# Nun-Be-Zal — نبذ (nbp)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To throw, fling, give up, cast off, reject, throw a thing because of its worthlessness or not taking into account
- **Derived forms:** نَبَذَ (10) · ٱنتَبَذَتْ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** نَّبَذَهُۥ — nabadhahu · "threw it away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَوَكُلَّمَا عَاهَدُوا عَهْداً نَبَذَهُ فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمْۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Awa kullama AAahadoo AAahdannabathahu fareequn minhum bal aktharuhum layu/minoon

Whenever they made a covenant, did not a faction among them reject it? The truth is, most of them do not believe.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-100.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** نَبَذَ — nabadha · "threw away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللّٰهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَر۪يقٌ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَۗ كِتَابَ اللّٰهِ وَرَٓاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَاَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Walamma jaahum rasoolun minAAindi Allahi musaddiqun lima maAAahum nabathafareequn mina allatheena ootoo alkitaba kitabaAllahi waraa thuhoorihim kaannahum layaAAlamoon

And when there came to them a messenger from God confirming what is with them, a faction among those given the Writ cast the Writ of God behind their backs as if they knew not

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-101.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 187

- **Form in this verse:** فَنَبَذُوهُ — fanabadhūhu · "Then they threw it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذْ اَخَذَ اللّٰهُ م۪يثَاقَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَكْتُمُونَهُۘ فَنَبَذُوهُ وَرَٓاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِه۪ ثَمَناً قَل۪يلاًۜ فَبِئْسَ مَا يَشْتَرُونَ

Wa-ith akhatha Allahumeethaqa allatheena ootoo alkitabalatubayyinunnahu linnasi wala taktumoonahufanabathoohu waraa thuhoorihim washtarawbihi thamanan qaleelan fabi/sa ma yashtaroon

And when God took an agreement of those given the Writ: “You are to make it plain to mankind, and not to conceal it,” then they cast it behind their backs, and sold it at a cheap price; and evil is what they bought.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-187.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنۢبِذْ — fa-inbidh · "throw back"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاِمَّا تَخَافَنَّ مِنْ قَوْمٍ خِيَانَةً فَانْبِذْ اِلَيْهِمْ عَلٰى سَوَٓاءٍۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْخَٓائِن۪ينَ۟

Wa-imma takhafanna min qawminkhiyanatan fanbith ilayhim AAalasawa-in inna Allaha la yuhibbu alkha-ineen

And if thou fear treachery from a people, then cast thou back to them likewise; God loves not the treacherous.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-58.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** ٱنتَبَذَتْ — intabadhat · "she withdrew"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَرْيَمَۢ اِذِ انْتَبَذَتْ مِنْ اَهْلِهَا مَكَاناً شَرْقِياًّۙ

Wathkur fee alkitabimaryama ithi intabathat min ahliha makanansharqiyya

And remember thou in the Writ Mary: — when she withdrew from her people to a place in the East,

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

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱنتَبَذَتْ — fa-intabadhat · "and she withdrew"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَانْتَبَذَتْ بِه۪ مَكَاناً قَصِياًّ

Fahamalat-hu fantabathatbihi makanan qasiyya

Then she bore him, and withdrew with him to a distant place.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-22.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** فَنَبَذْتُهَا — fanabadhtuhā · "then threw it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

قَالَ بَصُرْتُ بِمَا لَمْ يَبْصُرُوا بِه۪ فَقَبَضْتُ قَبْضَةً مِنْ اَثَرِ الرَّسُولِ فَنَبَذْتُهَا وَكَذٰلِكَ سَوَّلَتْ ل۪ي نَفْس۪ي

Qala basurtu bima lamyabsuroo bihi faqabadtu qabdatan min athariarrasooli fanabathtuha wakathalikasawwalat lee nafsee

Said he: “I saw what they saw not; so I took a handful from the track of the Messenger, and did throw it; and thus my soul enticed me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-96.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ — fanabadhnāhum · "and We threw them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَاَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّۚ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Faakhathnahu wajunoodahufanabathnahum fee alyammi fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu aththalimeen

Then We seized him and his forces and cast them into the sea; so see thou how was the final outcome of the wrongdoers!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-40.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 145

- **Form in this verse:** فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُ — fanabadhnāhu · "But We cast him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَٓاءِ وَهُوَ سَق۪يمٌۚ

Fanabathnahu bilAAara-iwahuwa saqeem

But We cast him on the bare shore when he was sick,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-145.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ — fanabadhnāhum · "and threw them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَاَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُل۪يمٌۜ

Faakhathnahu wajunoodahufanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleem

So We took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea; and he was blameworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-40.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** لَنُبِذَ — lanubidha · "surely he would have been thrown"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

لَوْلَٓا اَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَٓاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom

Had not favour from his Lord overtaken him, he would have been cast on the bare shore when he was condemned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-49.md_

### 104. Surah Al-Humazah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ — layunbadhanna · "Surely he will be thrown"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

كَلَّا لَيُنْبَذَنَّ فِي الْحُطَمَةِۘ

Kalla layunbathanna fee alhutama

No, indeed! He will be cast into the Crusher.

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

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