# Gayn-Sad-Be — غصب (gSb)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Take wrongfully/forcefully/without permission; force or compel someone to do something
- **Derived forms:** غَصْب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** غَصْبًۭا — ghaṣban · "(by) force"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَمَّا السَّف۪ينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاك۪ينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَع۪يبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَف۪ينَةٍ غَصْباً

Amma assafeenatu fakanatlimasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu anaAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun ya/khuthukulla safeenatin ghasba

“As for the boat: it belonged to poor people working on the sea, and I desired to damage it, for there was behind them a king taking every boat by force.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-79.md_

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