# Ra-Be-Ta — ربط (rbT)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to tie/fasten/bind/conform/strengthen, lay (anchor), be firm, stationed on (e.g. the enemy's frontier), keep post, keep/apply yourself preseveringly to something, remain on or at something, army, equip, fortify, brace, be ever ready, make ready for an impact. ribat - body of horse, strungs.
- **Derived forms:** رَابِطُ (1) · رِّبَاط (1) · رَّبَطْ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 200

- **Form in this verse:** وَرَابِطُوا۟ — warābiṭū · "and [be] constant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا اصْبِرُوا وَصَابِرُوا وَرَابِطُوا وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooisbiroo wasabiroo warabitoo wattaqooAllaha laAAallakum tuflihoon

O you who heed warning: be patient; and vie in patience; and be steadfast; and be in prudent fear of God, that you might succeed.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-200.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** وَلِيَرْبِطَ — waliyarbiṭa · "And to strengthen"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِذْ يُغَشّ۪يكُمُ النُّعَاسَ اَمَنَةً مِنْهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ بِه۪ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمْ رِجْزَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيَرْبِطَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْاَقْدَامَۜ

Ith yughashsheekumu annuAAasaamanatan minhu wayunazzilu AAalaykum mina assama-imaan liyutahhirakum bihi wayuthhiba AAankumrijza ashshaytani waliyarbita AAalaquloobikum wayuthabbita bihi al-aqdam

When He made slumber overcome you as security from Him, and sent down upon you water from the sky that He might purify you thereby, and to remove from you the scourge of the satan, and to fortify your hearts, and make firm thereby your feet.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-11.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** رِّبَاطِ — ribāṭi · "tethered"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِه۪ عَدُوَّ اللّٰهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَاٰخَر۪ينَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْۚ لَا تَعْلَمُونَهُمْۚ اَللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ شَيْءٍ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ يُوَفَّ اِلَيْكُمْ وَاَنْتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

WaaAAiddoo lahum ma istataAAtummin quwwatin wamin ribati alkhayli turhiboona bihiAAaduwwa Allahi waAAaduwwakum waakhareena mindoonihim la taAAlamoonahumu Allahu yaAAlamuhum wamatunfiqoo min shay-in fee sabeeli Allahi yuwaffa ilaykumwaantum la tuthlamoon

And prepare for them what you are able of forces and of cavalry, to terrify thereby the enemy of God, and your enemy, and others besides them whom you know not; God knows them. And whatever you spend in the cause of God will be repaid to you in full; and you will not be wronged.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-60.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** وَرَبَطْنَا — warabaṭnā · "And We made firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَرَبَطْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَنْ نَدْعُوَ۬ا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اِلٰهاً لَقَدْ قُلْـنَٓا اِذاً شَطَطاً

Warabatna AAalaquloobihim ith qamoo faqaloo rabbunarabbu assamawati wal-ardilan nadAAuwa min doonihi ilahan laqad qulna ithanshatata

And We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and said: “Our Lord is the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth; we will not call, besides Him, to any god, for then would we have said a wanton falsehood.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-14.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** رَّبَطْنَا — rabaṭnā · "We strengthened"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاَصْبَحَ فُؤٰادُ اُمِّ مُوسٰى فَارِغاًۜ اِنْ كَادَتْ لَتُبْد۪ي بِه۪ لَوْلَٓا اَنْ رَبَطْنَا عَلٰى قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Waasbaha fu-adu ommimoosa farighan in kadat latubdee bihi lawlaan rabatna AAala qalbiha litakoonamina almu/mineen

In the morning the heart of the mother of Moses became void; she had almost disclosed him had We not fortified her heart, that she be of the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-10.md_

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