# Ha-Ra-Be — حرب (Hrb)

> Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** War/battle/conflict. To spoil one's goods, plunder/despoil, ask a thing importunately. Become angry/mad. Excite or provoke or stir up war.
- **Derived forms:** حَارَبَ (2) · حَرْب (4) · مِحْرَاب (4) · مَّحَٰرِيب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 279

- **Form in this verse:** بِحَرْبٍۢ — biḥarbin · "of a war"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَاِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ۚ وَاِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُؤُ۫سُ اَمْوَالِكُمْۚ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ

Fa-in lam tafAAaloo fa/thanoo biharbinmina Allahi warasoolihi wa-in tubtum falakum ruoosu amwalikumla tathlimoona wala tuthlamoon

And if you do not, then be informed of war from God and His messenger. But if you repent, then to you are your principal sums; doing no wrong, you will not be wronged.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-279.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِحْرَابَ — l-miḥ'rāba · "[the] prayer chamber"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَاَنْبَتَهَا نَبَاتاً حَسَناًۙ وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّاۜ  كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَۙ وَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا رِزْقاًۚ قَالَ يَا مَرْيَمُ اَنّٰى لَكِ هٰذَاۜ قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

Fataqabbalaha rabbuhabiqaboolin hasanin waanbataha nabatan hasananwakaffalaha zakariyya kullama dakhalaAAalayha zakariyya almihraba wajadaAAindaha rizqan qala ya maryamu annalaki hatha qalat huwa min AAindi Allahi innaAllaha yarzuqu man yashao bighayri hisab

So her Lord accepted her with a comely acceptance, and caused her to grow with a comely growth, and placed her in the charge of Zachariah. Whenever Zachariah entered upon her in the chamber, he found with her provision. He said: “O Mary: whence comes this to thee?” She said: “It is from God; God gives provision to whom He wills without reckoning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-37.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِحْرَابِ — l-miḥ'rābi · "the prayer chamber"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَٓائِمٌ يُصَلّ۪ي فِي الْمِحْرَابِۙ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيٰى مُصَدِّقاً بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَسَيِّداً وَحَصُوراً وَنَبِياًّ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Fanadat-hu almala-ikatu wahuwaqa-imun yusallee fee almihrabi annaAllaha yubashshiruka biyahya musaddiqanbikalimatin mina Allahi wasayyidan wahasooranwanabiyyan mina assaliheen

And the angels called to him as he stood performing the duty in the chamber: “God gives thee glad tidings of John, confirming a word from God, both honourable and chaste, and a prophet among the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-39.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** يُحَارِبُونَ — yuḥāribūna · "wage war"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّمَا جَزٰٓؤُا الَّذ۪ينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداً اَنْ يُقَتَّلُٓوا اَوْ يُصَلَّـبُٓوا اَوْ تُقَطَّعَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ اَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الْاَرْضِۜ ذٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌۙ

Innama jazao allatheenayuhariboona Allaha warasoolahu wayasAAawna feeal-ardi fasadan an yuqattaloo aw yusallabooaw tuqattaAAa aydeehim waarjuluhum min khilafin awyunfaw mina al-ardi thalika lahum khizyun fee addunyawalahum fee al-akhirati AAathabun AAatheem

The reward but of those who war against God and His messenger, and strive to work corruption in the land, that they be killed, or they be crucified, or their hands and feet be cut off on opposite sides, or they be banished from the land. That[...]. They have disgrace in the World; and they have in the Hereafter a great punishment

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-33.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** لِّلْحَرْبِ — lil'ḥarbi · "of [the] war"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ يَدُ اللّٰهِ مَغْلُولَةٌۜ غُلَّتْ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَلُعِنُوا بِمَا قَالُواۢ بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِۙ يُنْفِقُ كَيْفَ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَلَيَز۪يدَنَّ كَث۪يراً مِنْهُمْ مَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۜ وَاَلْقَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ   كُلَّمَٓا اَوْقَدُوا نَاراً لِلْحَرْبِ اَطْفَاَهَا اللّٰهُۙ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَسَاداًۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Waqalati alyahoodu yadu Allahimaghloolatun ghullat aydeehim waluAAinoo bima qaloobal yadahu mabsootatani yunfiqu kayfa yashaowalayazeedanna katheeran minhum ma onzila ilayka minrabbika tughyanan wakufran waalqaynabaynahumu alAAadawata walbaghdaa ilayawmi alqiyamati kullama awqadoo naran lilharbiatfaaha Allahu wayasAAawna fee al-ardifasadan wallahu la yuhibbualmufsideen

And the Rabbinic Jews say: “The hand of God is fettered.” Fettered are their hands! And cursed are they for what they say! Nay, His hands are spread wide; He spends how He wills. And there increases many of them in inordinacy and denial what was sent down to thee from thy Lord. And We have cast among them enmity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection; whenever they lit the fire of war, God extinguished it; and they strive in the land for corruption; and God loves not the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-64.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَرْبِ — l-ḥarbi · "the war"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاِمَّا تَثْقَفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْحَرْبِ فَشَرِّدْ بِهِمْ مَنْ خَلْفَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

Fa-imma tathqafannahum fee alharbifasharrid bihim man khalfahum laAAallahum yaththakkaroon

And if thou find them in war, then put thou fear by them into those behind them, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-57.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 107

- **Form in this verse:** حَارَبَ — ḥāraba · "warred"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مَسْجِداً ضِرَاراً وَكُفْراً وَتَفْر۪يقاً بَيْنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَاِرْصَاداً لِمَنْ حَارَبَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ وَلَيَحْلِفُنَّ اِنْ اَرَدْنَٓا اِلَّا الْحُسْنٰىۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَشْهَدُ اِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

Wallatheena ittakhathoomasjidan diraran wakufran watafreeqan baynaalmu/mineena wa-irsadan liman haraba Allahawarasoolahu min qablu walayahlifunna in aradna illaalhusna wallahu yashhadu innahum lakathiboon

As are those who took a place of worship in harm and denial, and division among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against God and His messenger before. And they will swear: “We purposed only good”; but God bears witness that they are liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-107.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِحْرَابِ — l-miḥ'rābi · "the prayer chamber"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَخَرَجَ عَلٰى قَوْمِه۪ مِنَ الْمِحْرَابِ فَاَوْحٰٓى اِلَيْهِمْ اَنْ سَبِّحُوا بُكْرَةً وَعَشِياًّ

Fakharaja AAala qawmihi mina almihrabifaawha ilayhim an sabbihoo bukratan waAAashiyya

And he went out to his people from the chamber and instructed them: “Give you glory morning and evening!”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-11.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** مَّحَـٰرِيبَ — maḥārība · "elevated chambers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ مَحَار۪يبَ وَتَمَاث۪يلَ وَجِفَانٍ كَالْجَوَابِ وَقُدُورٍ رَاسِيَاتٍۜ اِعْمَلُٓوا اٰلَ دَاوُ۫دَ شُكْراًۜ وَقَل۪يلٌ مِنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ

YaAAmaloona lahu ma yashao minmahareeba watamatheela wajifanin kaljawabiwaqudoorin rasiyatin iAAmaloo ala dawoodashukran waqaleelun min AAibadiya ashshakoor

They made for him what he willed of sanctuaries, and statues, and basins like pools, and vessels firmly fixed. “Work, house of David, in gratitude!” And few are the grateful among My servants.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-13.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمِحْرَابَ — l-miḥ'rāba · "(of) the chamber"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَهَلْ اَتٰيكَ نَـبَؤُا الْخَصْمِۢ  اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ

Wahal ataka nabao alkhasmi ithtasawwaroo almihrab

And has the report of the litigant come to thee: — when they scaled the wall of the chamber?

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-21.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَرْبُ — l-ḥarbu · "the war"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

فَاِذَا لَق۪يتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا فَضَرْبَ الرِّقَابِۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَثْخَنْتُمُوهُمْ فَشُدُّوا الْوَثَاقَۙ فَاِمَّا مَناًّ بَعْدُ وَاِمَّا فِدَٓاءً حَتّٰى تَضَعَ الْحَرْبُ اَوْزَارَهَاۚۛ ذٰلِكَۜۛ وَلَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَانْتَصَرَ مِنْهُمْۙ وَلٰكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَ۬ا بَعْضَكُمْ بِبَعْضٍۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ قُتِلُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ فَلَنْ يُضِلَّ اَعْمَالَهُمْ

Fa-itha laqeetumu allatheenakafaroo fadarba arriqabi hattaitha athkhantumoohum fashuddoo alwathaqa fa-immamannan baAAdu wa-imma fidaan hatta tadaAAaalharbu awzaraha thalika walaw yashaoAllahu lantasara minhum walakinliyabluwa baAAdakum bibaAAdin wallatheenaqutiloo fee sabeeli Allahi falan yudillaaAAmalahum

And when you meet those who ignore warning: — then the smiting of the necks. When you have battled them strenuously, then make strong the bonds; then: — either grace thereafter or ransom, until the war lays down its burdens. That when, had God willed, He would have taken revenge upon them; but that He might try some of you by means of others[...]. And those who are slain in the cause of God, He will not send their deeds astray;

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-4.md_

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