# Kaf-Be-Ra — قبر (qbr)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to bury (the dead). aqbara - to cause to be buried, have a grave day, have anyone buried. Grave, tomb, intermediate state in which the soul lives after death till the resurrection. maqabir - cemetery, place of burying.
- **Derived forms:** أَقْبَرَ (1) · قَبْر (6) · مَقَابِر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** قَبْرِهِۦٓ ۖ — qabrihi · "his grave"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلٰٓى اَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ اَبَداً وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلٰى قَبْرِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

Wala tusalli AAala ahadinminhum mata abadan wala taqum AAala qabrihiinnahum kafaroo billahi warasoolihi wamatoowahum fasiqoon

And perform thou not the duty for any among them that dies ever, nor stand thou over his grave; they denied God and His messenger, and died while they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-84.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُبُورِ — l-qubūri · "the graves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاَنَّ السَّاعَةَ اٰتِيَةٌ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهَاۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ

Waanna assaAAata atiyatunla rayba feeha waanna Allaha yabAAathu manfee alquboor

And that the Hour about which there is no doubt is coming; and that God will raise those in the graves!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-7.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُبُورِ — l-qubūri · "the graves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْاَحْيَٓاءُ وَلَا الْاَمْوَاتُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُسْمِــعُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ وَمَٓا اَنْتَ بِمُسْمِــعٍ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ

Wama yastawee al-ahyaowala al-amwatu inna Allaha yusmiAAu man yashaowama anta bimusmiAAin man fee alquboor

And not equal are the living and the dead. God makes hear whom He wills; and thou canst not make hear those in the graves —

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

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُبُورِ — l-qubūri · "(of) the graves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا قَوْماً غَضِبَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَـئِسُوا مِنَ الْاٰخِرَةِ كَمَا يَـئِسَ الْكُفَّارُ مِنْ اَصْحَابِ الْقُبُورِ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tatawallaw qawman ghadiba AllahuAAalayhim qad ya-isoo mina al-akhirati kama ya-isaalkuffaru min as-habi alquboor

O you who heed warning: take not as allies people with whom God is wroth; they have despaired of the Hereafter as the atheists have despaired of the companions of the graves.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-13.md_

### 80. Surah 'Abasa, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ — fa-aqbarahu · "and provides a grave for him"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

ثُمَّ اَمَاتَهُ فَاَقْبَرَهُۙ

Thumma amatahu faaqbarah

Then He gives him death and buries him;

_https://quran.so/surah-abasa/verse-21.md_

### 82. Surah Al-Infitar, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُبُورُ — l-qubūru · "the graves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْۙ

Wa-itha alqubooru buAAthirat

And when the graves are overturned,

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

### 100. Surah Al-'Adiyat, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُبُورِ — l-qubūri · "the graves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ اِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِۙ

Afala yaAAlamu itha buAAthira mafee alquboor

Does he then not know when what is in the graves is overturned

_https://quran.so/surah-al-adiyat/verse-9.md_

### 102. Surah At-Takathur, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَقَابِرَ — l-maqābira · "the graves"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

حَتّٰى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَۜ

Hatta zurtumu almaqabir

Until you visit the graves.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-takathur/verse-2.md_

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