# Kh-Ra-Be — خرب (xrb)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be in a state of ruin (said of a place, country, dwelling or abode), state of waste, uninhabited/depopulated/deserted/uncultivated, contrary of flourishing, to steal (theft or robbery), bore/perforate/slit a hole through a thing, corrupt or unsound in religion, contemptable or disgraceful or shameful.
- **Derived forms:** خَرَاب (1) · يُخْرِبُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 114

- **Form in this verse:** خَرَابِهَآ ۚ — kharābihā · "their destruction"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ مَنَعَ مَسَاجِدَ اللّٰهِ اَنْ يُذْكَرَ ف۪يهَا اسْمُهُ وَسَعٰى ف۪ي خَرَابِهَاۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ اَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَٓا اِلَّا خَٓائِف۪ينَۜ لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا خِزْيٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Waman athlamu mimman manaAAamasajida Allahi an yuthkara feehaismuhu wasaAAa fee kharabiha ola-ikama kana lahum an yadkhulooha illa kha-ifeenalahum fee addunya khizyun walahum fee al-akhiratiAAathabun AAatheem

And who is more unjust than he who hinders the places of worship of God, that His name be not mentioned therein, and strives to undermine them? Those: it was not for them to enter them save in fear; they have disgrace in the World, and they have in the Hereafter a great punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-114.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** يُخْرِبُونَ — yukh'ribūna · "they destroyed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَخْرَجَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِاَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِۜ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا وَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ فَاَتٰيهُمُ اللّٰهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا وَقَذَفَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ وَاَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَٓا اُو۬لِي الْاَبْصَارِ

Huwa allathee akhraja allatheenakafaroo min ahli alkitabi min diyarihim li-awwalialhashri ma thanantum an yakhrujoo wathannooannahum maniAAatuhum husoonuhum mina Allahifaatahumu Allahu min haythu lam yahtasiboowaqathafa fee quloobihimu arruAAba yukhriboonabuyootahum bi-aydeehim waaydee almu/mineena faAAtabiroo yaolee al-absar

He it is that turned out those who ignore warning among the doctors of the Law from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would go forth, and they thought that their strongholds would protect them from God; but God came upon them whence they reckoned not, and He hurled terror into their hearts; they ruined their houses with their hands and the hands of the believers. So learn a lesson, O you who have vision!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-2.md_

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