# Sad-Be-Ayn — صبع (SbE)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to point out (e.g. with finger), to designate, to indicate (to), to direct (to)
- **Derived forms:** أَصَٰبِع (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ — aṣābiʿahum · "their fingers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ ف۪يهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌۚ يَجْعَلُونَ اَصَابِعَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مُح۪يطٌ بِالْكَافِر۪ينَ

Aw kasayyibin mina assama-ifeehi thulumatun waraAAdun wabarqunyajAAaloona asabiAAahum fee athanihim mina assawaAAiqihathara almawti wallahu muheetunbilkafireen

Or like a thundercloud from the sky wherein is darkness, and thunder, and lightning: they put their fingers in their ears against the thunderbolts in fear of death; but God encompasses the false claimers of guidance.

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

### 71. Surah Nuh, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ — aṣābiʿahum · "their fingers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِنّ۪ي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُٓوا اَصَابِعَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَاَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَاراًۚ

Wa-innee kullama daAAawtuhumlitaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihimwastaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo wastakbarooistikbara

“And whenever I called them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and covered themselves with their garments, and persisted, and waxed proudly insolent.

_https://quran.so/surah-nuh/verse-7.md_

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