# Cim-Be-Ra — جبر (jbr)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To reduce from a fractured state, or restore from a state of poverty to sufficiency. Set or reduced from a fractured state. 'A poor man being likened to one who has a broken bone and his restoration to wealth being likened to the setting of the bone.' Compell, constrain, incite, urge, or induce another [against his will]. Addition of something for the purpose of reparation [in computation]. Self-magnification, pride, haughtiness, insolence, bold, audacious, inordinate, tyrannical, overbearing, extravagent. A king. 'There has been no prophetic office but a kingly office has succeeded in its place through someone's self-magnification, pride, haughtiness, or insolence.' Slave, servant. No retaliation or expiatory mulct exacted [for a thing/person]. Tall, above the reach of the hand, ascend [the palm tree that grows tall for the cutting of its fruit], and retaining excellence.
- **Derived forms:** جَبَّار (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارِينَ — jabbārīna · "(of) tyrannical strength"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · accusative case

قَالُوا يَا مُوسٰٓى اِنَّ ف۪يهَا قَوْماً جَبَّار۪ينَۗ وَاِنَّا لَنْ نَدْخُلَهَا حَتّٰى يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَاۚ فَاِنْ يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا فَاِنَّا دَاخِلُونَ

Qaloo ya moosa innafeeha qawman jabbareena wa-inna lannadkhulaha hatta yakhrujoo minhafa-in yakhrujoo minha fa-inna dakhiloon

They said: “O Moses: therein is a people of giants, and we will not enter it until they go out therefrom; and if they go out therefrom, then will we enter.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-22.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارٍ — jabbārin · "tyrant"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ جَحَدُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا رُسُلَهُ وَاتَّبَعُٓوا اَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ عَن۪يدٍ

Watilka AAadun jahadoo bi-ayatirabbihim waAAasaw rusulahu wattabaAAoo amra kullijabbarin AAaneed

And those were ʿĀd; they rejected the proofs of their Lord, and opposed His messengers, and followed the command of every obstinate tyrant.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-59.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارٍ — jabbārin · "tyrant"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَاسْتَفْتَحُوا وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَن۪يدٍۙ

Wastaftahoo wakhabakullu jabbarin AAaneed

And they sought decision; and every obstinate tyrant failed:

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-15.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارًا — jabbāran · "a tyrant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَبَراًّ بِوَالِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ جَبَّاراً عَصِياًّ

Wabarran biwalidayhi walam yakun jabbaranAAasiyya

And dutiful to his parents; and he was not arrogant or defiant.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-14.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارًۭا — jabbāran · "insolent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَبَراًّ بِوَالِدَت۪يۘ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْن۪ي جَبَّاراً شَقِياًّ

Wabarran biwalidatee walam yajAAalneejabbaran shaqiyya

“And dutiful to my mother; and He has not made me arrogant or wretched.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-32.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 130

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارِينَ — jabbārīna · "(as) tyrants"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّار۪ينَۚ

Wa-itha batashtum batashtumjabbareen

“And when you lay hold, lay you hold as tyrants?

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-130.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارًۭا — jabbāran · "a tyrant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَمَّٓا اَنْ اَرَادَ اَنْ يَبْطِشَ بِالَّذ۪ي هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَهُمَاۙ قَالَ يَا مُوسٰٓى اَتُر۪يدُ اَنْ تَقْتُلَن۪ي كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْساً بِالْاَمْسِۗ اِنْ تُر۪يدُ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَكُونَ جَبَّاراً فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا تُر۪يدُ اَنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِح۪ينَ

Falamma an arada an yabtishabillathee huwa AAaduwwun lahuma qalaya moosa atureedu an taqtulanee kama qataltanafsan bil-amsi in tureedu illa an takoona jabbaranfee al-ardi wama tureedu an takoona mina almusliheen

Then when he desired to lay hold upon him who was an enemy to them both, he said: “O Moses: wouldst thou kill me as thou didst kill a soul yesterday? Thou desirest only to be a tyrant in the land, and desirest not to be of those who do right.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-19.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** جَبَّارٍۢ — jabbārin · "tyrant"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَانٍ اَتٰيهُمْۜ كَبُرَ مَقْتاً عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ وَعِنْدَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۜ  كَذٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ قَلْبِ مُتَكَبِّرٍ جَبَّارٍ

Allatheena yujadiloona fee ayatiAllahi bighayri sultanin atahum kaburamaqtan AAinda Allahi waAAinda allatheena amanookathalika yatbaAAu Allahu AAala kulliqalbi mutakabbirin jabbar

“Those who dispute concerning the proofs of God without an authority having come to them; great is the hatred in the sight of God and in the sight of those who heed warning; thus does God seal every proud and tyrannical heart.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-35.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** بِجَبَّارٍۢ ۖ — bijabbārin · "the one to compel"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَمَٓا اَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِجَبَّارٍ فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْاٰنِ مَنْ يَخَافُ وَع۪يدِ

Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloonawama anta AAalayhim bijabbarin fathakkir bilqur-animan yakhafu waAAeed

We best know what they say; and thou art not a tyrant over them. But remind thou with the Qur’an him who fears My warning.

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-45.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجَبَّارُ — l-jabāru · "the Irresistible"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case

هُوَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ي لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ اَلْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَز۪يزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُۜ سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Huwa Allahu allathee lailaha illa huwa almaliku alquddoosu assalamualmu/minu almuhayminu alAAazeezu aljabbaru almutakabbirusubhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoon

He is God. There is no god save He — the King, the Holy, the Perfect, the Faithful, the Determiner of Truth, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to God above that to which they ascribe a partnership!

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

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