# Ra-Gayn-Be — رغب (rgb)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To desire, long for, wish, he made it wide/ample. With 'an - to show aversion to, dislike, have no desire. With ba and 'an (9:120) - to have preferred their own lives to his life. With ila - to supplicate. raghbun - love, longing. raghibun - one who supplicates earnestly.
- **Derived forms:** رَاغِب (3) · رَغَب (1) · يَرْغَبُ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 130

- **Form in this verse:** يَرْغَبُ — yarghabu · "will turn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمَنْ يَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۜ وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاِنَّهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Waman yarghabu AAan millati ibraheemailla man safiha nafsahu walaqadi istafaynahufee addunya wa-innahu fee al-akhiratilamina assaliheen

And who is averse to the creed of Abraham save he who befools himself? And We chose him in the World; and in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-130.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَرْغَبُونَ — watarghabūna · "and you desire"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَٓاءِۜ قُلِ اللّٰهُ يُفْت۪يكُمْ ف۪يهِنَّۙ وَمَا يُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ ف۪ي يَتَامَى النِّسَٓاءِ الّٰت۪ي لَا تُؤْتُونَهُنَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُنَّ وَتَرْغَبُونَ اَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَف۪ينَ مِنَ الْوِلْدَانِۙ وَاَنْ تَقُومُوا لِلْيَتَامٰى بِالْقِسْطِۜ وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ بِه۪ عَل۪يماً

Wayastaftoonaka fee annisa-iquli Allahu yufteekum feehinna wama yutlaAAalaykum fee alkitabi fee yatama annisa-iallatee la tu/toonahunna ma kutiba lahunnawatarghaboona an tankihoohunna walmustadAAafeenamina alwildani waan taqoomoo lilyatama bilqistiwama tafAAaloo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha kanabihi AAaleema

And they ask thee for a ruling concerning women. Say thou: “God gives you the ruling concerning them,” — and what is recited to you in the Writ concerning the fatherless women (to whom you give not what is prescribed for them, and yet desire to marry them) and concerning the oppressed among children; and that you stand up for equity for the fatherless. And whatever you do of good, God knows it.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-127.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** رَٰغِبُونَ — rāghibūna · "turn our hopes"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلَوْ اَنَّهُمْ رَضُوا مَٓا اٰتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَقَالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللّٰهُ سَيُؤْت۪ينَا اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ وَرَسُولُهُٓۙ اِنَّٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ رَاغِبُونَ۟

Walaw annahum radoo ma atahumuAllahu warasooluhu waqaloo hasbunaAllahu sayu/teena Allahu min fadlihiwarasooluhu inna ila Allahi raghiboon

And had they been satisfied with what God and His messenger gave them, and said: “Sufficient for us is God; God will give us of His bounty, as will His messenger — to God do we turn in hope,”[...]

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-59.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** يَرْغَبُوا۟ — yarghabū · "they prefer"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا كَانَ لِاَهْلِ الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْاَعْرَابِ اَنْ يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ لَا يُص۪يبُهُمْ ظَمَاٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا يَطَؤُ۫نَ مَوْطِئاً يَغ۪يظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَيْلاً اِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ بِه۪ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۙ

Ma kana li-ahli almadeenatiwaman hawlahum mina al-aAArabi an yatakhallafooAAan rasooli Allahi wala yarghaboo bi-anfusihimAAan nafsihi thalika bi-annahum la yuseebuhumthamaon wala nasabun walamakhmasatun fee sabeeli Allahi wala yataoonamawti-an yagheethu alkuffara walayanaloona min AAaduwwin naylan illa kutiba lahumbihi AAamalun salihun inna Allaha layudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen

It is not for the people of the city and those around them of the desert Arabs to remain behind the messenger of God, and prefer their lives to his life. Is it not that there befalls them neither thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger, in the cause of God, neither take they any step that enrages the atheists, nor achieve they against the enemy an attainment save that it is recorded for them as a righteous deed! God causes not to be lost the reward of the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-120.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** أَرَاغِبٌ — arāghibun · "Do you hate"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ اَرَاغِبٌ اَنْتَ عَنْ اٰلِهَت۪ي يَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمُۚ  لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ۬ لَاَرْجُمَنَّكَ وَاهْجُرْن۪ي مَلِياًّ

Qala araghibun anta AAan alihateeya ibraheemu la-in lam tantahi laarjumannaka wahjurneemaliyya

Said he: “Art thou averse to my gods, O Abraham? If thou cease not, I will stone thee; so depart thou from me a good while.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-46.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** رَغَبًۭا — raghaban · "(in) hope"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۘ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيٰى وَاَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَباً وَرَهَباًۜ وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِع۪ينَ

Fastajabna lahu wawahabnalahu yahya waaslahna lahuzawjahu innahum kanoo yusariAAoona fee alkhayratiwayadAAoonana raghaban warahaban wakanoo lanakhashiAAeen

Then We answered him, and gave him John, and made right his wife for him. They competed in good deeds, and called to Us in hope and fear; and they were humble towards Us.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-90.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** رَٰغِبُونَ — rāghibūna · "turn devoutly"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

عَسٰى رَبُّنَٓا اَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْراً مِنْهَٓا اِنَّٓا اِلٰى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ

AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon

“It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange better than it; to our Lord do we turn in hope.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-32.md_

### 94. Surah Ash-Sharh, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱرْغَب — fa-ir'ghab · "turn your attention"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاِلٰى رَبِّكَ فَارْغَبْ

Wa-ila rabbika farghab

And to thy Lord turn thou thy desire.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-sharh/verse-8.md_

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