# Sad-Lam-Be — صلب (Slb) > Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Slb - **Meaning:** To put to death by crucifixion, extract marrow from bones. Salb - a well known way of killing, crucifying. Salabahuu - he put him to death in a certain well known manner, he crucified. Aslaab (pl. of sulbun) - backbones, loins. Masluub - crucified. Saliibun - put to death in a certain well known manner. - **Derived forms:** صُّلْب (2) · صَلَبُ (2) · يُصَلَّبُ (4) ## Verses containing this root ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 23 - **Form in this verse:** أَصْلَـٰبِكُمْ — aṣlābikum · "your loins" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ اُمَّهَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَاَخَوَاتُكُمْ وَعَمَّاتُكُمْ وَخَالَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ الْاَخِ وَبَنَاتُ الْاُخْتِ وَاُمَّهَاتُكُمُ الّٰت۪ٓي اَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَاَخَوَاتُكُمْ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَاُمَّهَاتُ نِسَٓائِكُمْ وَرَبَٓائِبُكُمُ الّٰت۪ي ف۪ي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَٓائِكُمُ الّٰت۪ي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّۘ فَاِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْۘ وَحَلَٓائِلُ اَبْنَٓائِكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ اَصْلَابِكُمْۙ وَاَنْ تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ الْاُخْتَيْنِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماًۙ Hurrimat AAalaykum ommahatukumwabanatukum waakhawatukum waAAammatukum wakhalatukumwabanatu al-akhi wabanatu al-okhti waommahatukumuallatee ardaAAnakum waakhawatukum mina arradaAAatiwaommahatu nisa-ikum waraba-ibukumu allateefee hujoorikum min nisa-ikumu allateedakhaltum bihinna fa-in lam takoonoo dakhaltum bihinna falajunaha AAalaykum wahala-ilu abna-ikumuallatheena min aslabikum waan tajmaAAoobayna al-okhtayni illa ma qad salafa inna Allahakana ghafooran raheema Forbidden to you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your paternal aunts, and your maternal aunts, and the daughters of your brother, and the daughters of your sister, and your milk-mothers, and your milk-sisters, and the mothers of your wives, and your step-daughters under your protection from your wives unto whom you have gone in (and if you have gone not in unto them, then there is no wrong upon you) and the wives of your sons of your loins, and that you bring two sisters together, save what is past; God is forgiving and merciful; _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-23.md_ ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 157 - **Form in this verse:** صَلَبُوهُ — ṣalabūhu · "they crucified him" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense وَقَوْلِهِمْ اِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَس۪يحَ ع۪يسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلٰكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْۜ وَاِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِ لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِنْهُۜ مَا لَهُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ عِلْمٍ اِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَق۪يناًۙ Waqawlihim inna qatalnaalmaseeha AAeesa ibna maryama rasoola Allahiwama qataloohu wama salaboohu walakinshubbiha lahum wa-inna allatheena ikhtalafoo feehi lafeeshakkin minhu ma lahum bihi min AAilmin illa ittibaAAaaththanni wama qataloohu yaqeena And for their saying: “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of God,” — and they killed him not nor crucified him, but it seemed so to them; and those who dispute concerning it are in doubt thereof, no knowledge have they thereof save the pursuit of conjecture — and they killed him not of a certainty; _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-157.md_ ### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 33 - **Form in this verse:** يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ — yuṣallabū · "they be crucified" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 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_ ### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 124 - **Form in this verse:** لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ — la-uṣallibannakum · "I will surely crucify you" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · present tense لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ LaoqatiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin thumma laosallibannakum ajmaAAeen “I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then will I crucify you all together.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-124.md_ ### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 41 - **Form in this verse:** فَيُصْلَبُ — fayuṣ'labu · "he will be crucified" - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ اَمَّٓا اَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْق۪ي رَبَّهُ خَمْراًۚ وَاَمَّا الْاٰخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْ رَأْسِه۪ۜ قُضِيَ الْاَمْرُ الَّذ۪ي ف۪يهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِۜ Ya sahibayi assijniamma ahadukuma fayasqee rabbahu khamranwaamma al-akharu fayuslabu fata/kulu attayrumin ra/sihi qudiya al-amru allathee feehi tastaftiyan “O my two prison companions: as for one of you: he will pour for his lord wine; and as for the other: he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. Decided is the matter about which you sought opinion.” _https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-41.md_ ### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 71 - **Form in this verse:** وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ — wala-uṣallibannakum · "and surely I will crucify you" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · present tense قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۜ اِنَّهُ لَكَب۪يرُكُمُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ ف۪ي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِۘ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ اَيُّـنَٓا اَشَدُّ عَذَاباً وَاَبْقٰى Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafinwalaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi annakhliwalataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa Said he: “You have believed him before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery; then will I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of date-palms; and you will know which of us is severer in punishment and more enduring.” _https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-71.md_ ### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 49 - **Form in this verse:** وَلَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ — wala-uṣallibannakum · "and I will surely crucify you" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, singular · present tense قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۚ اِنَّهُ لَكَب۪يرُكُمُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَۜ لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ اَجْمَع۪ينَ Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalasawfa taAAlamoona laoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakummin khilafin walaosallibannakum ajmaAAeen Said he: “You have believed him before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery. And you will come to know! I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify you all together.” _https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-49.md_ ### 86. Surah At-Tariq, Verse 7 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّلْبِ — l-ṣul'bi · "the backbone" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَٓائِبِۜ Yakhruju min bayni assulbi wattara-ib Issuing forth from between the loins and the breast-bones. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tariq/verse-7.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-14 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.