# Te-Be-Be — تبب (tbb)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Suffer loss, diminution, become beaten/trodden/lost, become old, perished, perdition, death, weakened/impaired, to cut-off, curtail, be doomed, destruction/loss/ruin.
- **Derived forms:** تَبَاب (1) · تَبَّ (2) · تَتْبِيب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** تَتْبِيبٍۢ — tatbībin · "ruin"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ ظَلَمُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ فَـمَٓا اَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ اٰلِهَتُهُمُ الَّت۪ي يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ لَمَّا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُ رَبِّكَۜ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْب۪يبٍ

Wama thalamnahumwalakin thalamoo anfusahum famaaghnat AAanhum alihatuhumu allatee yadAAoona min dooni Allahimin shay-in lamma jaa amru rabbika wama zadoohumghayra tatbeeb

And We wronged them not, but they wronged their souls; and their gods to whom they called, besides God, availed them nothing when the command of thy Lord came; and they increased them not save in ruin.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-101.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** تَبَابٍۢ — tabābin · "ruin"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

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_

### 111. Surah Al-Masad, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** تَبَّتْ — tabbat · "Perish"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

تَبَّتْ  يَدَٓا اَب۪ي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّۜ

Tabbat yada abee lahabin watab

Perish the hands of the father of flame, and perish he!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-masad/verse-1.md_

### 111. Surah Al-Masad, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَبَّ — watabba · "and perish he"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

تَبَّتْ  يَدَٓا اَب۪ي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّۜ

Tabbat yada abee lahabin watab

Perish the hands of the father of flame, and perish he!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-masad/verse-1.md_

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