# Ra-Ta-Be — رطب (rTb)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to be fresh and ripe, moist/succulent/juicy, supple, soft/tender (to chew), fresh ripe dates.
- **Derived forms:** رَطْب (1) · رُطَب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** رَطْبٍۢ — raṭbin · "moist"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِـحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَٓا اِلَّا هُوَۜ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ اِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتِ الْاَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ اِلَّا ف۪ي كِتَابٍ مُب۪ينٍ

WaAAindahu mafatihu alghaybi layaAAlamuha illa huwa wayaAAlamu ma feealbarri walbahri wama tasqutu minwaraqatin illa yaAAlamuha wala habbatinfee thulumati al-ardi wala ratbinwala yabisin illa fee kitabin mubeen

And with Him are the keys of the Unseen; and none knows them but He. And He knows what is in the land and the sea; and not a leaf falls but He knows it; nor is there a grain in the darknesses of the earth, and nothing moist or dry, but is in a clear writ.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-59.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** رُطَبًۭا — ruṭaban · "fresh dates"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَهُزّ۪ٓي اِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِياًّۘ

Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi annakhlatitusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyya

“And shake thou towards thee the trunk of the date-palm; it will drop upon thee ripe, fresh dates.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-25.md_

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