# Kaf-Be-Dad — قبض (qbD)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** take with hand by actual touch/feel, close, grasp, clutch, seize, contract/draw/collect together, take posession, with reference to birds contract their wings, quick in flight/pace.
- **Derived forms:** قَبَضْ (5) · قَبْض (1) · قَبْضَة (2) · مَّقْبُوضَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 245

- **Form in this verse:** يَقْبِضُ — yaqbiḍu · "withholds"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يُقْرِضُ اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُٓ اَضْعَافاً كَـث۪يرَةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْصُۣطُۖ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

Man tha allathee yuqriduAllaha qardan hasanan fayudaAAifahulahu adAAafan katheeratan wallahuyaqbidu wayabsutu wa-ilayhi turjaAAoon

Who is it that will lend to God a goodly loan that He might multiply it by many multiples for him? And God constricts and expands; and to Him will you be returned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-245.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 283

- **Form in this verse:** مَّقْبُوضَةٌۭ ۖ — maqbūḍatun · "in hand"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · passive · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِباً فَرِهَانٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌۜ فَاِنْ اَمِنَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً فَلْيُؤَدِّ الَّذِي اؤْتُمِنَ اَمَانَتَهُ وَلْيَتَّقِ اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُۜ وَلَا تَكْتُمُوا الشَّهَادَةَۜ وَمَنْ يَكْتُمْهَا فَاِنَّهُٓ اٰثِمٌ قَلْبُهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Wa-in kuntum AAala safarin walamtajidoo katiban farihanun maqboodatun fa-inamina baAAdukum baAAdan falyu-addiallatheei/tumina amanatahu walyattaqi Allaha rabbahuwala taktumoo ashshahadata waman yaktumhafa-innahu athimun qalbuhu wallahu bimataAAmaloona AAaleem

And if you are on a journey, and find not a writer, then: a pledge in hand. But if one of you trusts another, then let him who is trusted discharge his trust, and let him be in prudent fear of God, his Lord. And conceal not the witness; and he who conceals it, his heart is sinful; and God knows what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-283.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَقْبِضُونَ — wayaqbiḍūna · "and they close"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍۢ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمُنْكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ اَيْدِيَهُمْۜ نَسُوا اللّٰهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْۜ اِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Almunafiqoona walmunafiqatubaAAduhum min baAAdin ya/muroona bilmunkariwayanhawna AAani almaAAroofi wayaqbidoona aydiyahum nasooAllaha fanasiyahum inna almunafiqeena humu alfasiqoon

The wavering men and the wavering women are alike: they enjoin perversity, and they forbid what is fitting, and they close their hands; they have forgotten God, so He has forgotten them. The waverers: they are the perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-67.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** فَقَبَضْتُ — faqabaḍtu · "so I took"
  - **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_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** قَبْضَةًۭ — qabḍatan · "a handful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

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_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** قَبَضْنَـٰهُ — qabaḍnāhu · "We withdraw it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَاهُ اِلَيْنَا قَبْضاً يَس۪يراً

Thumma qabadnahu ilaynaqabdan yaseera

Then We took it to Ourselves in an easy taking.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-46.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** قَبْضًۭا — qabḍan · "a withdrawal"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ قَبَضْنَاهُ اِلَيْنَا قَبْضاً يَس۪يراً

Thumma qabadnahu ilaynaqabdan yaseera

Then We took it to Ourselves in an easy taking.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-46.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** قَبْضَتُهُۥ — qabḍatuhu · "(will be) in His Grip"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِه۪ۗ وَالْاَرْضُ جَم۪يعاً قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَالسَّمٰوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَم۪ينِه۪ۜ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالٰى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Wama qadaroo Allaha haqqaqadrihi wal-ardu jameeAAan qabdatuhu yawmaalqiyamati wassamawatu matwiyyatunbiyameenihi subhanahu wataAAala AAammayushrikoon

And they measured God not with the measure due Him. And the earth altogether will be His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded up in His right hand. Glory be to Him! And exalted is He above that to which they ascribe a partnership!

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-67.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚ — wayaqbiḍ'na · "and folding"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, plural · present tense

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اِلَى الطَّيْرِ فَوْقَهُمْ صَٓافَّاتٍ وَيَقْبِضْنَۜ مَا يُمْسِكُهُنَّ اِلَّا الرَّحْمٰنُۜ اِنَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَص۪يرٌ

Awa lam yaraw ila attayrifawqahum saffatin wayaqbidna mayumsikuhunna illa arrahmanu innahubikulli shay-in baseer

Have they not seen the birds above them with wings outstretched and closing? None holds them but the Almighty. He sees all things.

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

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