Quran glossary · draft

قَبْر، أَقْبَرَ، مَقَابِر

dead-person burial place

A designated place receives and contains a dead person until its occupancy is ended or exposed.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 8

Roots: قبر

Lemmas: قبر · أقبر · مقابر

Forms: قُبُورِ · قَبْرِ · أَقْبَرَ · قُبُورُ · مَقَابِرَ

Occurrence examples (8 of 8)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 8.

9:84

وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُم مَّاتَ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَىٰ قَبْرِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

22:7

وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

35:22

وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَحْيَآءُ وَلَا ٱلْأَمْوَٰتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

60:13

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ قَوْمًا غَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَدْ يَئِسُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَمَا يَئِسَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْقُبُورِ

80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

82:4

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

100:9

أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

102:2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

Where other meanings fail

tomb monument

9:84

وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰٓ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُم مَّاتَ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَىٰ قَبْرِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

Alternative: do not stand over his tomb monument

Research rendering: do not stand over his grave

Possession by the deceased identifies a burial place, while no built monument or architecture is stated.

resurrection

22:7

وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

Alternative: God raises whoever is in the resurrections

Research rendering: God raises whoever is in the graves

The locative container holds the dead whom God raises; resurrection is the separate governing event.

death

80:21

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

Alternative: then He caused him to die and caused him to die

Research rendering: then He caused him to die and consigned him to a grave

The verse coordinates death first and burial-place assignment second as distinct actions.

visit

102:2

حَتَّىٰ زُرْتُمُ ٱلْمَقَابِرَ

Alternative: until you visited the visits

Research rendering: until you visited the burial grounds

Visitation is the governing action and the derived place noun supplies its burial-ground destination.