# Kef-Lam-Be — كلب (klb)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Dog, to bark.
- **Derived forms:** كَلْب (5) · مُكَلِّبِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** مُكَلِّبِينَ — mukallibīna · "ones who train animals to hunt"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَٓا اُحِلَّ لَهُمْۜ قُلْ اُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَ الْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّب۪ينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ اللّٰهُۘ فَكُلُوا مِمَّٓا اَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهِۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ  اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَر۪يعُ الْحِسَابِ

Yas-aloonaka matha ohilla lahumqul ohilla lakumu attayyibatu wamaAAallamtum mina aljawarihi mukallibeenatuAAallimoonahunna mimma AAallamakumu Allahufakuloo mimma amsakna AAalaykum wathkurooisma Allahi AAalayhi wattaqoo Allaha innaAllaha sareeAAu alhisab

They ask thee what is made lawful for them. Say thou: “Made lawful for you are good things; and what you have trained of animals of prey as trainers teaching them of what God taught you — eat of what they catch for you, and remember the name of God over it. And be in prudent fear of God; God is swift in reckoning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-4.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 176

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَلْبِ — l-kalbi · "(of) the dog"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلٰكِنَّهُٓ  اَخْلَدَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ وَاتَّـبَعَ هَوٰيهُۚ فَمَثَلُهُ  كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِۚ اِنْ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ اَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَثْۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۚ فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Walaw shi/na larafaAAnahu bihawalakinnahu akhlada ila al-ardi wattabaAAahawahu famathaluhu kamathali alkalbi in tahmilAAalayhi yalhath aw tatruk-hu yalhath thalika mathalualqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatinafaqsusi alqasasa laAAallahumyatafakkaroon

And had We willed, We would have raised him thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed his vain desire. So his likeness is as the likeness of a dog: if thou win him over, he pants; or if thou leave him, he pants. That is the likeness of the people who deny Our proofs; so relate thou to them the story, that they might reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-176.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** وَكَلْبُهُم — wakalbuhum · "while their dog"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌۗ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِۗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَص۪يدِۜ لَوِ اطَّـلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً

Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba

And thou thinkest them awake, when they are asleep; and We cause them to turn to the right and the left.) And their dog was stretching out its two paws on the threshold — hadst thou looked upon them, thou wouldst have turned away from them in flight and been filled with terror of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-18.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** كَلْبُهُمْ — kalbuhum · "their dog"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَيْبِۚ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۜ قُلْ رَبّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ۠ فَلَا تُمَارِ ف۪يهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَٓاءً ظَاهِراًۖ وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ ف۪يهِمْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداً۟

Sayaqooloona thalathatun rabiAAuhumkalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sadisuhum kalbuhum rajmanbilghaybi wayaqooloona sabAAatun wathaminuhumkalbuhum qul rabbee aAAlamu biAAiddatihim ma yaAAlamuhumilla qaleelun fala tumari feehim illamiraan thahiran wala tastaftifeehim minhum ahada

They will say: “Three; the fourth of them their dog!” and they will say: “Five; the sixth of them their dog!” — guessing at the Unseen; and they will say: “Seven; and the eighth of them their dog!” Say thou: “My Lord best knows their number.” None knows them save a few, so argue thou not concerning them save with a patent argument; and ask thou not an opinion concerning them from any of them.

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** كَلْبُهُمْ — kalbuhum · "their dog"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَيْبِۚ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۜ قُلْ رَبّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ۠ فَلَا تُمَارِ ف۪يهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَٓاءً ظَاهِراًۖ وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ ف۪يهِمْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداً۟

Sayaqooloona thalathatun rabiAAuhumkalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sadisuhum kalbuhum rajmanbilghaybi wayaqooloona sabAAatun wathaminuhumkalbuhum qul rabbee aAAlamu biAAiddatihim ma yaAAlamuhumilla qaleelun fala tumari feehim illamiraan thahiran wala tastaftifeehim minhum ahada

They will say: “Three; the fourth of them their dog!” and they will say: “Five; the sixth of them their dog!” — guessing at the Unseen; and they will say: “Seven; and the eighth of them their dog!” Say thou: “My Lord best knows their number.” None knows them save a few, so argue thou not concerning them save with a patent argument; and ask thou not an opinion concerning them from any of them.

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ — kalbuhum · "their dog"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَيْبِۚ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۜ قُلْ رَبّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ۠ فَلَا تُمَارِ ف۪يهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَٓاءً ظَاهِراًۖ وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ ف۪يهِمْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداً۟

Sayaqooloona thalathatun rabiAAuhumkalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sadisuhum kalbuhum rajmanbilghaybi wayaqooloona sabAAatun wathaminuhumkalbuhum qul rabbee aAAlamu biAAiddatihim ma yaAAlamuhumilla qaleelun fala tumari feehim illamiraan thahiran wala tastaftifeehim minhum ahada

They will say: “Three; the fourth of them their dog!” and they will say: “Five; the sixth of them their dog!” — guessing at the Unseen; and they will say: “Seven; and the eighth of them their dog!” Say thou: “My Lord best knows their number.” None knows them save a few, so argue thou not concerning them save with a patent argument; and ask thou not an opinion concerning them from any of them.

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

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