Firewood, stones.
- **Derived forms:** حَاصِب (4) · حَصَب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** حَاصِبًۭا — ḥāṣiban · "a storm of stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَفَاَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ اَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِباً ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ وَك۪يلاًۙ

Afaamintum an yakhsifa bikum janibaalbarri aw yursila AAalaykum hasiban thumma latajidoo lakum wakeela

Do you feel secure that He will not cause a portion of the land to swallow you, or send against you a storm of stones? Then would you not find for you a guardian.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-68.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** حَصَبُ — ḥaṣabu · "(are) firewood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَۜ اَنْتُمْ لَهَا وَارِدُونَ

Innakum wama taAAbudoona min dooniAllahi hasabu jahannama antum laha waridoon

You and what you serve, besides God, are the fuel of Gehenna! You will arrive at it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-98.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** حَاصِبًۭا — ḥāṣiban · "a violent storm"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَكُلاًّ اَخَذْنَا بِذَنْبِه۪ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَـلَيْهِ حَـاصِباًۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَغْرَقْنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Fakullan akhathna bithanbihifaminhum man arsalna AAalayhi hasiban waminhum manakhathat-hu assayhatu waminhum mankhasafna bihi al-arda waminhum man aghraqnawama kana Allahu liyathlimahumwalakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

And each We took for his transgression; and among them was he upon whom We sent a storm of stones; and among them was he whom the Blast seized; and among them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow; and among them was he whom We drowned. And God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-40.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** حَاصِبًا — ḥāṣiban · "a storm of stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّٓا اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِباً اِلَّٓا اٰلَ لُوطٍۜ  نَجَّيْنَاهُمْ بِسَحَرٍۙ

Inna arsalna AAalayhim hasibanilla ala lootin najjaynahum bisahar

We sent upon them a storm of stones save the family of Lot — We delivered them at dawn

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-34.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** حَاصِبًۭا ۖ — ḥāṣiban · "a storm of stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَمْ اَمِنْتُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَٓاءِ اَنْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِباًۜ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذ۪يرِ

Am amintum man fee assama-ian yursila AAalaykum hasiban fasataAAlamoona kayfa natheer

Or do you feel secure that He who is in the heaven will not send against you a storm of stones? Then you will know how is My warning!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-17.md_

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