# Sin-Be-Be — سبب (sbb)

> Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Cause, reason, occasion, excuse, way, means, rope, cord, connection, tool
- **Derived forms:** سَبَب (9) · يَسُبُّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 166

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْبَابُ — l-asbābu · "the relations"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِذْ تَبَرَّاَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوا وَرَاَوُا الْعَذَابَ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بِهِمُ الْاَسْبَابُ

Ith tabarraa allatheenaittubiAAoo mina allatheena ittabaAAoo waraawoo alAAathabawataqattaAAat bihimu al-asbab

When those who were followed will disown those who followed; and they will see the punishment, and the connections between them will be cut,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-166.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** تَسُبُّوا۟ — tasubbū · "insult"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللّٰهَ عَدْواً بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۜ   كَذٰلِكَ زَيَّنَّا لِكُلِّ اُمَّةٍ عَمَلَهُمْ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمْ مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wala tasubboo allatheenayadAAoona min dooni Allahi fayasubboo AllahaAAadwan bighayri AAilmin kathalika zayyanna likulliommatin AAamalahum thumma ila rabbihim marjiAAuhumfayunabbi-ohum bima kanoo yaAAmaloon

And revile not those to whom they call besides God lest they revile God in enmity without knowledge. Thus, to every community have We made fair their doings; then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them of what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-108.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** فَيَسُبُّوا۟ — fayasubbū · "lest they insult"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذ۪ينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللّٰهَ عَدْواً بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۜ   كَذٰلِكَ زَيَّنَّا لِكُلِّ اُمَّةٍ عَمَلَهُمْ ثُمَّ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمْ مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَيُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wala tasubboo allatheenayadAAoona min dooni Allahi fayasubboo AllahaAAadwan bighayri AAilmin kathalika zayyanna likulliommatin AAamalahum thumma ila rabbihim marjiAAuhumfayunabbi-ohum bima kanoo yaAAmaloon

And revile not those to whom they call besides God lest they revile God in enmity without knowledge. Thus, to every community have We made fair their doings; then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them of what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-108.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** سَبَبًۭا — sababan · "a means"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَباًۙ

Inna makkanna lahu fee al-ardiwaataynahu min kulli shay-in sababa

We established him in the earth, and gave him to everything a way;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-84.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** سَبَبًا — sababan · "a course"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

FaatbaAAa sababa

So he went his way.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-85.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 89

- **Form in this verse:** سَبَبًا — sababan · "(a) course"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اَتْـبَعَ سَبَباً

Thumma atbaAAa sababa

Then he went his way.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-89.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** سَبَبًا — sababan · "a course"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

ثُمَّ اَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

Thumma atbaAAa sababa

Then he went his way.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-92.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** بِسَبَبٍ — bisababin · "a rope"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

مَنْ كَانَ يَظُنُّ اَنْ لَنْ يَنْصُرَهُ اللّٰهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ اِلَى السَّمَٓاءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنْظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُ مَا يَغ۪يظُ

Man kana yathunnu anlan yansurahu Allahu fee addunya wal-akhiratifalyamdud bisababin ila assama-i thummaliyaqtaAA falyanthur hal yuthhibannakayduhu ma yagheeth

Whoso thinks that God will not help him in the World and the Hereafter: let him stretch out means to the sky; then let him cross and let him look: will his plan remove what enrages?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-15.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبِ — l-asbābi · "the means"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا۠ فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الْاَسْبَابِ

Am lahum mulku assamawatiwal-ardi wama baynahuma falyartaqoofee al-asbab

Or if they have the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them: — then let them ascend into the causes!

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-10.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَ — l-asbāba · "the ways"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ ل۪ي صَرْحاً لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَبْلُغُ الْاَسْبَابَۙ

Waqala firAAawnu ya hamanuibni lee sarhan laAAallee ablughu al-asbab

And Pharaoh said: “O Hāmān: build thou for me a tower, that I might reach the causes,

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-36.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** أَسْبَـٰبَ — asbāba · "(The) ways"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَسْبَابَ السَّمٰوَاتِ فَاَطَّلِعَ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِ مُوسٰى وَاِنّ۪ي لَاَظُنُّهُ كَاذِباًۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُٓوءُ عَمَلِه۪ وَصُدَّ عَنِ السَّب۪يلِۜ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ اِلَّا ف۪ي تَبَابٍ۟

Asbaba assamawatifaattaliAAa ila ilahi moosa wa-inneelaathunnuhu kathiban wakathalikazuyyina lifirAAawna soo-o AAamalihi wasudda AAani assabeeliwama kaydu firAAawna illa fee tabab

— The causes of the heavens — that I might look upon the God of Moses; but I think him a liar.” And thus was made fair to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was turned away from the path; and the plan of Pharaoh was only in ruin.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-37.md_

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