# he-Be-Vav — هبو (hbw)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To rise and float in the air (dust), to turn into ashes (embers).
- **Derived forms:** هَبَاء (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** هَبَآءًۭ — habāan · "(as) dust"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَدِمْنَٓا اِلٰى مَا عَمِلُوا مِنْ عَمَلٍ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ هَبَٓاءً مَنْثُوراً

Waqadimna ila maAAamiloo min AAamalin fajaAAalnahu habaan manthoora

And We will come to what they did of deeds, and make it scattered dust.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-23.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** هَبَآءًۭ — habāan · "dust particles"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَكَانَتْ هَبَٓاءً مُنْبَثاًّۙ

Fakanat habaan munbaththa

And are dust dispersing,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-6.md_

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