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Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of returning, especially returning to God in repentance. It also extends to God's returning to His servant with favor and forgiveness, and includes related terms for repentance, the act of repenting, and even a specific place name.

Derived headwords

تَابَverb

1.
to repentboth
To return from sin or disobedience, turning back to God.

تَوْبًاnoun

1.
repentanceboth
The act or state of returning to God from sin.

تَوْبَةًnoun

1.
repentanceboth
The act or state of returning to God from sin.

مَتَابًاnoun

1.
return (from sin)classical
A place or state of returning from sin; a return to obedience.

تَابَةًnoun

1.
repentanceclassical
The act or state of returning to God from sin.

تَتَوُّبَةًnoun

1.
repentanceclassical
The act or state of returning to God from sin.

تَائِبadjective

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repentantboth
One who is returning from sin to obedience.

تَوَّابadjective

1.
very repentantboth
One who repents frequently or is characterized by repentance.
2.
accepting of repentanceboth
Describing God who frequently accepts the repentance of His servants.

تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِverb phrase

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God accepted his repentanceboth
God granted him success in repenting, or turned him from strictness to leniency, or turned to him with His favor and acceptance.

أَحْمَد بْن يَعْقُوب التَّائِبname

1.
Ahmad ibn Ya'qub al-Ta'ibclassical
A prominent early scholar of Quranic recitation.

عَبْد الله بْن أَبِي التَّائِبname

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Abdullah ibn Abi al-Ta'ibclassical
A later scholar of hadith.

تَوْبَةnoun

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Tawbah (place name)classical
A town located near Mosul.

اسْتَتَابَهُverb

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to ask to repentboth
To request or demand that someone repent from their sins.

التَّابُوتnoun

1.
arkboth
A chest or box, often referring to the Ark of the Covenant.

التَّابُوهnoun

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ark (dialectal)classical
A chest or box, a variant pronunciation used by the Ansar tribe.

Parallel reading

تاب إلى الله توبا وتوبة ومتابا وتابة وتتوبة: رجع عن المعصية

He repented to God with repentance, a return, and a turning back from sin.

وهو تائب وتواب

And he is a repentant one and very repentant.

وتاب الله عليه: وفقه للتوبة، أو رجع به من التشديد إلى التخفيف، أو رجع عليه بفضله وقبوله

And God turned to him: He guided him to repentance, or turned him from strictness to leniency, or turned to him with His favor and acceptance.

وهو تواب على عباده

And He is the Ever-Returning (accepting repentance) to His servants.

وأحمد بن يعقوب التائب: مقرئ كبير متقدم

And Ahmad ibn Ya'qub al-Ta'ib: a great, early Quranic reciter.

وعبد الله بن أبي التائب: محدث متأخر

And Abdullah ibn Abi al-Ta'ib: a later hadith scholar.

وتل توبة: ة قرب الموصل

And Tell Tawbah: a town near Mosul.

واستتابه: سأله أن يتوب

And he asked him to repent: he asked him to turn back from sin.

والتابوت: أصله تأبوة، كترقوة، سكنت الواو فانقلبت هاء التأنيث تاء

And the ark: its origin is 'ta'buwah', like 'tarquwah', the 'waw' became quiescent and the feminine 'ha' turned into a 'ta'.

ولغة الأنصار: التابوه بالهاء

And the dialect of the Ansar: 'al-tabuh' with the 'ha'.