# Ha-Be-Ta — حبط (HbT)

> Occurs in 16 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To go in vain, be fruitless, perish, be of no avail, be useless, come to naught, become ineffective. To eat much, to be swollen or have pain in the belly from much eating or eating that which is unwholesome, to have one's work or deed null or void, of no account, to do or go for nothing, turn away from, avoid/shun.
- **Derived forms:** أَحْبَطَ (4) · حَبِطَ (12)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 217

- **Form in this verse:** حَبِطَتْ — ḥabiṭat · "became worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ ف۪يهِۜ قُلْ قِتَالٌ ف۪يهِ كَب۪يرٌۜ وَصَدٌّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَكُفْرٌ بِه۪ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَاِخْرَاجُ اَهْلِه۪ مِنْهُ اَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۚ   وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِۜ  وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَنْ د۪ينِكُمْ اِنِ اسْتَطَاعُواۜ وَمَنْ يَرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ د۪ينِه۪ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَـالِدُونَ

Yas-aloonaka AAani ashshahri alharamiqitalin feehi qul qitalun feehi kabeerun wasaddunAAan sabeeli Allahi wakufrun bihi walmasjidi alharamiwa-ikhraju ahlihi minhu akbaru AAinda Allahi walfitnatuakbaru mina alqatli wala yazaloona yuqatiloonakumhatta yaruddookum AAan deenikum ini istataAAoowaman yartadid minkum AAan deenihi fayamut wahuwa kafirunfaola-ika habitat aAAmaluhum fee addunyawal-akhirati waola-ika as-habuannari hum feeha khalidoon

They ask thee about the inviolable month, fighting therein; say thou: “Fighting therein is grave, but turning away from the path of God, and denial of Him and the inviolable place of worship, and the expulsion of its people therefrom is graver in the sight of God; and means of denial is worse than killing.” And they will not cease to fight you until they turn you from your doctrine, if they are able; and whoso among you turns from his doctrine, and dies a false claimer of guidance: those, their works are vain in the World and in the Hereafter; and those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-217.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** حَبِطَتْ — ḥabiṭat · "became worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۘ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِر۪ينَ

Ola-ika allatheena habitataAAmaluhum fee addunya wal-akhiratiwama lahum min nasireen

Those are they whose works are vain in the World and the Hereafter; and they have no helpers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-22.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** حَبِطَ — ḥabiṭa · "(are) wasted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلْيَوْمَ اُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُۜ وَطَعَامُ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَكُمْۖ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَهُمْۘ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اِذَٓا اٰتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ اُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِن۪ينَ غَيْرَ مُسَافِح۪ينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذ۪ٓي اَخْدَانٍۜ وَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالْا۪يمَانِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۘ وَهُوَ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ۟

Alyawma ohilla lakumu attayyibatuwataAAamu allatheena ootoo alkitaba hillunlakum wataAAamukum hillun lahum walmuhsanatumina almu/minati walmuhsanatu minaallatheena ootoo alkitaba min qablikum itha ataytumoohunnaojoorahunna muhsineena ghayra musafiheenawala muttakhithee akhdanin waman yakfur bil-eemanifaqad habita AAamaluhu wahuwa fee al-akhiratimina alkhasireen

This day are good things made lawful for you; and the food of those given the Writ is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them, as are chaste women among the believing women and chaste women among those given the Writ before you, when you have given them their dowries, being chaste and not fornicators, nor taking secret friends. And whoso denies the faith: his work has been in vain, and he in the Hereafter is among the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-5.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** حَبِطَتْ — ḥabiṭat · "Became worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَيَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَهٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ اَقْسَمُوا بِاللّٰهِ جَهْدَ اَيْمَانِهِمْۙ اِنَّهُمْ لَمَعَكُمْۜ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فَاَصْبَحُوا خَاسِر۪ينَ

Wayaqoolu allatheena amanoo ahaola-iallatheena aqsamoo billahi jahda aymanihiminnahum lamaAAakum habitat aAAmaluhum faasbahookhasireen

And those who heed warning will say: “Are these they who swore by God their strongest oaths that they were with you?” Their works have become vain; and they have become losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-53.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** لَحَبِطَ — laḥabiṭa · "surely (would be) worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

ذٰلِكَ هُدَى اللّٰهِ يَهْد۪ي بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ۜ وَلَوْ اَشْرَكُوا لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Thalika huda Allahiyahdee bihi man yashao min AAibadihi walaw ashrakoolahabita AAanhum ma kanoo yaAAmaloon

That is the guidance of God wherewith He guides whom He wills of His servants; and had they ascribed a partnership, vain for them would have been what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-88.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 147

- **Form in this verse:** حَبِطَتْ — ḥabiṭat · "worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَلِقَٓاءِ الْاٰخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْۜ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Wallatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina waliqa-i al-akhiratihabitat aAAmaluhum hal yujzawna illama kanoo yaAAmaloon

And those who deny Our proofs and the meeting of the Hereafter: their works are vain; will they be rewarded save for what they did?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-147.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** حَبِطَتْ — ḥabiṭat · "worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِك۪ينَ اَنْ يَعْمُرُوا مَسَاجِدَ اللّٰهِ شَاهِد۪ينَ عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ بِالْكُفْرِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْۚ وَفِي النَّارِ هُمْ خَالِدُونَ

Ma kana lilmushrikeena anyaAAmuroo masajida Allahi shahideena AAalaanfusihim bilkufri ola-ika habitataAAmaluhum wafee annari hum khalidoon

It is not for the idolaters to inhabit the places of worship of God, bearing witness against themselves to denial; those: their works are vain, and in the Fire do they abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-17.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** حَبِطَتْ — ḥabiṭat · "worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

كَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ كَانُٓوا اَشَدَّ مِنْكُمْ قُوَّةً وَاَكْثَرَ اَمْوَالاً وَاَوْلَاداًۜ فَاسْتَمْتَعُوا بِخَلَاقِهِمْ فَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِخَلَاقِكُمْ كَمَا اسْتَمْتَعَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ بِخَلَاقِهِمْ وَخُضْتُمْ كَالَّذ۪ي خَاضُواۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Kallatheena min qablikum kanooashadda minkum quwwatan waakthara amwalan waawladanfastamtaAAoo bikhalaqihim fastamtaAAtumbikhalaqikum kama istamtaAAa allatheena minqablikum bikhalaqihim wakhudtum kallatheekhadoo ola-ika habitat aAAmaluhumfee addunya wal-akhirati waola-ikahumu alkhasiroon

Like those before you, stronger than you in might and greater in wealth and children: they enjoyed their lot. And you have enjoyed your lot as they enjoyed their lot who were before you; and you have discoursed vainly like those discoursed vainly; those: their works are vain in the World and the Hereafter; and it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-69.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** وَحَبِطَ — waḥabiṭa · "And (has) gone in vain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ اِلَّا النَّارُۘ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا ف۪يهَا وَبَاطِلٌ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Ola-ika allatheena laysa lahumfee al-akhirati illa annaru wahabitama sanaAAoo feeha wabatilun makanoo yaAAmaloon

Those are they for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter save the Fire; and vain is what they wrought therein, and vanity is what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-16.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 105

- **Form in this verse:** فَحَبِطَتْ — faḥabiṭat · "So (are) vain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَٓائِه۪ فَحَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُق۪يمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَزْناً

Ola-ika allatheena kafaroobi-ayati rabbihim waliqa-ihi fahabitataAAmaluhum fala nuqeemu lahum yawma alqiyamatiwazna

“Those are they who deny the proofs of their Lord and the meeting with Him; so their works are in vain, and We will assign to them on the Day of Resurrection no weight.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-105.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَحْبَطَ — fa-aḥbaṭa · "so Allah made worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَشِحَّةً عَلَيْكُمْۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ الْخَوْفُ رَاَيْتَهُمْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَيْكَ تَدُورُ اَعْيُنُهُمْ كَالَّذ۪ي يُغْشٰى عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَوْتِۚ فَاِذَا ذَهَبَ الْخَوْفُ سَلَقُوكُمْ بِاَلْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ اَشِحَّةً عَلَى الْخَيْرِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا فَاَحْبَطَ اللّٰهُ اَعْمَالَهُمْۜ وَكَانَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ يَس۪يراً

Ashihhatan AAalaykum fa-itha jaaalkhawfu raaytahum yanthuroona ilayka tadooruaAAyunuhum kallathee yughsha AAalayhi minaalmawti fa-itha thahaba alkhawfu salaqookumbi-alsinatin hidadin ashihhatan AAalaalkhayri ola-ika lam yu/minoo faahbata AllahuaAAmalahum wakana thalika AAala Allahiyaseera

Begrudging you. Then when fear comes, thou seest them looking at thee, their eyes rolling like one overshadowed by death. But when the fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, begrudging good. Those have not believed, so God has made vain their deeds; and that is easy for God.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-19.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** لَيَحْبَطَنَّ — layaḥbaṭanna · "surely, will become worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَقَدْ اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَ وَاِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَۚ لَئِنْ اَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Walaqad oohiya ilayka wa-ilaallatheena min qablika la-in ashrakta layahbatannaAAamaluka walatakoonanna mina alkhasireen

And it has been revealed to thee and to those before thee: “If thou ascribe a partnership, thy deeds will be made vain, and thou wilt be among the losers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-65.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَحْبَطَ — fa-aḥbaṭa · "so He has made worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا مَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ فَاَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Thalika bi-annahum karihoo maanzala Allahu faahbata aAAmalahum

For it is that they were averse to what God sent down! So He made vain their deeds.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-9.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَحْبَطَ — fa-aḥbaṭa · "so He made worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمُ اتَّبَعُوا مَٓا اَسْخَطَ اللّٰهَ وَكَرِهُوا رِضْوَانَهُ فَاَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالَهُمْ۟

Thalika bi-annahumu ittabaAAoo maaskhata Allaha wakarihoo ridwanahufaahbata aAAmalahum

For it is that they followed what angered God and were averse to His approval! So He made vain their deeds.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-28.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** وَسَيُحْبِطُ — wasayuḥ'biṭu · "and He will make worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَشَٓاقُّوا الرَّسُولَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدٰىۙ لَنْ يَضُرُّوا اللّٰهَ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَسَيُحْبِطُ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Inna allatheena kafaroo wasaddooAAan sabeeli Allahi washaqqoo arrasoola minbaAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhuda lan yadurooAllaha shay-an wasayuhbitu aAAmalahum

Those who ignore warning and turn away from the path of God and make a breach with the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to them: they will not harm God at all; but He will make vain their deeds.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-32.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** تَحْبَطَ — taḥbaṭa · "become worthless"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُٓوا اَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ اَنْ تَحْبَطَ اَعْمَالُكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tarfaAAoo aswatakum fawqa sawti annabiyyiwala tajharoo lahu bilqawli kajahri baAAdikumlibaAAdin an tahbata aAAmalukumwaantum la tashAAuroon

O you who heed warning: raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor be loud in speech to him, as you are loud one to another lest your works be made vain while you perceive not.

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

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