Quran Dictionary - أ ب ل
Quran Dictionary - أ ب ل
The triliteral root hamza bā lām (أ ب ل) occurs three times in the Quran, in two derived forms:
- once as the adjective abābīl (أَبَابِيل)
- twice as the noun ibil (إِبِل)
The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Adjective - flocks
(105:3:4) abābīla | (in) flocks | وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ |
Noun - camels
(6:144:2) l-ibili | the camels | وَمِنَ الْإِبِلِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ اثْنَيْنِ |
(88:17:4) l-ibili | the camels | أَفَلَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ |
See Also
- Camel - Ontology of Quranic concepts
- Camel - Wikipedia article
- Lane's Lexicon - Classical Arabic dictionary
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