# Se-Be-Te — ثبت (vbt)

> Occurs in 18 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be firm/steadfast/constant/established, remain in (a place), preserve in doing, to continue/endure. To strengthen/fasten/consolidate. Steadfastness, stability, firmly planted. Remaining firmly fixed, firm, steadfast. To confirm/establish, steadfast. Confirmation, establishment. To confirm, keep in bonds, confine, restrain (e.g. from doing a deed). To render something true or valid, to declare something obligatory, permanence, certainty, a state of being established.
- **Derived forms:** تَثْبِيت (2) · ثَابِت (2) · ثَبَّتْ (10) · ثُبُوت (1) · يُثْبِتُ (2) · ٱثْبُتُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 250

- **Form in this verse:** وَثَبِّتْ — wathabbit · "and make firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِه۪ قَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْراً وَثَبِّتْ اَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِر۪ينَۜ

Walamma barazoo lijalootawajunoodihi qaloo rabbana afrigh AAalayna sabranwathabbit aqdamana wansurnaAAala alqawmi alkafireen

And when they emerged against Goliath and his forces, they said: “Our Lord: pour Thou out patience upon us, and make Thou firm our feet; and help Thou us against the people of the false claimers of guidance.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-250.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 265

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَثْبِيتًۭا — watathbītan · "and certainty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمُ ابْتِغَٓاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَتَثْب۪يتاً مِنْ اَنْفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍ بِرَبْوَةٍ اَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَاٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَص۪يرٌ

Wamathalu allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumuibtighaa mardati Allahi watathbeetan minanfusihim kamathali jannatin birabwatin asabaha wabilunfaatat okulaha diAAfayni fa-in lam yusibhawabilun fatallun wallahu bimataAAmaloona baseer

And the likeness of those who spend their wealth seeking the pleasure of God and as a confirmation of their souls, is as the likeness of a garden on high ground: a downpour fell upon it, and it yielded double fruit; and if a downpour falls not upon it, then fine rain; and God sees what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-265.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 147

- **Form in this verse:** وَثَبِّتْ — wathabbit · "and make firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَاِسْرَافَنَا ف۪ٓي اَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ اَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Wama kana qawlahum illaan qaloo rabbana ighfir lana thunoobanawa-israfana fee amrina wathabbit aqdamanawansurna AAala alqawmi alkafireen

And their word was only that they said: “Our Lord: forgive Thou us our transgressions, and our excess in our affair, and make Thou firm our feet; and help Thou us against the people of the false claimers of guidance.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-147.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** تَثْبِيتًۭا — tathbītan · "strengthen(ing)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَوْ اَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ اَنِ اقْتُلُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْ اَوِ اخْرُجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِكُمْ مَا فَعَلُوهُ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ مِنْهُمْۜ وَلَوْ اَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوا مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِه۪ لَكَانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْ وَاَشَدَّ تَثْب۪يتاًۙ

Walaw anna katabna AAalayhimani oqtuloo anfusakum awi okhrujoo min diyarikum mafaAAaloohu illa qaleelun minhum walaw annahum faAAaloo mayooAAathoona bihi lakana khayran lahumwaashadda tathbeeta

And had We prescribed for them: “Kill yourselves,” or: “Go forth from your homes,” there would have done it only a few among them; and had they done what they were exhorted, it would have been better for them and a stronger confirmation,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-66.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُثَبِّتَ — wayuthabbita · "and make firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اِذْ يُغَشّ۪يكُمُ النُّعَاسَ اَمَنَةً مِنْهُ وَيُنَزِّلُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ بِه۪ وَيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمْ رِجْزَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيَرْبِطَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتَ بِهِ الْاَقْدَامَۜ

Ith yughashsheekumu annuAAasaamanatan minhu wayunazzilu AAalaykum mina assama-imaan liyutahhirakum bihi wayuthhiba AAankumrijza ashshaytani waliyarbita AAalaquloobikum wayuthabbita bihi al-aqdam

When He made slumber overcome you as security from Him, and sent down upon you water from the sky that He might purify you thereby, and to remove from you the scourge of the satan, and to fortify your hearts, and make firm thereby your feet.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-11.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** فَثَبِّتُوا۟ — fathabbitū · "so strengthen"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

اِذْ يُوح۪ي رَبُّكَ اِلَى الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اَنّ۪ي مَعَكُمْ فَثَبِّتُوا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُواۜ سَاُلْق۪ي ف۪ي قُلُوبِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا الرُّعْبَ فَاضْرِبُوا فَوْقَ الْاَعْنَاقِ وَاضْرِبُوا مِنْهُمْ كُلَّ بَنَانٍۜ

Ith yoohee rabbuka ilaalmala-ikati annee maAAakum fathabbitoo allatheena amanoosaolqee fee quloobi allatheena kafaroo arruAAba fadriboofawqa al-aAAnaqi wadriboo minhum kulla banan

When thy Lord instructed the angels: “I am with you; so make firm those who heed warning. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who ignore warning, so strike above the necks, and strike from them every fingertip!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-12.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُثْبِتُوكَ — liyuth'bitūka · "that they restrain you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ اَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ اَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَۜ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللّٰهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِر۪ينَ

Wa-ith yamkuru bika allatheenakafaroo liyuthbitooka aw yaqtulooka aw yukhrijooka wayamkuroonawayamkuru Allahu wallahu khayru almakireen

And when those who ignore warning schemed against thee, to restrain thee, or to kill thee, or to drive thee out; and they scheme, and God schemes, and God is the best of schemers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-30.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱثْبُتُوا۟ — fa-uth'butū · "then be firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا لَق۪يتُمْ فِئَةً فَاثْبُتُوا وَاذْكُرُوا اللّٰهَ كَث۪يراً لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَۚ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha laqeetum fi-atan fathbutoo wathkurooAllaha katheeran laAAallakum tuflihoon

O you who heed warning: when you meet a company, stand firm and remember God much, that you might be successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-45.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 120

- **Form in this verse:** نُثَبِّتُ — nuthabbitu · "We may make firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَكُلاًّ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ اَنْبَٓاءِ الرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِه۪ فُؤٰادَكَۚ وَجَٓاءَكَ ف۪ي هٰذِهِ الْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌ وَذِكْرٰى لِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wakullan naqussu AAalayka min anba-iarrusuli ma nuthabbitu bihi fu-adaka wajaakafee hathihi alhaqqu wamawAAithatun wathikralilmu/mineen

And all We relate to thee from the reports of the messengers is that whereby We make firm thy heart. And there has come to thee in this the truth, and an admonition, and a reminder for the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-120.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُثْبِتُ ۖ — wayuth'bitu · "and confirms"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَمْحُوا اللّٰهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ وَيُثْبِتُۚ وَعِنْدَهُٓ اُمُّ الْكِتَابِ

Yamhoo Allahu ma yashaowayuthbitu waAAindahu ommu alkitab

God eliminates what He wills, and He confirms; and with Him is the foundation of the Writ.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-39.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** ثَابِتٌۭ — thābitun · "(is) firm"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ اَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِۙ

Alam tara kayfa daraba Allahumathalan kalimatan tayyibatan kashajaratin tayyibatinasluha thabitun wafarAAuha fee assama/-

Hast thou not considered how God struck a similitude? A good word is like a good tree: its root firm, and its branches in the sky.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-24.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** يُثَبِّتُ — yuthabbitu · "Allah keeps firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يُثَبِّتُ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَيُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللّٰهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ۟

Yuthabbitu Allahu allatheena amanoobilqawli aththabiti fee alhayatiaddunya wafee al-akhirati wayudilluAllahu aththalimeenawayafAAalu Allahu ma yasha/

God strengthens those who heed warning with a firm word in the life of this world and in the Hereafter. And God sends astray the wrongdoers; and God does what He wills.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-27.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلثَّابِتِ — l-thābiti · "with the firm word"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case

يُثَبِّتُ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَيُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ وَيَفْعَلُ اللّٰهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ۟

Yuthabbitu Allahu allatheena amanoobilqawli aththabiti fee alhayatiaddunya wafee al-akhirati wayudilluAllahu aththalimeenawayafAAalu Allahu ma yasha/

God strengthens those who heed warning with a firm word in the life of this world and in the Hereafter. And God sends astray the wrongdoers; and God does what He wills.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-27.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** ثُبُوتِهَا — thubūtihā · "it is firmly planted"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّٓوءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۚ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Wala tattakhithoo aymanakumdakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baAAda thubootiha watathooqooassoo-a bima sadadtum AAan sabeeli Allahiwalakum AAathabun AAatheem

And take not your oaths as a deception between you lest a foot slip after its being firm and you taste evil for turning away from the path of God, and for you there be a great punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-94.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** لِيُثَبِّتَ — liyuthabbita · "to make firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

قُلْ نَزَّلَهُ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مِنْ رَبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَهُدًى وَبُشْرٰى لِلْمُسْلِم۪ينَ

Qul nazzalahu roohu alqudusi minrabbika bilhaqqi liyuthabbita allatheena amanoowahudan wabushra lilmuslimeen

Say thou: “The Spirit of Holiness brought it down from thy Lord in truth, that it might strengthen those who heed warning, and as guidance and glad tidings for those submitting.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-102.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** ثَبَّتْنَـٰكَ — thabbatnāka · "We (had) strengthened you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ اِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـٔاً قَل۪يلاًۗ

Walawla an thabbatnaka laqadkidta tarkanu ilayhim shay-an qaleela

And were it not that We had made thee firm, thou wouldst have relied upon them a little,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-74.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** لِنُثَبِّتَ — linuthabbita · "that We may strengthen"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْاٰنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةًۚ كَذٰلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِه۪ فُؤٰادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْت۪يلاً

Waqala allatheena kafaroo lawlanuzzila AAalayhi alqur-anu jumlatan wahidatan kathalikalinuthabbita bihi fu-adaka warattalnahu tarteela

And those who ignore warning say: “Oh, that the Qur’an were but sent down upon him all at once!” Thus — that We might strengthen thy heart thereby; and We have recited it distinctly.

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

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** وَيُثَبِّتْ — wayuthabbit · "and make firm"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللّٰهَ يَنْصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ اَقْدَامَكُمْ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooin tansuroo Allaha yansurkum wayuthabbit aqdamakum

O you who heed warning: if you help God, He will help you and make firm your feet.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-7.md_

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