# Kef-Ra-Be — كرب (krb)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To grieve, afflict, overburden, distress, twist a rope, tighten, near or close
- **Derived forms:** كَرْب (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** كَرْبٍۢ — karbin · "distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُنَجّ۪يكُمْ مِنْهَا وَمِنْ كُلِّ كَرْبٍ ثُمَّ اَنْتُمْ تُشْرِكُونَ

Quli Allahu yunajjeekum minhawamin kulli karbin thumma antum tushrikoon

Say thou: “God delivers you from it and from every distress; then you ascribe a partnership.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-64.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَرْبِ — l-karbi · "the affliction"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنُوحاً اِذْ نَادٰى مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَاَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظ۪يمِۚ

Wanoohan ith nadamin qablu fastajabna lahu fanajjaynahuwaahlahu mina alkarbi alAAatheem

And Noah: when he called before, then We responded to him and delivered him and his household from the great distress.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-76.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَرْبِ — l-karbi · "the distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَاَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظ۪يمِۘ

Wanajjaynahu waahlahu mina alkarbialAAatheem

And We delivered him and his household from the great distress,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-76.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 115

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَرْبِ — l-karbi · "the distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنَجَّيْنَاهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظ۪يمِۚ

Wanajjaynahuma waqawmahumamina alkarbi alAAatheem

And delivered them and their people from the great distress,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-115.md_

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