Quran glossary · draft

خيب

frustrated failure

A course ending in frustrated loss of its intended outcome.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: خيب

Lemmas: خاب · خائب

Forms: خَابَ · خَآئِبِينَ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

3:127

لِيَقْطَعَ طَرَفًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْ يَكْبِتَهُمْ فَيَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَآئِبِينَ

14:15

وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

20:61

قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰ وَيْلَكُمْ لَا تَفْتَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا فَيُسْحِتَكُم بِعَذَابٍ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ

20:111

وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا

91:10

وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا

Why this meaning was chosen

The active participle describes defeated opponents returning without their aim. Form I states the failed outcome of tyranny, fabrication against God, bearing injustice, and corrupting the self. Each occurrence presents a course whose sought success is reversed at judgment or defeat.