# Ra-Ayn-Be — رعب (rEb)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** fear/terror, frighten, tremble with fear, great awe, threatened, loud and vehement sound, rhyming prose, charmed/fascinated, fill (e.g. vessel, valley), cut into pieces or slices, weak and cowardly, shaking/quivering
- **Derived forms:** رُعْب (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 151

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرُّعْبَ — l-ruʿ'ba · "[the] terror"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

سَنُلْق۪ي ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ بِمَٓا اَشْرَكُوا بِاللّٰهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلْ بِه۪ سُلْطَاناًۚ وَمَأْوٰيهُمُ النَّارُۜ وَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Sanulqee fee quloobi allatheenakafaroo arruAAba bima ashrakoo billahima lam yunazzil bihi sultanan wama/wahumu annaruwabi/sa mathwa aththalimeen

We will cast into the hearts of those who ignore warning terror because they have ascribed a partnership with God to that for which He sent not down authority; and their shelter is the Fire; and evil is the dwelling of the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-151.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرُّعْبَ — l-ruʿ'ba · "the terror"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِذْ يُوح۪ي رَبُّكَ اِلَى الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اَنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۜ سَاُلْق۪ي ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ فَاضْرِبُوا فَوْقَ الْاَعْنَاقِ وَاضْرِبُوا مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍۜ

Ith yoohee rabbuka ilaalmala-ikati annee maAAakum fathabbitoo allatheena amanoosaolqee fee quloobi allatheena kafaroo arruAAba fadriboofawqa al-aAAnaqi wadriboo minhum kulla banan

When thy Lord instructed the angels: “I am with you; so make firm those who heed warning. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who ignore warning, so strike above the necks, and strike from them every fingertip!”

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

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

- **Form in this verse:** رُعْبًۭا — ruʿ'ban · "(with) terror"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌۗ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَم۪ينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِۗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَص۪يدِۜ لَوِ اطَّـلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً

Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba

And thou thinkest them awake, when they are asleep; and We cause them to turn to the right and the left.) And their dog was stretching out its two paws on the threshold — hadst thou looked upon them, thou wouldst have turned away from them in flight and been filled with terror of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-18.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرُّعْبَ — l-ruʿ'ba · "[the] terror"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاَنْزَلَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَاهَرُوهُمْ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ صَيَاص۪يهِمْ وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ فَر۪يقاً تَقْتُلُونَ وَتَأْسِرُونَ فَر۪يقاًۚ

Waanzala allatheena thaharoohummin ahli alkitabi min sayaseehim waqathafafee quloobihimu arruAAba fareeqan taqtuloona wata/siroonafareeqa

And He brought down those who assisted them among the doctors of the Law from their strongholds, and hurled terror into their hearts; a faction you killed, and you took captive a faction.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-26.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرُّعْبَ ۚ — l-ruʿ'ba · "[the] terror"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِاَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِۜ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاَتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Huwa allathee akhraja allatheenakafaroo min ahli alkitabi min diyarihim li-awwalialhashri ma thanantum an yakhrujoo wathannooannahum maniAAatuhum husoonuhum mina Allahifaatahumu Allahu min haythu lam yahtasiboowaqathafa fee quloobihimu arruAAba yukhriboonabuyootahum bi-aydeehim waaydee almu/mineena faAAtabiroo yaolee al-absar

He it is that turned out those who ignore warning among the doctors of the Law from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would go forth, and they thought that their strongholds would protect them from God; but God came upon them whence they reckoned not, and He hurled terror into their hearts; they ruined their houses with their hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O you who have vision!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-2.md_

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