# Zal-Be-Be — ذبب (pbb)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** strove/labour/toil, to wander to and fro as a fly, waver (between this and that), become restless, much motion, fatigued, remove, repel, annoy, drive away flies, protect/defend, move about, fly/flies.
- **Derived forms:** ذُبَاب (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** ذُبَابًۭا — dhubāban · "a fly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَاباً وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُۜ وَاِنْ يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْـٔاً لَا يَسْتَنْقِذُوهُ مِنْهُۜ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ

Ya ayyuha annasuduriba mathalun fastamiAAoo lahu inna allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi lan yakhluqoo thubabanwalawi ijtamaAAoo lahu wa-in yaslubuhumu aththubabushay-an la yastanqithoohu minhu daAAufa attalibuwalmatloob

O mankind: a similitude is struck, so listen to it: — those to whom you call, besides God, will never create a fly though they gather together for it. And if the fly snatch away something from them, they could not recover it from it; weak are the seeker and the sought!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-73.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلذُّبَابُ — l-dhubābu · "the fly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُۜ اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَاباً وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُۜ وَاِنْ يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْـٔاً لَا يَسْتَنْقِذُوهُ مِنْهُۜ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ

Ya ayyuha annasuduriba mathalun fastamiAAoo lahu inna allatheenatadAAoona min dooni Allahi lan yakhluqoo thubabanwalawi ijtamaAAoo lahu wa-in yaslubuhumu aththubabushay-an la yastanqithoohu minhu daAAufa attalibuwalmatloob

O mankind: a similitude is struck, so listen to it: — those to whom you call, besides God, will never create a fly though they gather together for it. And if the fly snatch away something from them, they could not recover it from it; weak are the seeker and the sought!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-73.md_

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