وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ
Quran glossary · draft
تبب
decisive ruin
Complete frustration and collapse of an agent, scheme, or supposed source of aid.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4
Roots: تبب
Lemmas: تب · تتبيب · تباب
Forms: تَتْبِيبٍ · تَبَابٍ · تَبَّتْ · تَبَّ
Occurrence examples (4 of 4)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.
أَسْبَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ كَٰذِبًا وَكَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَصُدَّ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلَّا فِى تَبَابٍ
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ
Why this meaning was chosen
The nominal forms characterize false gods' added effect and Pharaoh's scheme as ruin. The paired finite verbs pronounce ruin upon Abu Lahab's hands and upon him personally. Causative intensity, abstract-state morphology, grammatical gender, and number do not alter the consistent endpoint of complete failure.