# Vav-he-Be — وهب (whb)

> Occurs in 25 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to give/grant/bestow, dedicate, offer as a present/gift.
- **Derived forms:** وَهَبَ (22) · وَهَّاب (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَهَبْ — wahab · "and grant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ اِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةًۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Rabbana la tuzigh quloobanabaAAda ith hadaytana wahab lana min ladunkarahmatan innaka anta alwahhab

“Our Lord: make Thou not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us; and bestow Thou upon us mercy from Thyself; Thou art the Bestower.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-8.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْوَهَّابُ — l-wahābu · "(are) the Bestower"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ اِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةًۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Rabbana la tuzigh quloobanabaAAda ith hadaytana wahab lana min ladunkarahmatan innaka anta alwahhab

“Our Lord: make Thou not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us; and bestow Thou upon us mercy from Thyself; Thou art the Bestower.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-8.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 38

- **Form in this verse:** هَبْ — hab · "grant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۚ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ ل۪ي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةًۚ اِنَّكَ سَم۪يعُ الدُّعَٓاءِ

Hunalika daAAa zakariyyarabbahu qala rabbi hab lee min ladunka thurriyyatantayyibatan innaka sameeAAu adduAAa/-

Thereupon Zachariah called to his Lord, saying: “My Lord: give Thou me from Thyself goodly progeny; Thou art the hearer of supplication.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-38.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "And We bestowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُٓ اِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَۜ كُلاًّ هَدَيْنَاۚ وَنُوحاً هَدَيْنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِه۪ دَاوُ۫دَ وَسُلَيْمٰنَ وَاَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسٰى وَهٰرُونَۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۙ

Wawahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba kullan hadayna wanoohan hadaynamin qablu wamin thurriyyatihi dawooda wasulaymanawaayyooba wayoosufa wamoosa waharoona wakathalikanajzee almuhsineen

And We gave him Isaac and Jacob; each We guided; and Noah did We guide before; and of his progeny David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron; and thus We reward the doers of good;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-84.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** وَهَبَ — wahaba · "has granted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي وَهَبَ ل۪ي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ اِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي لَسَم۪يعُ الدُّعَٓاءِ

Alhamdu lillahi allatheewahaba lee AAala alkibari ismaAAeela wa-ishaqainna rabbee lasameeAAu adduAAa/-

“Praise belongs to God who has given me in old age Ishmael and Isaac! My Lord is the hearer of supplication.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-39.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** فَهَبْ — fahab · "So give"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاِنّ۪ي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَٓاء۪ي وَكَانَتِ امْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِراً فَهَبْ ل۪ي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِياًّۚ

Wa-innee khiftu almawaliya min wara-eewakanati imraatee AAaqiran fahab lee min ladunkawaliyya

“But I fear my heirs after me, and my wife is barren, so give Thou me from Thyself an heir

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-5.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** لِأَهَبَ — li-ahaba · "that I (may) bestow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِۗ لِاَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَاماً زَكِياًّ

Qala innama ana rasoolurabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulaman zakiyya

He said: “I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I might give thee a pure lad.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-19.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** وَهَبْنَا — wahabnā · "[and] We bestowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَلَمَّا اعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۙ وَهَبْنَا لَـهُٓ اِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَۜ وَكُلاًّ جَعَلْنَا نَبِياًّ

Falamma iAAtazalahum wamayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi wahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba wakullan jaAAalna nabiyya

So when he had withdrawn from them, and what they served besides God, We gave him Isaac and Jacob; and each We made a prophet.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-49.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "And We bestowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِنَا وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ عَلِياًّ۟

Wawahabna lahum min rahmatinawajaAAalna lahum lisana sidqin AAaliyya

And We gave to them of Our mercy, and We made for them a tongue of truthfulness exalted.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-50.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "And We bestowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ مِنْ رَحْمَتِنَٓا اَخَاهُ هٰرُونَ نَبِياًّ

Wawahabna lahu min rahmatinaakhahu haroona nabiyya

And We gave him, of Our mercy, his brother Aaron, a prophet.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-53.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "And We bestowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَوَهَبْنَا لَـهُٓ اِسْحٰقَۜ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةًۜ وَكُلاًّ جَعَلْنَا صَالِح۪ينَ

Wawahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba nafilatan wakullan jaAAalna saliheen

And We gave him Isaac, and Jacob in addition; and each We made righteous,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-72.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "and We bestowed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۘ وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ يَحْيٰى وَاَصْلَحْنَا لَهُ زَوْجَهُۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَيَدْعُونَنَا رَغَباً وَرَهَباًۜ وَكَانُوا لَنَا خَاشِع۪ينَ

Fastajabna lahu wawahabnalahu yahya waaslahna lahuzawjahu innahum kanoo yusariAAoona fee alkhayratiwayadAAoonana raghaban warahaban wakanoo lanakhashiAAeen

Then We answered him, and gave him John, and made right his wife for him. They competed in good deeds, and called to Us in hope and fear; and they were humble towards Us.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-90.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** هَبْ — hab · "Grant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّـنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ اَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ اَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ اِمَاماً

Wallatheena yaqooloona rabbanahab lana min azwajina wathurriyyatinaqurrata aAAyunin wajAAalna lilmuttaqeena imama

And who say: “Our Lord: give Thou to us from our wives and our progeny a comfort of the eyes, and make Thou us a model for those of prudent fear,”

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

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** فَوَهَبَ — fawahaba · "But granted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَفَرَرْتُ مِنْكُمْ لَمَّا خِفْتُكُمْ فَوَهَبَ ل۪ي رَبّ۪ي حُكْماً وَجَعَلَن۪ي مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

Fafarartu minkum lamma khiftukumfawahaba lee rabbee hukman wajaAAalanee mina almursaleen

“And I fled from you when I feared you. Then my Lord gave me judgment and made me among the emissaries.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-21.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** هَبْ — hab · "Grant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

رَبِّ هَبْ ل۪ي حُكْماً وَاَلْحِقْن۪ي بِالصَّالِح۪ينَۙ

Rabbi hab lee hukman waalhiqneebissaliheen

“My Lord: give Thou me judgment, and join Thou me with the righteous,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-83.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "And We granted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَوَهَبْنَا لَـهُٓ اِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا ف۪ي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ اَجْرَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاِنَّهُ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Wawahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba wajaAAalna fee thurriyyatihi annubuwwatawalkitaba waataynahu ajrahu fee addunyawa-innahu fee al-akhirati lamina assaliheen

And We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and We placed among his progeny prophethood and the Writ. And We gave him his reward in the World, and in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-27.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** وَهَبَتْ — wahabat · "she gives"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اِنَّٓا اَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ اَزْوَاجَكَ الّٰـت۪ٓي اٰتَيْتَ اُجُورَهُنَّ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ يَم۪ينُكَ مِمَّٓا اَفَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمِّكَ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِكَ وَبَنَاتِ خَالَاتِكَ الّٰت۪ي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَۘ وَامْرَاَةً مُؤْمِنَةً اِنْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ اِنْ اَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ اَنْ يَسْتَنْكِحَهَاۗ خَالِصَةً لَكَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَۜ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا فَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ ف۪ٓي اَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا يَكُونَ عَلَيْكَ حَرَجٌۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماً

Ya ayyuha annabiyyuinna ahlalna laka azwajaka allateeatayta ojoorahunna wama malakat yameenuka mimmaafaa Allahu AAalayka wabanati AAammika wabanatiAAammatika wabanati khalika wabanatikhalatika allatee hajarna maAAaka wamraatanmu/minatan in wahabat nafsaha linnabiyyi in aradaannabiyyu an yastankihaha khalisatanlaka min dooni almu/mineena qad AAalimna ma faradnaAAalayhim fee azwajihim wama malakat aymanuhumlikayla yakoona AAalayka harajun wakana Allahughafooran raheema

O Prophet: We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast given their rewards, and those whom thy right hand possesses of what God has bestowed upon thee, and the daughters of thy paternal uncles, and the daughters of thy paternal aunts, and the daughters of thy maternal uncles, and the daughters of thy maternal aunts — who emigrated with thee and is a believing woman — if she give herself to the Prophet (if the Prophet desire to marry her) exclusively for thee and not the believers, (We know what We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess) that there be upon thee no blame; and God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-50.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** هَبْ — hab · "grant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

رَبِّ هَبْ ل۪ي مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

Rabbi hablee mina assaliheen

“My Lord: give Thou me from among the righteous.”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-100.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْوَهَّابِ — l-wahābi · "the Bestower"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَز۪يزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ

Am AAindahum khaza-inu rahmatirabbika alAAazeezi alwahhab

If they have the treasuries of the mercy of thy Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower: —

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-9.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "And We gave"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَوَهَبْنَا لِدَاوُ۫دَ سُلَيْمٰنَۜ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُۜ اِنَّهُٓ  اَوَّابٌۜ

Wawahabna lidawooda sulaymananiAAma alAAabdu innahu awwab

And We gave David Solomon — how excellent a servant! He was one turning in repentance.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-30.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** وَهَبْ — wahab · "and grant"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ ل۪ي وَهَبْ ل۪ي مُلْكاً لَا يَنْبَغ۪ي لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْد۪يۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Qala rabbi ighfir lee wahab leemulkan la yanbaghee li-ahadin min baAAdee innakaanta alwahhab

He said: “My Lord: forgive Thou me, and give Thou me a dominion such as behoves no one after me; Thou art the Bestower!”

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-35.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْوَهَّابُ — l-wahābu · "(are) the Bestower"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

قَالَ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ ل۪ي وَهَبْ ل۪ي مُلْكاً لَا يَنْبَغ۪ي لِاَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْد۪يۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Qala rabbi ighfir lee wahab leemulkan la yanbaghee li-ahadin min baAAdee innakaanta alwahhab

He said: “My Lord: forgive Thou me, and give Thou me a dominion such as behoves no one after me; Thou art the Bestower!”

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-35.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** وَوَهَبْنَا — wawahabnā · "And We granted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُٓ   اَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِنَّا وَذِكْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ

Wawahabna lahu ahlahu wamithlahummaAAahum rahmatan minna wathikrali-olee al-albab

And We gave him his household, and their like with them, as a mercy from Us, and as a reminder for men of understanding.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-43.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** يَهَبُ — yahabu · "He grants"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۜ يَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ اِنَاثاً وَيَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ الذُّكُورَۙ

Lillahi mulku assamawatiwal-ardi yakhluqu ma yashao yahabuliman yashao inathan wayahabu liman yashao aththukoor

To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He wills; He gives to whom He wills females, and He gives to whom He wills males,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-49.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَهَبُ — wayahabu · "and He grants"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِلّٰهِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَٓاءُۜ يَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ اِنَاثاً وَيَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُ الذُّكُورَۙ

Lillahi mulku assamawatiwal-ardi yakhluqu ma yashao yahabuliman yashao inathan wayahabu liman yashao aththukoor

To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He wills; He gives to whom He wills females, and He gives to whom He wills males,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-49.md_

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