# Sin-Be-Te — سبت (sbt)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To rest, to get away, to cut, to break off, to shave, to fall into deep sleep
- **Derived forms:** سُبَات (2) · سَّبْت (6) · يَسْبِتُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّبْتِ — l-sabti · "the (matter of) Sabbath"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِـ۪ٔينَۚ

Walaqad AAalimtumu allatheenaiAAtadaw minkum fee assabti faqulna lahum koonooqiradatan khasi-een

And you had known those among you who transgressed the Sabbath; and We said to them: “Be despised apes!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-65.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّبْتِ ۚ — l-sabti · "(of) the Sabbath"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ اٰمِنُوا بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا مَعَكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ نَطْمِسَ وُجُوهاً فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهَٓا اَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّٓا اَصْحَابَ السَّبْتِۜ وَكَانَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ مَفْعُولاً

Ya ayyuha allatheenaootoo alkitaba aminoo bima nazzalnamusaddiqan lima maAAakum min qabli an natmisawujoohan fanaruddaha AAala adbarihaaw nalAAanahum kama laAAanna as-habaassabti wakana amru Allahi mafAAoola

O those given the Writ: believe in what We sent down confirming what is with you before We erase faces and turn them towards their backs, or curse them as We cursed the companions of the Sabbath; and the command of God is carried out.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-47.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّبْتِ — l-sabti · "the Sabbath"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِم۪يثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّداً وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ وَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ م۪يثَاقاً غَل۪يظاً

WarafaAAna fawqahumu attoorabimeethaqihim waqulna lahumu odkhuloo albabasujjadan waqulna lahum la taAAdoo fee assabtiwaakhathna minhum meethaqan ghaleetha

And We raised above them the mount for their agreement; and We said to them: “Enter the gate in submission”; and We said to them: “Transgress not the Sabbath”; and We took from them a stern agreement.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-154.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 163

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّبْتِ — l-sabti · "the (matter of) Sabbath"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And ask thou them about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them openly on the day of their Sabbath. But on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-163.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 163

- **Form in this verse:** سَبْتِهِمْ — sabtihim · "(of) their Sabbath"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And ask thou them about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them openly on the day of their Sabbath. But on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-163.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 163

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ — yasbitūna · "they had Sabbath"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And ask thou them about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them openly on the day of their Sabbath. But on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-163.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 124

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّبْتُ — l-sabtu · "the Sabbath"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اِنَّمَا جُعِلَ السَّبْتُ عَلَى الَّذ۪ينَ اخْتَلَفُوا ف۪يهِۜ وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

Innama juAAila assabtu AAalaallatheena ikhtalafoo feehi wa-inna rabbaka layahkumubaynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehiyakhtalifoon

The Sabbath was only appointed for those who differed concerning it; and thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-124.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** سُبَاتًۭا — subātan · "a rest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ لِبَاساً وَالنَّوْمَ سُبَاتاً وَجَعَلَ النَّهَارَ نُشُوراً

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala lakumuallayla libasan wannawma subatan wajaAAalaannahara nushoora

And He it is that appointed for you the night as a covering, and sleep as a rest, and appointed the day as a resurrection.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-47.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** سُبَاتًۭا — subātan · "(for) rest"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتاًۙ

WajaAAalna nawmakum subata

And We made your sleep rest,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-9.md_

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