# Kef-Vav-Kef-Be — كوكب (kwkb)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To shine, glisten.
- **Derived forms:** كَوْكَب (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** كَوْكَبًۭا ۖ — kawkaban · "a star"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيْهِ الَّيْلُ رَاٰ كَوْكَباًۚ قَالَ هٰذَا رَبّ۪يۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَفَلَ قَالَ لَٓا اُحِبُّ الْاٰفِل۪ينَ

Falamma janna AAalayhi allaylu raakawkaban qala hatha rabbee falamma afala qalala ohibbu al-afileen

Then when the night covered him, he saw a star. He said: “This is my Lord.” Then when it set he said: “I love not those that set.”

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

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** كَوْكَبًۭا — kawkaban · "stars"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِاَب۪يهِ يَٓا اَبَتِ اِنّ۪ي رَاَيْتُ اَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَباً وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَاَيْتُهُمْ ل۪ي سَاجِد۪ينَ

Ith qala yoosufu li-abeehi yaabati innee raaytu ahada AAashara kawkaban washshamsawalqamara raaytuhum lee sajideen

When Joseph said to his father: “O my father: I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon; I saw them submitting to me,”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-4.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** كَوْكَبٌۭ — kawkabun · "a star"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَللّٰهُ نُورُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ مَثَلُ نُورِه۪ كَمِشْكٰوةٍ ف۪يهَا مِصْبَاحٌۜ  اَلْمِصْبَاحُ ف۪ي زُجَاجَةٍۜ اَلزُّجَاجَةُ  كَاَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍۙ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُض۪ٓيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌۜ  نُورٌ عَلٰى نُورٍۜ يَهْدِي اللّٰهُ لِنُورِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَيَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْاَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌۙ

Allahu nooru assamawatiwal-ardi mathalu noorihi kamishkatin feehamisbahun almisbahu fee zujajatinazzujajatu kaannaha kawkabun durriyyunyooqadu min shajaratin mubarakatin zaytoonatin lasharqiyyatin wala gharbiyyatin yakadu zaytuhayudee-o walaw lam tamsas-hu narun noorun AAalanoorin yahdee Allahu linoorihi man yashao wayadribuAllahu al-amthala linnasi wallahubikulli shay-in AAaleem

God is the light of the heavens and the earth. The likeness of His light is as a niche wherein is a lamp — the lamp in a glass, the glass as it were a shining star — lit from a blessed tree, an olive neither of East nor West; its oil would nigh illuminate, though no fire touched it: — light upon light! — God guides to His light whom He wills! And God strikes similitudes for men; and God knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-35.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ — l-kawākibi · "(of) the stars"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّا زَيَّنَّا السَّمَٓاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِز۪ينَةٍۨ الْـكَوَاكِبِۙ

Inna zayyanna assamaaaddunya bizeenatin alkawakib

We have adorned the lower heaven with the adornment of the stars

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-6.md_

### 82. Surah Al-Infitar, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ — l-kawākibu · "the stars"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِذَا الْـكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْۙ

Wa-itha alkawakibu intatharat

And when the stars are scattered,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-infitar/verse-2.md_

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