# Dal-Elif-Be — داب (dAb)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To strive/exert/labour/toil, diligent, zealous, become wearied/fatigued, held on / continue, urge, to drive out/away, hunt, to pawn, to persevere, to persist, to last, to hold out. to be diligent, zealous, strive steadily, urge, drive, hold one's course, toil constantly. da'b - habit/custom/manner/case/affair, way of doing, condition, work, want. da'ban - according to conduct, won working hard and continuously, pursuing the course.
- **Derived forms:** دَأَب (1) · دَأْب (4) · دَائِبَيْن (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** كَدَأْبِ — kadabi · "Like behavior"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

كَدَأْبِ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَۙ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۚ فَاَخَذَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

Kada/bi ali firAAawna wallatheenamin qablihim kaththaboo bi-ayatinafaakhathahumu Allahu bithunoobihim wallahushadeedu alAAiqab

Like the case of the house of Pharaoh and those before them: they denied Our proofs, so God seized them for their transgressions; and God is severe in retribution.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-11.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** كَدَأْبِ — kadabi · "Like (the) way"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

كَدَأْبِ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَۙ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ فَاَخَذَهُمُ اللّٰهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ قَوِيٌّ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ

Kada/bi ali firAAawna wallatheenamin qablihim kafaroo bi-ayati Allahi faakhathahumuAllahu bithunoobihim inna Allaha qawiyyunshadeedu alAAiqab

Like the case of the house of Pharaoh and those before them: they denied the proofs of God, so God seized them for their transgressions; God is strong, severe in retribution.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-52.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 54

- **Form in this verse:** كَدَأْبِ — kadabi · "Like (the) way"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

كَدَأْبِ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَۙ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْۚ فَاَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَاَغْرَقْـنَٓا اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَۚ وَكُلٌّ كَانُوا ظَالِم۪ينَ

Kada/bi ali firAAawna wallatheenamin qablihim kaththaboo bi-ayati rabbihimfaahlaknahum bithunoobihim waaghraqna alafirAAawna wakullun kanoo thalimeen

Like the case of the house of Pharaoh and those before them: they denied the proofs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their transgressions and drowned the house of Pharaoh; and all were wrongdoers.

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

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** دَأَبًۭا — da-aban · "as usual"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِن۪ينَ دَاَباًۚ فَمَا حَصَدْتُمْ فَذَرُوهُ ف۪ي سُنْبُلِه۪ٓ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ

Qala tazraAAoona sabAAa sineenadaaban fama hasadtum fatharoohu feesunbulihi illa qaleelan mimma ta/kuloon

He said: “You will sow seven years as usual; what you have reaped, leave in the ear save a little whereof you will eat.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-47.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** دَآئِبَيْنِ ۖ — dāibayni · "both constantly pursuing their courses"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, dual · nominative case

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ دَٓائِبَيْنِۚ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَۚ

Wasakhkhara lakumu ashshamsa walqamarada-ibayni wasakhkhara lakumu allayla wannahar

And He made subject for you the sun and the moon, both constant; and He made subject for you the night and the day.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-33.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** دَأْبِ — dabi · "(the) plight"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

مِثْلَ دَأْبِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ يُر۪يدُ ظُلْماً لِلْعِبَادِ

Mithla da/bi qawmi noohin waAAadinwathamooda wallatheena min baAAdihim wamaAllahu yureedu thulman lilAAibad

“The like of the case of the people of Noah, and ʿĀd, and Thamūd, and those after them; and God desires not injustice for the servants.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-31.md_

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