# Ha-Ta-Be — حطب (HTb)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** aid/assist, incites/urges/instigates, slander, incline to someone's desires, to be lean or meagre, collect (e.g. firewood), firewood, collector of firewood, feed upon the small and dry parts of the branches (camels), take upon oneself a burden or responsibility.
- **Derived forms:** حَطَب (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** حَطَبًۭا — ḥaṭaban · "firewood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاَمَّا الْقَاسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَباًۙ

Waama alqasitoona fakanoolijahannama hataba

“‘And as for the unjust, they are firewood for Gehenna.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-15.md_

### 111. Surah Al-Masad, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَطَبِ — l-ḥaṭabi · "(of) firewood"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَامْرَاَتُهُۜ  حَمَّالَةَ الْحَطَبِۚ

Wamraatuhu hammalata alhatab

And his wife: — the carrier of firewood —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-masad/verse-4.md_

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