# Lam-Be-Se — لبث (lbv)

> Occurs in 31 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to delay, tarry, sojourn, to pause/wait/expect/stop/remain, was patient.
- **Derived forms:** لَبِثَ (30) · لَّٰبِثِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْتَ ۖ — labith'ta · "(have) you remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْتُ — labith'tu · "I remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** لَّبِثْتَ — labith'ta · "you (have) remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْتُ — labith'tu · "I have stayed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

قُلْ لَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَٓا اَدْرٰيكُمْ بِه۪ۘ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ ف۪يكُمْ عُمُراً مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Qul law shaa Allahu matalawtuhu AAalaykum wala adrakum bihi faqadlabithtu feekum AAumuran min qablihi afala taAAqiloon

Say thou: “Had God willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you; for I had tarried among you a lifetime before it.” Will you then not use reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-16.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ — yalbathū · "they had not remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ كَاَنْ لَمْ يَلْبَثُٓوا اِلَّا سَاعَةً مِنَ النَّهَارِ يَتَعَارَفُونَ بَيْنَهُمْۜ قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِلِقَٓاءِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَد۪ينَ

Wayawma yahshuruhum kaan lamyalbathoo illa saAAatan mina annahariyataAAarafoona baynahum qad khasira allatheena kaththaboobiliqa-i Allahi wama kanoo muhtadeen

And the day He gathers them will be as if they had tarried only an hour of the day: they will recognise one another; those will have lost who denied the meeting with God and were not guided.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-45.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثَ — labitha · "and not he delayed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُنَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمَ بِالْبُشْرٰى قَالُوا سَلَاماًۜ قَالَ سَلَامٌۚ فَمَا لَبِثَ اَنْ جَٓاءَ بِعِجْلٍ حَن۪يذٍ

Walaqad jaat rusuluna ibraheemabilbushra qaloo salaman qalasalamun fama labitha an jaa biAAijlin haneeth

And Our messengers came to Abraham with glad tidings; they said: “Peace!” Said he: “Peace!” And he tarried not to bring a roasted calf.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-69.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** فَلَبِثَ — falabitha · "so he remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقَالَ لِلَّذ۪ي ظَنَّ اَنَّهُ نَاجٍ مِنْهُمَا اذْكُرْن۪ي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَۘ فَاَنْسٰيهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّه۪ فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِن۪ينَۜ ۟

Waqala lillathee thannaannahu najin minhuma othkurnee AAindarabbika faansahu ashshaytanu thikrarabbihi falabitha fee assijni bidAAa sineen

And he said to him he knew would be delivered of the two: “Remember thou me before thy lord.” But the satan caused him to forget the mention to his lord; so he stayed in prison some years.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-42.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** لَّبِثْتُمْ — labith'tum · "you had remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَج۪يبُونَ بِحَمْدِه۪ وَتَظُنُّونَ اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً۟

Yawma yadAAookum fatastajeeboona bihamdihiwatathunnoona in labithtum illa qaleela

“The day He will call you, and you will answer with His praise, and you will think that you tarried only a little.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-52.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْبَثُونَ — yalbathūna · "they (would) have stayed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا وَاِذاً لَا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَافَكَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Wa-in kadoo layastafizzoonaka minaal-ardi liyukhrijooka minha wa-ithan layalbathoona khilafaka illa qaleela

And they had almost driven thee out of the land, to turn thee out therefrom; and then would they not have tarried after thee save a little.

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثُوٓا۟ — labithū · "(they had) remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ اَيُّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ اَحْصٰى لِمَا لَبِثُٓوا اَمَداً۟

Thumma baAAathnahum linaAAlama ayyualhizbayni ahsa lima labithoo amada

Then raised We them up, that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate what they had tarried in time.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-12.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ — labith'tum · "have you remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَٓاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْۜ قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْۜ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُٓوا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِه۪ٓ اِلَى الْمَد۪ينَةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّهَٓا اَزْكٰى طَعَاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَداً

Wakathalika baAAathnahumliyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhumkam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum fabAAathooahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenatifalyanthur ayyuha azka taAAamanfalya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf walayushAAiranna bikum ahada

And thus We raised them up: — that they might question one another. Said a speaker among them: “How long have you tarried?” They said: “We have tarried a day, or a part of a day.” Said they: “Your Lord best knows how long you have tarried. Then send one of you with this coin of yours to the city, and let him see what food is purest and bring you a provision therefrom; and let him be circumspect, and let not anyone be aware of you.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-19.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْنَا — labith'nā · "We have remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَٓاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْۜ قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْۜ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُٓوا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِه۪ٓ اِلَى الْمَد۪ينَةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّهَٓا اَزْكٰى طَعَاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَداً

Wakathalika baAAathnahumliyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhumkam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum fabAAathooahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenatifalyanthur ayyuha azka taAAamanfalya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf walayushAAiranna bikum ahada

And thus We raised them up: — that they might question one another. Said a speaker among them: “How long have you tarried?” They said: “We have tarried a day, or a part of a day.” Said they: “Your Lord best knows how long you have tarried. Then send one of you with this coin of yours to the city, and let him see what food is purest and bring you a provision therefrom; and let him be circumspect, and let not anyone be aware of you.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-19.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْتُمْ — labith'tum · "you have remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَٓاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْۜ قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْۜ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُٓوا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِه۪ٓ اِلَى الْمَد۪ينَةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّهَٓا اَزْكٰى طَعَاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَداً

Wakathalika baAAathnahumliyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhumkam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum fabAAathooahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenatifalyanthur ayyuha azka taAAamanfalya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf walayushAAiranna bikum ahada

And thus We raised them up: — that they might question one another. Said a speaker among them: “How long have you tarried?” They said: “We have tarried a day, or a part of a day.” Said they: “Your Lord best knows how long you have tarried. Then send one of you with this coin of yours to the city, and let him see what food is purest and bring you a provision therefrom; and let him be circumspect, and let not anyone be aware of you.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-19.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَبِثُوا۟ — walabithū · "And they remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَبِثُوا ف۪ي كَـهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِن۪ينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً

Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalathami-atin sineena wazdadoo tisAAa

“And they tarried in their cave three hundred years!” And they increased by nine.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-25.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثُوا۟ ۖ — labithū · "they remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُواۚ لَهُ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اَبْصِرْ بِه۪ وَاَسْمِـعْۜ مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ مِنْ وَلِيٍّۘ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ ف۪ي حُكْمِه۪ٓ اَحَداً

Quli Allahu aAAlamu bimalabithoo lahu ghaybu assamawati wal-ardiabsir bihi waasmiAA ma lahum min doonihi minwaliyyin wala yushriku fee hukmihi ahada

Say thou: “God best knows how long they tarried.” To Him belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth: how He sees it and how He hears! They have no ally besides Him; and He ascribes not a partnership in His judgment to anyone.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-26.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَلَبِثْتَ — falabith'ta · "Then you remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِذْ تَمْش۪ٓي اُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى مَنْ يَكْفُلُهُۜ فَرَجَعْنَاكَ اِلٰٓى اُمِّكَ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَۜ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً فَنَجَّيْنَاكَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّاكَ فُتُوناً۠ فَلَبِثْتَ سِن۪ينَ ف۪ٓي اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلٰى قَدَرٍ يَا مُوسٰى

Ith tamshee okhtuka fataqoolu haladullukum AAala man yakfuluhu farajaAAnaka ilaommika kay taqarra AAaynuha wala tahzanawaqatalta nafsan fanajjaynaka mina alghammi wafatannakafutoonan falabithta sineena fee ahli madyana thumma ji/ta AAalaqadarin ya moosa

“When thy sister went and said: ‘Shall I direct you to one who will take care of him?’ So We returned thee to thy mother, that her eye might be comforted and grieve not. And thou didst kill a soul; and We delivered thee from distress, and subjected thee to means of denial by a trial. And thou didst tarry years among the people of Madyan; then camest thou as ordained, O Moses.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-40.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** لَّبِثْتُمْ — labith'tum · "you remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَتَخَافَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا عَشْراً

Yatakhafatoona baynahum in labithtumilla AAashra

Whispering among themselves: “You tarried only ten.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-103.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 104

- **Form in this verse:** لَّبِثْتُمْ — labith'tum · "you remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ اِذْ يَقُولُ اَمْثَلُهُمْ طَر۪يقَةً اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا يَوْماً۟

Nahnu aAAlamu bima yaqooloonaith yaqoolu amthaluhum tareeqatan in labithtum illayawma

We best know what they will say, when their exemplars in the path will say: “You tarried only a day.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-104.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْتُمْ — labith'tum · "did you remain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِن۪ينَ

Qala kam labithtum fee al-ardiAAadada sineen

He will say: “How long tarried you in the earth, by number of years?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-112.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 113

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْنَا — labith'nā · "We remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَسْـَٔلِ الْعَٓادّ۪ينَ

Qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin fas-ali alAAaddeen

They will say: “We tarried a day, or part of a day; ask Thou those who keep count.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-113.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 114

- **Form in this verse:** لَّبِثْتُمْ — labith'tum · "you stayed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قَالَ اِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً لَوْ اَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Qala in labithtum illaqaleelan law annakum kuntum taAAlamoon

He will say: “You tarried only a little; had you but known[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-114.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** وَلَبِثْتَ — walabith'ta · "and you remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ اَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ ف۪ينَا وَل۪يداً وَلَبِثْتَ ف۪ينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِن۪ينَ

Qala alam nurabbika feenawaleedan walabithta feena min AAumurika sineen

Said he: “Did we not bring thee up among us as a child? And thou tarriedst among us years of thy life;

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-18.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** فَلَبِثَ — falabitha · "and he remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَلَبِثَ ف۪يهِمْ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ اِلَّا خَمْس۪ينَ عَاماًۜ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Walaqad arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi falabitha feehim alfa sanatin illa khamseena AAamanfaakhathahumu attoofanu wahum thalimoon

And We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years save fifty years; and the Flood took them when they were wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-14.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثُوا۟ — labithū · "they remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَۙ مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍۜ  كَذٰلِكَ كَانُوا يُؤْفَكُونَ

Wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyuqsimu almujrimoona ma labithoo ghayra saAAatin kathalikakanoo yu/fakoon

And the day the Hour strikes, the lawbreakers will swear that they had tarried but an hour; thus were they deluded.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-55.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثْتُمْ — labith'tum · "you remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْعِلْمَ وَالْا۪يمَانَ لَقَدْ لَبِثْتُمْ ف۪ي كِتَابِ اللّٰهِ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْبَعْثِۘ فَهٰذَا يَوْمُ الْبَعْثِ وَلٰكِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Waqala allatheena ootooalAAilma wal-eemana laqad labithtum fee kitabiAllahi ila yawmi albaAAthi fahatha yawmualbaAAthi walakinnakum kuntum la taAAlamoon

But those given knowledge and faith will say: “You have tarried concerning the Writ of God until the Day of Resurrection — so this is the Day of Resurrection, but you knew not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-56.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** تَلَبَّثُوا۟ — talabbathū · "they (would) have hesitated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ اَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا الْفِتْنَةَ لَاٰتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا بِهَٓا اِلَّا يَس۪يراً

Walaw dukhilat AAalayhim min aqtarihathumma su-iloo alfitnata laatawha wamatalabbathoo biha illa yaseera

And had entry been made against them from its regions, then they had been asked for the means of denial, they would have given it, and would have tarried therein only a little.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-14.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** لَبِثُوا۟ — labithū · "they (would have) remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا قَضَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْمَوْتَ مَا دَلَّهُمْ عَلٰى مَوْتِه۪ٓ اِلَّا دَٓابَّةُ الْاَرْضِ تَأْكُلُ مِنْسَاَتَهُۚ فَلَمَّا خَرَّ تَبَيَّنَتِ الْجِنُّ اَنْ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ الْغَيْبَ مَا لَبِثُوا فِي الْعَذَابِ الْمُه۪ينِ

Falamma qadaynaAAalayhi almawta ma dallahum AAala mawtihi illadabbatu al-ardi ta/kulu minsaatahu falammakharra tabayyanati aljinnu an law kanoo yaAAlamoonaalghayba ma labithoo fee alAAathabi almuheen

And when We decreed death for him, there indicated his death to them only a creature of the earth eating at his staff. But when he fell down, it became clear to the domini that had they but known the Unseen, they would not have tarried in the humiliating punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-14.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 144

- **Form in this verse:** لَلَبِثَ — lalabitha · "Certainly, he (would have) remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لَلَبِثَ ف۪ي بَطْنِه۪ٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Lalabitha fee batnihi ilayawmi yubAAathoon

He would have tarried in its belly until the day they are raised.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-144.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ — yalbathū · "remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ اُو۬لُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ لَهُمْۜ  كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَۙ لَمْ يَلْبَثُٓوا اِلَّا سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍۜ  بَلَاغٌۚ  فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Fasbir kama sabaraoloo alAAazmi mina arrusuli wala tastaAAjil lahumkaannahum yawma yarawna ma yooAAadoona lam yalbathoo illasaAAatan min naharin balaghun fahal yuhlakuilla alqawmu alfasiqoon

So be thou patient, as those of determination among the messengers were patient, and seek thou not to hasten for them. The day they see what they are promised, it will be as though they had not tarried an hour of a day. Notification! And will there be destroyed save the perfidious people?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-35.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** لَّـٰبِثِينَ — lābithīna · "(They will) be remaining"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

لَابِث۪ينَ ف۪يهَٓا اَحْقَاباًۚ

Labitheena feeha ahqaba

They will tarry therein long ages.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-23.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ — yalbathū · "they had remained"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُٓوا اِلَّا عَشِيَّةً اَوْ ضُحٰيهَا

Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lamyalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha

It will be, the day they see it, as though they had not tarried save a day’s end or a morning thereof.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-46.md_

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