# Kef-Be-Be — كبب (kbb)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To invert, overthrow, throw one with the face to the ground, throw face downwards, prostrate anyone on (the face), he prostrated him, he bent his head towards the ground, to fall down, turn a thing upside down, cut or wound, set about doing a thing, to keep or adhere to a thing, to contract into a compact mass, to wrap up, press together, to turn over one part upon another.
- **Derived forms:** كُبَّتْ (1) · مُكِبّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** فَكُبَّتْ — fakubbat · "will be cast down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَمَنْ جَٓاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِۜ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ اِلَّا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Waman jaa bissayyi-atifakubbat wujoohuhum fee annari hal tujzawna illama kuntum taAAmaloon

And whoso brings evil will be thrown on their faces into the Fire: “Are you rewarded save for what you did?”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-90.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** مُكِبًّا — mukibban · "fallen"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَفَمَنْ يَمْش۪ي مُكِباًّ عَلٰى وَجْهِه۪ٓ  اَهْدٰٓى اَمَّنْ يَمْش۪ي سَوِياًّ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Afaman yamshee mukibban AAala wajhihiahda amman yamshee sawiyyan AAala siratinmustaqeem

Is then he who walks prone upon his face better guided, or he who walks evenly on a straight path?

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

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