# Kh-Ta-Be — خطب (xTb)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To recite/deliver an exhortation or admonition to the people, ask or demand a woman in marriage, talk/speak/converse or discourse with one, address one face-to-face, accost one with speech or words, consult with one, decide a case/pass sentence/judge with evident demonstration or proof or testimony confirmed by oath, have something within one's reach or power, hold a dialogue, seek or desire to do a thing, give a sermon/speech/oration.
- **Derived forms:** خَاطَبَ (3) · خِطَاب (3) · خَطْب (5) · خِطْبَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 235

- **Form in this verse:** خِطْبَةِ — khiṭ'bati · "marriage proposal"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ ف۪يمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَٓاءِ اَوْ اَكْنَنْتُمْ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِراًّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفاًۜ وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا عُقْدَةَ النِّكَاحِ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ اَجَلَهُۜ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُۚ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Wala junaha AAalaykum feemaAAarradtum bihi min khitbati annisa-iaw aknantum fee anfusikum AAalima Allahu annakum satathkuroonahunnawalakin la tuwaAAidoohunna sirran illaan taqooloo qawlan maAAroofan wala taAAzimoo AAuqdata annikahihatta yablugha alkitabu ajalahu waAAlamooanna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee anfusikum fahtharoohuwaAAlamoo anna Allaha ghafoorun haleem

And you do no wrong in what you intimate to women of proposal, or hide within yourselves; God knows that you will remember them. But make not nor take an oath with them secretly save that you speak a fitting word. And do not decide upon the knot of marriage until the writ reaches its term. And know that God knows what is within your souls, so fear Him. And know that God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-235.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** تُخَـٰطِبْنِى — tukhāṭib'nī · "address Me"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَاطِبْن۪ي فِي الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۚ اِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

WasnaAAi alfulka bi-aAAyuninawawahyina wala tukhatibnee fee allatheenathalamoo innahum mughraqoon

“And make thou the ship under Our eyes and Our instruction; and address thou Me not concerning those who have done wrong; they will be drowned.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-37.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** خَطْبُكُنَّ — khaṭbukunna · "(was) your affair"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ اِذْ رَاوَدْتُنَّ يُوسُفَ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ۜ قُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلّٰهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سُٓوءٍۜ قَالَتِ امْرَاَتُ الْعَز۪يزِ الْـٰٔنَ حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّۘ اَنَا۬ رَاوَدْتُهُ عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ وَاِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

Qala ma khatbukunna ithrawadtunna yoosufa AAan nafsihi qulna hasha lillahima AAalimna AAalayhi min soo-in qalatiimraatu alAAazeezi al-ana hashasa alhaqquana rawadtuhu AAan nafsihi wa-innahu lamina assadiqeen

Said he: “What was the case of you women when you sought to lure Joseph away from his soul?” They said: “God forbid! We know no evil against him.” Said the wife of the Governor: “Now the truth is manifest: I sought to lure him away from his soul, and he speaks the truth.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-51.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** خَطْبُكُمْ — khaṭbukum · "(is) your business"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

Qala fama khatbukumayyuha almursaloon

He said: “Then what is your business, O emissaries?”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-57.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** خَطْبُكَ — khaṭbuka · "(is) your case"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَا سَامِرِيُّ

Qala fama khatbuka yasamiriy

He said: “And what is thy case, O Sāmiriyy?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-95.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** تُخَـٰطِبْنِى — tukhāṭib'nī · "address Me"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِ اَنِ اصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِاَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُۙ فَاسْلُكْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَاَهْلَكَ اِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْۚ وَلَا تُخَاطِبْن۪ي فِي الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُواۚ اِنَّهُمْ مُغْرَقُونَ

Faawhayna ilayhi ani isnaAAialfulka bi-aAAyunina wawahyina fa-ithajaa amruna wafara attannooru faslukfeeha min kullin zawjayni ithnayni waahlaka illaman sabaqa AAalayhi alqawlu minhum wala tukhatibneefee allatheena thalamoo innahum mughraqoon

And We instructed him: “Make thou the ship under Our eyes and Our instruction; then when Our command comes and the oven boils over, load thou therein of each kind two, and thy household save him against whom the word has gone forth among them. And address thou Me not on behalf of those who do wrong; they will be drowned.

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

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** خَاطَبَهُمُ — khāṭabahumu · "address them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of mufa'ale · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَعِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ الَّذ۪ينَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ هَوْناً وَاِذَا خَاطَبَهُمُ الْجَاهِلُونَ قَالُوا سَلَاماً

WaAAibadu arrahmaniallatheena yamshoona AAala al-ardi hawnanwa-itha khatabahumu aljahiloona qaloosalama

And the servants of the Almighty are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the ignorant address them, they speak peace;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-63.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ — khaṭbukumā · "(is the) matter with both of you"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَٓاءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ اُمَّةً مِنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُونَۘ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمُ امْرَاَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِۚ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَاۜ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْق۪ي حَتّٰى يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَٓاءُ وَاَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَب۪يرٌ

Walamma warada maa madyanawajada AAalayhi ommatan mina annasi yasqoonawawajada min doonihimu imraatayni tathoodani qalama khatbukuma qalata lanasqee hatta yusdira arriAAaowaaboona shaykhun kabeer

And when he arrived at the water of Madyan, he found there a community of people watering, and he found besides them two women holding back; he said: “What is your case?” They said: “We do not water until the shepherds drive hence; and our father is a very old man.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-23.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخِطَابِ — l-khiṭābi · "speech"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَشَدَدْنَا مُلْكَهُ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ الْحِكْمَةَ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ

Washadadna mulkahu waataynahualhikmata wafasla alkhitab

And We strengthened his dominion, and gave him wisdom and discernment of speech.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-20.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخِطَابِ — l-khiṭābi · "[the] speech"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ هٰذَٓا اَخ۪ي لَهُ تِسْعٌ وَتِسْعُونَ نَعْجَةً وَلِيَ نَعْجَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ فَقَالَ اَكْفِلْن۪يهَا وَعَزَّن۪ي فِي الْخِطَابِ

Inna hatha akhee lahu tisAAunwatisAAoona naAAjatan waliya naAAjatun wahidatun faqalaakfilneeha waAAazzanee fee alkhitab

“This, my brother, has ninety-nine ewes, and I have one ewe; so he said: ‘Place thou her in my charge’; and he overcame me in speech.”

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-23.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** خَطْبُكُمْ — khaṭbukum · "(is) your mission"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكُمْ اَيُّهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَ

Qala fama khatbukumayyuha almursaloon

He said: “Then what is your business, O emissaries?”

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-31.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** خِطَابًۭا — khiṭāban · "(to) address"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

رَبِّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۙ الرَّحْمٰنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَاباًۙ

Rabbi assamawati wal-ardiwama baynahuma arrahmani layamlikoona minhu khitaba

Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them, the Almighty. They have from Him no power to speak

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-37.md_

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