# Sin-Ra-Be — سرب (srb)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To flow, to leak, to filter, to pour, to escape secretly, to move in flocks, path, tunnel, shelter, hole, group, detachment
- **Derived forms:** سَارِب (1) · سَرَاب (2) · سَرَب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** وَسَارِبٌۢ — wasāribun · "or goes freely"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

سَوَٓاءٌ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ اَسَرَّ الْقَوْلَ وَمَنْ جَهَرَ بِه۪ وَمَنْ هُوَ مُسْتَخْفٍ بِالَّيْلِ وَسَارِبٌ بِالنَّهَارِ

Sawaon minkum man asarra alqawlawaman jahara bihi waman huwa mustakhfin billayli wasaribunbinnahar

It is the same who among you conceals his speech, and who makes it public; and who hides by night, and goes forth by day;

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-10.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** سَرَبًۭا — saraban · "slipping away"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَب۪يلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَباً

Falamma balagha majmaAAabaynihima nasiya hootahuma fattakhathasabeelahu fee albahri saraba

Then when they reached their meeting between them, they forgot their fish; and it took its path into the sea, tunnelling.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-61.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** كَسَرَابٍۭ — kasarābin · "(are) like a mirage"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِق۪يعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْاٰنُ مَٓاءًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـٔاً وَوَجَدَ اللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفّٰيهُ حِسَابَهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَر۪يعُ الْحِسَابِۙ

Wallatheena kafaroo aAAmaluhumkasarabin biqeeAAatin yahsabuhu aththam-anumaan hatta itha jaahu lamyajidhu shay-an wawajada Allaha AAindahu fawaffahu hisabahuwallahu sareeAAu alhisab

And those who ignore warning, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert: the thirsty one thinks it water; when he has come to it, he finds it nothing, but finds God with him, and He pays his account in full — and God is swift in reckoning —

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-39.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** سَرَابًا — sarāban · "a mirage"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَـكَانَتْ سَرَاباًۜ

Wasuyyirati aljibalu fakanatsaraba

And the mountains are set in motion and become a mirage:

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-20.md_

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