# Nun-Kaf-Be — نقب (nqb)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To pierce (a wall), bore (a hole), go through (a country), be a chief, journey, pass or wander through
- **Derived forms:** نَقْب (1) · نَقَّبُ (1) · نَقِيب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** نَقِيبًۭا ۖ — naqīban · "leaders"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ اَخَذَ اللّٰهُ م۪يثَاقَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَۚ وَبَعَثْنَا مِنْهُمُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نَق۪يباًۜ وَقَالَ اللّٰهُ اِنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْۜ لَئِنْ اَقَمْتُمُ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَيْتُمُ الزَّكٰوةَ وَاٰمَنْتُمْ بِرُسُل۪ي وَعَزَّرْتُمُوهُمْ وَاَقْرَضْتُمُ اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً لَاُكَفِّرَنَّ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَلَاُدْخِلَنَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۚ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَٓاءَ السَّب۪يلِ

Walaqad akhatha Allahu meethaqabanee isra-eela wabaAAathna minhumu ithnay AAasharanaqeeban waqala Allahu innee maAAakum la-inaqamtumu assalata waataytumu azzakatawaamantum birusulee waAAazzartumoohum waaqradtumuAllaha qardan hasanan laokaffiranna AAankumsayyi-atikum walaodkhilannakum jannatin tajree mintahtiha al-anharu faman kafara baAAda thalikaminkum faqad dalla sawaa assabeel

And God took an agreement of the children of Israel; and We raised up among them twelve leaders. And God said: “I am with you if you uphold the duty, and render the purity, and believe in My messengers, and support them, and lend to God a goodly loan. I will remove from you your evil deeds, and make you enter gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoso among you denies after that has strayed from the right path.”

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** نَقْبًۭا — naqban · "(to do) any penetration"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَمَا اسْطَاعُٓوا اَنْ يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْباً

Fama istaAAoo an yathharoohuwama istataAAoo lahu naqba

And they could not pass over it, and they could not pierce it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-97.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** فَنَقَّبُوا۟ — fanaqqabū · "so they explored"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ اَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشاً فَنَقَّبُوا فِي الْبِلَادِۜ هَلْ مِنْ مَح۪يصٍ

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin humashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fee albiladi halmin mahees

And how many a generation We destroyed before them stronger than them in might! And they penetrated into the land; had they any place of refuge?

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-36.md_

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