# Kef-Be-Te — كبت (kbt)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To abase, throw down, restrain, overwhelm, prostrate, expose ignominy, humble, vanquish with humiliation, be laid low and humbled, cause to perish, deny a person what he desires, to disappoint a person, to be enraged and grieved, restrain one's rage in his inside or bosom, smite or hurt one's liver, fall prostrate upon one's face.
- **Derived forms:** كُبِتَ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** يَكْبِتَهُمْ — yakbitahum · "suppress them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفاً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنْقَلِبُوا خَٓائِب۪ينَ

LiyaqtaAAa tarafan mina allatheenakafaroo aw yakbitahum fayanqaliboo kha-ibeen

“That He might cut off a part of those who ignore warning, or suppress them so they turn back disappointed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-127.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** كُبِتُوا۟ — kubitū · "(will) be disgraced"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُحَٓادُّونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ كُبِتُوا كَمَا كُبِتَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَقَدْ اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اٰيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍۜ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌۚ

Inna allatheena yuhaddoona Allahawarasoolahu kubitoo kama kubita allatheena minqablihim waqad anzalna ayatin bayyinatinwalilkafireena AAathabun muheen

Those who oppose God and His messenger will be abased even as those before them were abased. And We have sent down clear proofs; and for the false claimers of guidance is a humiliating punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-5.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** كُبِتَ — kubita · "were disgraced"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُحَٓادُّونَ اللّٰهَ وَرَسُولَهُ كُبِتُوا كَمَا كُبِتَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَقَدْ اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اٰيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍۜ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌۚ

Inna allatheena yuhaddoona Allahawarasoolahu kubitoo kama kubita allatheena minqablihim waqad anzalna ayatin bayyinatinwalilkafireena AAathabun muheen

Those who oppose God and His messenger will be abased even as those before them were abased. And We have sent down clear proofs; and for the false claimers of guidance is a humiliating punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-5.md_

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