# Vav-Be-Lam — وبل (wbl)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to pour forth, rain to in large drops, pursue eagerly
- **Derived forms:** وَابِل (3) · وَبَال (4) · وَبِيل (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 264

- **Form in this verse:** وَابِلٌۭ — wābilun · "heavy rain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْاَذٰىۙ كَالَّذ۪ي يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۜ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَاَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْداًۜ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُواۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tubtiloo sadaqatikum bilmanniwal-atha kallathee yunfiqu malahuri-aa annasi wala yu/minu billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri famathaluhu kamathali safwaninAAalayhi turabun faasabahu wabilunfatarakahu saldan la yaqdiroona AAalashay-in mimma kasaboo wallahu layahdee alqawma alkafireen

O you who heed warning: make not your charity vain through condescension and hindrance, like one who spends his wealth to be seen of men and believes not in God and the Last Day. And his likeness is as the likeness of a rock whereon is dust: a downpour fell upon it leaving it bare; they possess nothing from what they have earned; and God guides not the people of the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-264.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** وَابِلٌۭ — wābilun · "heavy rain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative 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_

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

- **Form in this verse:** وَابِلٌۭ — wābilun · "heavy rain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative 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_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَالَ — wabāla · "(the) consequence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّيْدَ وَاَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌۜ وَمَنْ قَتَلَهُ مِنْكُمْ مُتَعَمِّداً فَجَزَٓاءٌ مِثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِه۪ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِنْكُمْ هَدْياً بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ اَوْ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَاك۪ينَ اَوْ عَدْلُ ذٰلِكَ صِيَاماً لِيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ اَمْرِه۪ۜ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَۜ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَز۪يزٌ ذُوانْتِقَامٍ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqtuloo assayda waantum hurumunwaman qatalahu minkum mutaAAammidan fajazaon mithlu maqatala mina annaAAami yahkumu bihi thawaAAadlin minkum hadyan baligha alkaAAbati aw kaffaratuntaAAamu masakeena aw AAadlu thalika siyamanliyathooqa wabala amrihi AAafa AllahuAAamma salafa waman AAada fayantaqimu Allahuminhu wallahu AAazeezun thoo intiqam

O you who heed warning: kill no game when you are forbidden; and whoso of you kills it intentionally: the payment is the like of what he killed from grazing livestock. Let judge it two just men from among you by an offering reaching the kaʿba, or expiation: feeding needy persons or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he might taste the evil consequence of his deed. God has pardoned what is past; but whoso returns, God will take vengeance on him; and God is exalted in might and vengeful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-95.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَالَ — wabāla · "(the) evil result"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

كَمَثَلِ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ قَر۪يباً ذَاقُوا وَبَالَ اَمْرِهِمْۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌۚ

Kamathali allatheena min qablihimqareeban thaqoo wabala amrihim walahum AAathabunaleem

As the likeness of those shortly before them: — they tasted the evil consequence of their affair, and they have a painful punishment;

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

### 64. Surah At-Taghabun, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَالَ — wabāla · "(the bad) consequence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا الَّذ۪ينَ كَـفَرُوا مِنْ قَبْلُۘ فَذَاقُوا وَبَالَ اَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Alam ya/tikum nabao allatheena kafaroomin qablu fathaqoo wabala amrihim walahum AAathabunaleem

Has not the report reached you of those who ignored warning before? Then they tasted the evil consequence of their affair; and they will have a painful punishment,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-taghabun/verse-5.md_

### 65. Surah At-Talaq, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** وَبَالَ — wabāla · "(the bad) consequence"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَذَاقَتْ وَبَالَ اَمْرِهَا وَكَانَ عَاقِبَةُ اَمْرِهَا خُسْراً

Fathaqat wabala amrihawakana AAaqibatu amriha khusra

So it tasted the evil consequences of its affair, and the final outcome of its affair was loss.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-talaq/verse-9.md_

### 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** وَبِيلًۭا — wabīlan · "ruinous"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

فَعَصٰى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَاَخَذْنَاهُ اَخْذاً وَب۪يلاً

FaAAasa firAAawnu arrasoolafaakhathnahu akhthan wabeela

But Pharaoh opposed the Messenger, so We seized him with a calamitous grip.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-16.md_

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