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Ba-Waw-Ba
door/gate, place of entrance, mode/manner.
bab
n.m. (pl. abwab)
2:58
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدا ً وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدا ً وَقُولُوا حِطَّة ٌ نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْ وَسَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Wa 'Idh Qulnā Adkhulū Hadhihi Al-Qaryata Fakulū Minhā Ĥaythu Shi'tum Raghadāan Wa Adkhulū Al-Bāba Sujjadāan Wa Qūlū Ĥiţţatun Naghfir Lakum Khaţāyākum Wa Sanazīdu Al-Muĥsinīna
And We said: "Enter this town, and eat from it as you wish bountifully. And enter the passageway by crouching, and say: "Our load is removed," so that your wrongdoings will be forgiven, and We will increase for the good doers."
2:189
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ وَلَيْسَ الْبِرُّ بِأَنْ تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا وَلَكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ اتَّقَى وَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
Yas'alūnaka `Ani Al-'Ahillati Qul Hiya Mawāqītu Lilnnāsi Wa Al-Ĥajji Wa Laysa Al-Birru Bi'an Ta'tū Al-Buyūta Min žuhūrihā Wa Lakinna Al-Birra Mani Attaqá Wa 'Tū Al-Buyūta Min 'Abwābihā Wa Attaqū Allāha La`allakum Tufliĥūna
They ask you regarding the crescent moons, say: "They are a timing mechanism for the people and the Pilgrimage." And piety is not that you would enter a home from its back, but piety is whoever is righteous and comes to the homes from their main doors. And be aware of God that you may succeed.
4:154
وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِمِيثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ ادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدا ً وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ لاَ تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ مِيثَاقاً غَلِيظا ً
Wa Rafa`nā Fawqahumu Aţ-Ţūra Bimīthāqihim Wa Qulnā Lahum Adkhulū Al-Bāba Sujjadāan Wa Qulnā Lahumu Lā Ta`dū Fī As-Sabti Wa 'Akhadhnā Minhum Mīthāqāan Ghalīžāan
And We raised the mount above them by the covenant they took, and We said to them: "Enter the passageway by crouching." And We said to them: "Do not transgress the Sabbath;" and We took from them a solemn covenant.
5:23
قَالَ رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَخَافُونَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا ادْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمُوه ُُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غَالِبُونَ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوا إِنْ كُنتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
Qāla Rajulāni Mina Al-Ladhīna Yakhāfūna 'An`ama Allāhu `Alayhimā Adkhulū `Alayhimu Al-Bāba Fa'idhā Dakhaltumūhu Fa'innakum Ghālibūna Wa `Alá Allāhi Fatawakkalū 'In Kuntum Mu'uminīna
Two men from among those who were fearing, upon whom God had bestowed favor, said: "Enter upon them through the gate, if you enter it then you will be the victors; and put your trust in God if you are believers."
6:44
فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِه ِِ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَة ً فَإِذَا هُمْ مُبْلِسُونَ
Falammā Nasū Mā Dhukkirū Bihi Fataĥnā `Alayhim 'Abwāba Kulli Shay'in Ĥattá 'Idhā Fariĥū Bimā 'Ūtū 'Akhadhnāhum Baghtatan Fa'idhā Hum Mublisūna
So when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We opened for them the gates of all opportunities; and when they were happy with what they were given, We took them suddenly! They were confounded.
7:40
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَنْهَا لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَلاَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ
'Inna Al-Ladhīna Kadhdhabū Bi'āyātinā Wa Astakbarū `Anhā Lā Tufattaĥu Lahum 'Abwābu As-Samā'i Wa Lā Yadkhulūna Al-Jannata Ĥattá Yalija Al-Jamalu Fī Sammi Al-Khiyāţi Wa Kadhalika Najzī Al-Mujrimīna
Those who have denied Our revelations, and became arrogant towards them, the gates of the heavens will not open for them, nor will they enter the Paradise until the camel passes through the eye of a needle. It is such that We recompense the criminals.
7:161
وَإِذْ قِيلَ لَهُمُ اسْكُنُوا هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا حِطَّة ٌ وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدا ً نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطِيئَاتِكُمْ سَنَزِيدُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Wa 'Idh Qīla Lahumu Askunū Hadhihi Al-Qaryata Wa Kulū Minhā Ĥaythu Shi'tum Wa Qūlū Ĥiţţatun Wa Adkhulū Al-Bāba Sujjadāan Naghfir Lakum Khaţī'ātikum Sanazīdu Al-Muĥsinīna
And they were told: "Reside in this town and eat from it as you please, and say: "Our load is removed," and enter the passageway by crouching, We will forgive for you your wrongdoings, and We will increase for the good doers."
12:23
وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا عَنْ نَفْسِه ِِ وَغَلَّقَتِ الأَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ إِنَّه ُُ رَبِّي أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَ إِنَّهُ لاَ يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ
Wa Rāwadat/hu Allatī Huwa Fī Baytihā `An Nafsihi Wa Ghallaqati Al-'Abwāba Wa Qālat Hayta Laka Qāla Ma`ādha Allāhi 'Innahu Rabbī 'Aĥsana Mathwāya 'Innahu Lā Yufliĥu Až-žālimūna
And the woman, in whose house he was staying, attempted to seduce him away from himself. And she closed the doors and said: "I have prepared myself for you." He said: "I seek refuge with God, He is my Lord, He has made good my stay; the wicked do not succeed."
12:25
وَاسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَه ُُ مِنْ دُبُر ٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَى الْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوءا ً إِلاَّ أَنْ يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيم ٌ
Wa Astabaqā Al-Bāba Wa Qaddat Qamīşahu Min Duburin Wa 'Alfayā Sayyidahā Ladá Al-Bābi Qālat Mā Jazā'u Man 'Arāda Bi'ahlika Sū'āan 'Illā 'An Yusjana 'Aw `Adhābun 'Alīmun
And as they rushed towards the door, she tore his shirt from behind; and they found her master at the door. She said: "What is the punishment for he who wanted evil for your family? Is it not that he be imprisoned or punished painfully?"
12:25
وَاسْتَبَقَا الْبَابَ وَقَدَّتْ قَمِيصَه ُُ مِنْ دُبُر ٍ وَأَلْفَيَا سَيِّدَهَا لَدَى الْبَابِ قَالَتْ مَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوءا ً إِلاَّ أَنْ يُسْجَنَ أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيم ٌ
Wa Astabaqā Al-Bāba Wa Qaddat Qamīşahu Min Duburin Wa 'Alfayā Sayyidahā Ladá Al-Bābi Qālat Mā Jazā'u Man 'Arāda Bi'ahlika Sū'āan 'Illā 'An Yusjana 'Aw `Adhābun 'Alīmun
And as they rushed towards the door, she tore his shirt from behind; and they found her master at the door. She said: "What is the punishment for he who wanted evil for your family? Is it not that he be imprisoned or punished painfully?"
12:67
وَقَالَ يَا بَنِيَّ لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مِنْ بَاب ٍ وَاحِد ٍ وَادْخُلُوا مِنْ أَبْوَاب ٍ مُتَفَرِّقَة ٍ وَمَا أُغْنِي عَنكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْء ٍ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلاَّ لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَعَلَيْهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
Wa Qāla Yā Banīya Lā Tadkhulū Min Bābin Wāĥidin Wa Adkhulū Min 'Abwābin Mutafarriqatin Wa Mā 'Ughnī `Ankum Mina Allāhi Min Shay'in 'Ini Al-Ĥukmu 'Illā Lillāhi `Alayhi Tawakkaltu Wa `Alayhi Falyatawakkali Al-Mutawakkilūna
And he said: "My sons, do not enter from one gate, but enter from separate gates; and I cannot avail you anything against God, for the judgment is to God. In Him I place my trust, and in Him those who place their trust should trust."
12:67
وَقَالَ يَا بَنِيَّ لاَ تَدْخُلُوا مِنْ بَاب ٍ وَاحِد ٍ وَادْخُلُوا مِنْ أَبْوَاب ٍ مُتَفَرِّقَة ٍ وَمَا أُغْنِي عَنكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْء ٍ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلاَّ لِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَعَلَيْهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
Wa Qāla Yā Banīya Lā Tadkhulū Min Bābin Wāĥidin Wa Adkhulū Min 'Abwābin Mutafarriqatin Wa Mā 'Ughnī `Ankum Mina Allāhi Min Shay'in 'Ini Al-Ĥukmu 'Illā Lillāhi `Alayhi Tawakkaltu Wa `Alayhi Falyatawakkali Al-Mutawakkilūna
And he said: "My sons, do not enter from one gate, but enter from separate gates; and I cannot avail you anything against God, for the judgment is to God. In Him I place my trust, and in Him those who place their trust should trust."
13:23
جَنَّاتُ عَدْن ٍ يَدْخُلُونَهَا وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ يَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ بَاب ٍ
Jannātu `Adnin Yadkhulūnahā Wa Man Şalaĥa Min 'Ābā'ihim Wa 'Azwājihim Wa Dhurrīyātihim Wa Al-Malā'ikatu Yadkhulūna `Alayhim Min Kulli Bābin
The gardens of delight; which they will enter with those who are good doers from their fathers and their mates and their progeny. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate.
15:14
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابا ً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيه ِِ يَعْرُجُونَ
Wa Law Fataĥnā `Alayhim Bābāan Mina As-Samā'i Fažallū Fīhi Ya`rujūna
And if We opened for them a gate in the heaven and they were to continue ascending into it,
15:44
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَاب ٍ لِكُلِّ بَاب ٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْء ٌ مَقْسُوم ٌ
Lahā Sab`atu 'Abwābin Likulli Bābin Minhum Juz'un Maqsūmun
"It has seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."
15:44
لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَاب ٍ لِكُلِّ بَاب ٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْء ٌ مَقْسُوم ٌ
Lahā Sab`atu 'Abwābin Likulli Bābin Minhum Juz'un Maqsūmun
"It has seven gates, for every gate will be an assigned segment from them."
16:29
فَادْخُلُوا أَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا فَلَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ
Fādkhulū 'Abwāba Jahannama Khālidīna Fīhā Falabi'sa Mathwá Al-Mutakabbirīna
"So enter the gates of Hell, in it you shall reside; such is the abode of the arrogant."
23:77
حَتَّى إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابا ً ذَا عَذَاب ٍ شَدِيد ٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيه ِِ مُبْلِسُونَ
Ĥattá 'Idhā Fataĥnā `Alayhim Bābāan Dhā `Adhābin Shadīdin 'Idhā Hum Fīhi Mublisūna
Until We open for them a door of immense retribution, then they become in sorrow and despair.
38:50
جَنَّاتِ عَدْن ٍ مُفَتَّحَة ً لَهُمُ الأَبْوَابُ
Jannāti `Adnin Mufattaĥatan Lahumu Al-'Abwābu
Gardens of delight, whose gates will be open for them.
39:71
وَسِيقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ زُمَراً حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءُوهَا فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُل ٌ مِنْكُمْ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِ رَبِّكُمْ وَيُنْذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا قَالُوا بَلَى وَلَكِنْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
Wa Sīqa Al-Ladhīna Kafarū 'Ilá Jahannama Zumarāan Ĥattá 'Idhā Jā'ūhā Futiĥat 'Abwābuhā Wa Qāla Lahum Khazanatuhā 'Alam Ya'tikum Rusulun Minkum Yatlūna `Alaykum 'Āyāti Rabbikum Wa Yundhirūnakum Liqā'a Yawmikum Hādhā Qālū Balá Wa Lakin Ĥaqqat Kalimatu Al-`Adhābi `Alá Al-Kāfirīna
And those who rejected will be driven to Hell in groups. When they reach it, and its gates are opened, its guards will say to them: Did you not receive messengers from among you who recited to you the revelations of your Lord, and warned you about meeting this Day? They said: Yes indeed; but the sentence of retribution has come to pass upon the rejecters.
39:72
قِيلَ ادْخُلُوا أَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ
Qīla Adkhulū 'Abwāba Jahannama Khālidīna Fīhā Fabi'sa Mathwá Al-Mutakabbirīna
It was said: Enter the gates of Hell, abiding therein. What a miserable destiny for the arrogant.
39:73
وَسِيقَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ زُمَراً حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءُوهَا وَفُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِدِينَ
Wa Sīqa Al-Ladhīna Attaqaw Rabbahum 'Ilá Al-Jannati Zumarāan Ĥattá 'Idhā Jā'ūhā Wa Futiĥat 'Abwābuhā Wa Qāla Lahum Khazanatuhā Salāmun `Alaykum Ţibtum Fādkhulūhā Khālidīna
And those who reverenced their Lord will be driven to the Paradise in groups. When they reach it, and its gates are opened, its guards will say to them: Peace be upon you. You have done well, so enter to abide herein.
40:76
ادْخُلُوا أَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ
Adkhulū 'Abwāba Jahannama Khālidīna Fīhā Fabi'sa Mathwá Al-Mutakabbirīna
Enter the gates of Hell, abiding therein. What a miserable abode for the arrogant ones.
43:34
وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ أَبْوَابا ً وَسُرُراً عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِئُونَ
Wa Libuyūtihim 'Abwābāan Wa Sururāan `Alayhā Yattaki'ūna
And for their homes, gates, and beds on which they could recline.
54:11
فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاء ٍ مُنْهَمِر ٍ
Fafataĥnā 'Abwāba As-Samā'i Bimā'in Munhamirin
So We opened the gates of the sky with pouring water.
57:13
يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا انْظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ قِيلَ ارْجِعُوا وَرَاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُورا ً فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُور ٍ لَه ُُ بَاب ٌ بَاطِنُه ُُ فِيهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُه ُُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُ
Yawma Yaqūlu Al-Munāfiqūna Wa Al-Munāfiqātu Lilladhīna 'Āmanū Anžurūnā Naqtabis Min Nūrikum Qīla Arji`ū Warā'akum Fāltamisū Nūrāan FaĐuriba Baynahum Bisūrin Lahu Bābun Bāţinuhu Fīhi Ar-Raĥmatu Wa žāhiruhu Min Qibalihi Al-`Adhābu
On that Day, the hypocrite males and the hypocrite females will say to those who believed: Wait for us! Let us absorb some of your light. It will be said: Go back behind you, and seek light. So a barrier will be put forth between them, whose gate separates mercy on the inner side, from retribution on the outer side.
78:19
وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابا ً
Wa Futiĥati As-Samā'u Fakānat 'Abwābāan
And the heaven is opened, so it becomes gates.
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