وبق

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of perishing, destruction, and being trapped or held back. It extends to meanings of causing destruction, being humbled, and also acting as a barrier or a place of confinement.

Derived headwords

وَبَقَ الرَّجُلُverb

1.
perished, perishedclassical
The man perished or was destroyed.

يَبِقُverb

1.
perishesclassical
He perishes or is destroyed (present tense of وبق).

وَبْقًاnoun

1.
perishingclassical
The state or act of perishing or being destroyed.

وُبُوقًاnoun

1.
destructionclassical
Destruction or ruin.

اسْتَوْبَقَverb

1.
perishedclassical
He perished or was destroyed.

أَوْبَقَverb

1.
destroyed himclassical
He caused him to perish or be destroyed.
2.
humbled himclassical
He humbled or subjugated him.

المَوْبِقnoun

1.
place of destructionclassical
A place where one perishes or is destroyed; a ruin.
2.
barrierclassical
A barrier or partition that separates two things.
3.
meeting placeclassical
A place of appointment or meeting.
4.
prisonclassical
A place of confinement or imprisonment.

يُوبِقُverb

1.
perishesclassical
He perishes or is destroyed (present tense of وبق).

يُوبِقُهُنَّverb

1.
holds themclassical
He holds them back or confines them (referring to ships and their passengers).

المَوْعِدnoun

1.
appointmentclassical
An appointment or a promised time.

فَوْبَقَverb

1.
perishedclassical
He perished or was destroyed.

مَوْبِقًاnoun

1.
place of destructionclassical
A place of destruction or ruin.
2.
barrierclassical
A barrier or partition.
3.
meeting placeclassical
A place of appointment or meeting.

المَوْعِدُnoun

1.
appointmentclassical
An appointment or a promised time.

وَبِقَتِ الإِبِلُverb

1.
got stuckclassical
The camels got stuck in the mud.

وَبِقَ فِي دِينِهِverb

1.
became entangledclassical
He became entangled or trapped in his debt.

المَوْبِقُ بِذُنُوبِهِnoun

1.
one destroyed by sinsclassical
One who is destroyed because of his sins.

المَوْبِقَاتِnoun

1.
destroying sinsclassical
Sins that lead to destruction.

الغَرَقُ الوَبِقُadjective

1.
perishingclassical
Perishing or destroyed (describing drowning).

المَحْبِسُnoun

1.
prisonclassical
A place of confinement or imprisonment.

أَوْبَقَهُverb

1.
imprisoned himclassical
He imprisoned him or held him captive.

Parallel reading

وبق الرجل يبق وبقا ووبوقا ووبق وبقا واستوبق: هلك، وأوبقه هو؛ وأوبقه أيضا: ذلله.

The man perished, perishing, destruction, and he perished, and he perished, and he perished: he was destroyed, and he destroyed him; and he also destroyed him: he humbled him.

والموبق مفعل منه، كالموعد مفعل من وعد يعد؛ ومنه قوله تعالى: وجعلنا بينهم موبقا ؛ وفيه لغة أخرى: وبق يوبق وبقا: وأوبقه: أهلكه.

And al-mawbiq is a derivative of the pattern maf'al from the root, like al-maw'id is from wa'ada ya'idu. And from it is the saying of Allah the Almighty: 'And We made between them a barrier.' And there is another pronunciation: wa baqa yūbiq waqan: and awbaqahu: he destroyed him.

قال الفراء في قوله: وجعلنا بينهم موبقا ؛ يقول جعلنا تواصلهم في الدنيا موبقا أي مهلكا لهم في الآخرة.

Al-Farra' said regarding His saying: 'And We made between them a barrier'; he says, 'We made their connection in this world a barrier, meaning a destroyer for them in the hereafter.'

وقال ابن الأعرابي: موبقا أي حاجزا؛ وكل حاجز بين شيئين فهو موبق؛

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: mawbiqan meaning a barrier; and every barrier between two things is a mawbiq;

وقال أبو عبيد: الموبق الموعد في قوله وجعلنا بينهم موبقا ؛ واحتج بقوله: وحاد شرورى والستار، فلم يدع ... تعارا له والواديين بموبق معناه بموعد.

And Abu Ubaid said: Al-mawbiq is the appointment in His saying, 'And We made between them a barrier'; and he cited the saying: 'And he turned away from Shurayra and the curtain, and left no... meeting for him between the two valleys at a mawbiq, meaning at an appointment.'

وحكى ابن بري عن السيرافي قال: أي جعلنا تواصلهم في الدنيا مهلكا لهم في الآخرة، فبينهم على هذا مفعول أول لجعلنا لا ظرف،

And Ibn al-Bari narrated from Al-Sirafi, he said: 'Meaning, We made their connection in this world a destroyer for them in the hereafter, so 'between them' in this case is the first object of 'We made' and not an adverb of place.'

وقال أبو عبيد: موبقا موعدا، فبينهم على هذا ظرف.

And Abu Ubaid said: mawbiqan meaning an appointment, so 'between them' in this case is an adverb of place.

الفراء: يقال أوبقت فلانا ذنوبه أي أهلكته فوبق يوبق وبقا وموبقا إذا هلك.

Al-Farra': It is said, 'His sins destroyed him,' meaning they destroyed him, so he perished, perishing, perishing, and mawbiqan if he perished.

وفي نوادر الأعراب: وبقت الإبل في الطين إذا وحلت فنشبت فيه.

And in the rare sayings of the Arabs: The camels perished in the mud when they became bogged down and stuck in it.

ووبق في دينه إذا نشب فيه.

And he perished in his debt if he became entangled in it.

وفي حديث الصراط: ومنهم الموبق بذنوبه أي المهلك.

And in the Hadith of the Sirat: 'And among them is the one destroyed by his sins,' meaning the one who is destroyed.

يقال: أوبقه غيره، فهو موبق.

It is said: Another destroyed him, so he is destroyed.

وفي الحديث: ولو فعل الموبقات أي الذنوب المهلكات.

And in the Hadith: 'And if he committed the mawbiqat,' meaning the destroying sins.

وفي حديث علي: فمنهم الغرق الوبق.

And in the saying of Ali: 'So among them is the perishing drowning.'

والموبق: المحبس. وقد أوبقه أي حبسه.

And al-mawbiq: the prison. And he imprisoned him, meaning he confined him.

وقوله تعالى: أو يوبقهن بما كسبوا ، أي يحبسهن، يعني الفلك وركبانها، فيهلكوا فرقا.

And His saying the Almighty: 'Or He destroys them for what they have earned,' meaning He confines them, referring to the ships and their passengers, so they perish in terror.