# Ra-Ha-Be — رحب (rHb)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to welcome, be ample, be spacious, be wide, be great. marhaban - a form of salutation equivalent to welcome.
- **Derived forms:** رَحُبَتْ (2) · مَرْحَب (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** رَحُبَتْ — raḥubat · "(in spite) of its vastness"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي مَوَاطِنَ كَث۪يرَةٍۙ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍۙ اِذْ اَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَـثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْكُمْ شَيْـٔاً وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْاَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُمْ مُدْبِر۪ينَۚ

Laqad nasarakumu Allahu feemawatina katheeratin wayawma hunaynin ithaAAjabatkum kathratukum falam tughni AAankum shay-an wadaqatAAalaykumu al-ardu bima rahubat thummawallaytum mudbireen

God has helped you in many places — and on the day of Ḥunayn when you were impressed at your multitude, but it availed you nothing, and the earth was straitened for you, vast as it was; then you turned and fled.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-25.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** رَحُبَتْ — raḥubat · "it was vast"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَعَلَى الثَّلٰثَةِ الَّذ۪ينَ خُلِّفُواۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْاَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّٓوا اَنْ لَا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ اللّٰهِ اِلَّٓا اِلَيْهِۜ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُواۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّح۪يمُ۟

WaAAala aththalathatiallatheena khullifoo hatta itha daqatAAalayhimu al-ardu bima rahubat wadaqatAAalayhim anfusuhum wathannoo an la maljaamina Allahi illa ilayhi thumma tabaAAalayhim liyatooboo inna Allaha huwa attawwabuarraheem

And towards the three who were left behind when the earth had become straitened for them, vast as it was, and their souls had become straitened for them, and they thought that there was no refuge from God save to Him; then turned He towards them, that they might turn. God, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-118.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** مَرْحَبًۢا — marḥaban · "welcome"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْۚ لَا مَرْحَباً بِهِمْۜ  اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ

Hatha fawjun muqtahimunmaAAakum la marhaban bihim innahum saloo annar

“This is a crowd rushing headlong with you!” — No welcome for them — they will burn in the Fire.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-59.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** مَرْحَبًۢا — marḥaban · "welcome"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالُوا بَلْ اَنْتُمْ۠  لَا مَرْحَباً بِكُمْۜ  اَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَاۚ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرَارُ

Qaloo bal antum la marhabanbikum antum qaddamtumoohu lana fabi/sa alqarar

They will say: “The truth is, you — no welcome for you — you sent it ahead for us; and evil is the fixed lodging!”

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-60.md_

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