# Ta-Lam-Be — طلب (Tlb)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to seek/ask/desire/follow. talabun - act of searching for. taalibun - seeks. matluub - they sought. talaban - seeking.
- **Derived forms:** طَّالِب (1) · طَلَب (1) · مَطْلُوب (1) · يَطْلُبُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** يَطْلُبُهُۥ — yaṭlubuhu · "seeking it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ ف۪ي سِتَّةِ اَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوٰى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي الَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَث۪يثاًۙ وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِاَمْرِه۪ۜ اَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْاَمْرُۜ تَبَارَكَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ

Inna rabbakumu Allahu allatheekhalaqa assamawati wal-ardafee sittati ayyamin thumma istawa AAalaalAAarshi yughshee allayla annahara yatlubuhuhatheethan washshamsa walqamara wannujoomamusakhkharatin bi-amrihi ala lahu alkhalqu wal-amrutabaraka Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

Your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself upon the Throne. He covers the night, the day hastening after it swiftly, and the sun and the moon and the stars are subject by His command. In truth, His are the creation and the command. Blessed be God, the Lord of All Creation!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-54.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** طَلَبًۭا — ṭalaban · "to find it"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَٓاؤُ۬هَا غَوْراً فَلَنْ تَسْتَط۪يعَ لَهُ طَلَباً

Aw yusbiha maohaghawran falan tastateeAAa lahu talaba

“Or its water becomes sunken so that thou canst not find it.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-41.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطَّالِبُ — l-ṭālibu · "(are) the seeker"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَاباً وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُۜ وَاِنْ يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْـٔاً لَا يَسْتَنْقِذُوهُ مِنْهُۜ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ

Ya ayyuha annasuduriba mathalun fastamiAAoo lahu inna allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi lan yakhluqoo thubabanwalawi ijtamaAAoo lahu wa-in yaslubuhumu aththubabushay-an la yastanqithoohu minhu daAAufa attalibuwalmatloob

O mankind: a similitude is struck, so listen to it: — those to whom you call, besides God, will never create a fly though they gather together for it. And if the fly snatch away something from them, they could not recover it from it; weak are the seeker and the sought!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-73.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ — wal-maṭlūbu · "and the one who is sought"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · nominative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَاباً وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُۜ وَاِنْ يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْـٔاً لَا يَسْتَنْقِذُوهُ مِنْهُۜ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ

Ya ayyuha annasuduriba mathalun fastamiAAoo lahu inna allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi lan yakhluqoo thubabanwalawi ijtamaAAoo lahu wa-in yaslubuhumu aththubabushay-an la yastanqithoohu minhu daAAufa attalibuwalmatloob

O mankind: a similitude is struck, so listen to it: — those to whom you call, besides God, will never create a fly though they gather together for it. And if the fly snatch away something from them, they could not recover it from it; weak are the seeker and the sought!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-73.md_

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