# Kh-Ye-Be — خيب (xyb)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Fail of attaining a desire or what is sought, to be denied/prohibted/debarred from what one desires or seeks, disappointed or frustrated, suffer loss, habitually unsuccessful.
- **Derived forms:** خَائِبِين (1) · خَابَ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 127

- **Form in this verse:** خَآئِبِينَ — khāibīna · "disappointed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفاً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنْقَلِبُوا خَٓائِب۪ينَ

LiyaqtaAAa tarafan mina allatheenakafaroo aw yakbitahum fayanqaliboo kha-ibeen

“That He might cut off a part of those who ignore warning, or suppress them so they turn back disappointed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-127.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** وَخَابَ — wakhāba · "and disappointed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاسْتَفْتَحُوا وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَن۪يدٍۙ

Wastaftahoo wakhabakullu jabbarin AAaneed

And they sought decision; and every obstinate tyrant failed:

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-15.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** خَابَ — khāba · "he failed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قَالَ لَهُمْ مُوسٰى وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباً فَيُسْحِتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍۚ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرٰى

Qala lahum moosa waylakum lataftaroo AAala Allahi kathiban fayushitakumbiAAathabin waqad khaba mani iftara

Moses said to them: “Woe to you! Invent not a lie against God lest He utterly destroy you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-61.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 111

- **Form in this verse:** خَابَ — khāba · "will have failed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَيِّ الْقَيُّومِۜ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْماً

WaAAanati alwujoohu lilhayyialqayyoomi waqad khaba man hamala thulma

And faces will be humble before the Living, the Eternal. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-111.md_

### 91. Surah Ash-Shams, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** خَابَ — khāba · "he fails"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ دَسّٰيهَاۜ

Waqad khaba man dassaha

And he has failed who buried it

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shams/verse-10.md_

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