# Vav-Be-Kaf — وبق (wbq)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To perish/destroy/wreck/ruin, place of destruction, gulf of doom.
- **Derived forms:** مَّوْبِق (1) · يُوبِقْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** مَّوْبِقًۭا — mawbiqan · "a barrier"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَج۪يبُوا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَوْبِقاً

Wayawma yaqoolu nadoo shuraka-iyaallatheena zaAAamtum fadaAAawhum falam yastajeeboo lahumwajaAAalna baynahum mawbiqa

And the day He says: “Call My partners whom you claimed,” then they will call them, but they will not respond to them; and We will make between them a place of ruin.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-52.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** يُوبِقْهُنَّ — yūbiq'hunna · "He could destroy them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا وَيَعْفُ عَنْ كَث۪يرٍۘ

Aw yoobiqhunna bima kasaboo wayaAAfuAAan katheer

Or He wrecks them for what they have earned — but He pardons much —

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-34.md_

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