| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 25 (2:25:24) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is Gardens, beneath which rivers flow. Every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: "Why, this is what we were fed with before," for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy)(44); and they abide therein (forever).* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 89 (2:89:12) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And when there comes to them a Book(94) from Allah, confirming what is with them,- although from of old they had prayed for victory against those without Faith,- when there comes to them that which they (should) have recognised, they refuse to believe in it but the curse of Allah is on those without Faith.* | |||||
| 3 | Al-Baqarah Verse 91 (2:91:27) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah Hath sent down, "they say, "We believe in what was sent down to us:" yet they reject all besides, even if it be Truth confirming what is with them. Say: "Why then have ye slain the prophets of Allah in times gone by, if ye did indeed believe(96)?"* | |||||
| 4 | Ali 'Imran Verse 4 (3:4:2) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before (this) | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Then those who reject Faith in the Signs of Allah will suffer the severest penalty, and Allah is Exalted in Might, Lord of Retribution. | |||||
| 5 | Ali 'Imran Verse 164 (3:164:22) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before (that) | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah did confer a great favour on the believers(473) when He sent among them a messenger from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the Signs of Allah, sanctifying them, and instructing them in Scripture and Wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error.* | |||||
| 6 | An-Nisa Verse 94 (4:94:30) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | O ye who believe! When ye go abroad(613) in the cause of Allah, investigate carefully, and say not to any one who offers you a salutation: "Thou art none of a believer!" Coveting the perishable goods of this life: with Allah are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves before, till Allah conferred on you His favours: Therefore carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do.* | |||||
| 7 | An-Nisa Verse 164 (4:164:6) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Of some messengers We have already told thee the story; of others We have not;- and to Moses Allah spoke direct;-(670)* | |||||
| 8 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 59 (5:59:18) | قَبْلُۙ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that hath come to us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are rebellious and disobedient?(769)"* | |||||
| 9 | Al-Ma'idah Verse 77 (5:77:18) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say: "O people of the Book! exceed not in your religion(785) the bounds (of what is proper), trespassing beyond the truth, nor follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone by,- who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the even way.* | |||||
| 10 | Al-An'am Verse 158 (6:158:28) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Are they waiting to see if the angels come to them, or thy Lord (Himself), or certain of the signs of thy Lord! the day that certain of the signs of thy Lord do come, no good will it do to a soul(983) to believe in them then if it believed not before nor earned righteousness through its faith. Say: "Wait ye: we too are waiting."(984)* | |||||
| 11 | Al-A'raf Verse 53 (7:53:12) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Do they just wait for the final fulfilment(1030) of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.* | |||||
| 12 | Al-A'raf Verse 155 (7:155:0) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And Moses chose seventy(1121) of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with violent quaking,(1122) he prayed: "O my Lord! if it had been Thy will Thou couldst have destroyed, long before, both them and me: wouldst Thou destroy us for the deeds of the foolish ones among us? This is no more than(1123) Thy trial: by it Thou causest whom Thou wilt to stray,(1124) and Thou leadest whom Thou wilt into the right path. Thou art our Protector: so forgive us and give us Thy mercy; for Thou art the best of those who forgive.* | |||||
| 13 | Al-A'raf Verse 173 (7:173:0) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before (us) | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile?"(1148)* | |||||
| 14 | Al-Anfal Verse 71 (8:71:0) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But if they have treacherous designs against thee, (O Messenger.), they have already been in treason against Allah,(1238) and so hath He given (thee) power over them. And Allah so He Who hath (full) knowledge and wisdom.* | |||||
| 15 | At-Tawbah Verse 48 (9:48:0) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Indeed they had plotted sedition before, and upset matters for thee, until,- the Truth arrived, and the Decree of Allah became manifest much to their disgust.(1311)* | |||||
| 16 | At-Tawbah Verse 50 (9:50:0) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If good befalls thee, it grieves them; but if a misfortune befalls thee, they say, "We took indeed our precautions beforehand," and they turn away rejoicing. | |||||
| 17 | Yunus Verse 91 (10:91:0) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)! | |||||
| 18 | Hud Verse 78 (11:78:6) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | and before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here are my daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)!(1575) Now fear Allah, and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?"* | |||||
| 19 | Yusuf Verse 6 (12:6:19) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Thus will thy Lord choose thee and teach thee the interpretation of stories(1636) (and events) and perfect His favour to thee and to the posterity of Jacob - even as He perfected it to thy fathers Abraham and Isaac aforetime! for Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom."(1637)* | |||||
| 20 | Yusuf Verse 80 (12:80:19) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | and before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Now when they saw no hope of his (yielding), they held a conference in private. The leader among them said:(1752) "Know ye not that your father did take an oath from you in Allah's name, and how, before this, ye did fail in your duty with Joseph? Therefore will I not leave this land until my father permits me, or Allah(1753) commands me; and He is the best to command.* | |||||
| 21 | Yusuf Verse 100 (12:100:15) | قَبْلُۘ | قبل | kablu | (of) before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And he raised his parents high on the throne (of dignity),(1779) and they fell down in prostration, (all) before him.(1779-A) He said: "O my father! this is the fulfilment of my vision of old! Allah hath made it come true! He was indeed good to me when He took me out of prison and brought you (all here)(1780) out of the desert, (even) after Satan had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Verily my Lord understandeth best the mysteries of all that He planneth to do, for verily He is full of knowledge and wisdom.* | |||||
| 22 | Ibrahim Verse 44 (14:44:22) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them: then will the wrong-doers say: "Our Lord! respite us (if only) for a short term: we will answer Thy call, and follow the messengers!" "What! were ye not wont to swear aforetime that ye should suffer no decline?(1924)* | |||||
| 23 | Al-Hijr Verse 27 (15:27:4) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And the Jinn race, We had created before, from the fire of a scorching wind.(1967)* | |||||
| 24 | Maryam Verse 7 (19:7:12) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (His prayer was answered): "O Zakariya! We give thee good news of a son: His name shall be Yahya: on none by that name have We conferred distinction before."(2461)* | |||||
| 25 | Maryam Verse 9 (19:9:11) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | He said: "So (it will be):(2462) Thy Lord saith, ´That is easy for Me: I did indeed create thee before, when thou hadst been nothing!´"(2463)* | |||||
| 26 | Maryam Verse 67 (19:67:7) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing? | |||||
| 27 | Ta-Ha Verse 90 (20:90:6) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Aaron had already, before this said to them: "O my people! ye are being tested in this:(2613) for verily your Lord is ((Allah)) Most Gracious; so follow me and obey my command."(2614)* | |||||
| 28 | Ta-Ha Verse 115 (20:115:6) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We had already, beforehand,(2640) taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve.* | |||||
| 29 | Al-Anbiya Verse 51 (21:51:6) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude(2712) of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.(2713)* | |||||
| 30 | Al-Anbiya Verse 76 (21:76:5) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | (Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime:(2730-A) We listened to his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.(2731)* | |||||
| 31 | Al-Hajj Verse 78 (22:78:22) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity and under discipline).(2861) He has chosen you, and has imposed no difficulties on you(2862) in religion; it is the cult of your father Abraham. It is He Who has named you Muslims, both before(2863) and in this (Revelation); that the Messenger may be a witness for you, and ye be witnesses for mankind!(2864) So establish regular Prayer, give regular Charity, and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protector - the Best to protect and the Best to help!* | |||||
| 32 | Al-Mu'minun Verse 83 (23:83:7) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Such things have been promised to us and to our fathers before! they are nothing but tales of the ancients!" | |||||
| 33 | An-Naml Verse 68 (27:68:7) | قَبْلُۙ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "It is true we were promised this,- we and our fathers before (us): these are nothing but tales of the ancients." | |||||
| 34 | Al-Qasas Verse 12 (28:12:5) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And we ordained that he refused suck at first, until (His sister came up and) said: "Shall I point out to you the people of a house that will nourish and bring him up for you(3338) and be sincerely attached to him?"...* | |||||
| 35 | Ar-Rum Verse 4 (30:4:7) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Within a few years.(3507) With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-(3508)* | |||||
| 36 | Al-Ahzab Verse 15 (33:15:6) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And yet they had already covenanted with Allah not to turn their backs, and a covenant(3686) with Allah must (surely) be answered for.* | |||||
| 37 | Al-Ahzab Verse 38 (33:38:17) | قَبْلُۜ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | There can be no difficulty to the Prophet in what Allah has indicated to him(3727) as a duty. It was the practice (approved) of Allah amongst those of old that have passed away,(3728) And the command of Allah is a decree determined.(3729)* | |||||
| 38 | Az-Zumar Verse 8 (39:8:20) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | When some trouble toucheth man,(4256) he crieth unto his Lord, turning to Him in repentance: but when He bestoweth a favour upon him as from Himself, (man) doth forget what he cried and prayed for before, and he doth set up rivals unto Allah, thus misleading others from Allah.s Path. Say, "Enjoy thy blasphemy(4257) for a little while: verily thou art (one) of the Companions of the Fire!"* | |||||
| 39 | Ghafir Verse 34 (40:34:5) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "And to you there came Joseph in times gone by,(4405) with Clear Signs, but ye ceased not to doubt of the (Mission) for which he had come: At length, when he died, ye said: ´No messenger will Allah send(4406) after him.´ thus doth Allah leave to stray such as transgress and live in doubt,-* | |||||
| 40 | Ghafir Verse 74 (40:74:12) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "In derogation of Allah." They will reply: "They have(4450) left us in the lurch: Nay, we invoked not, of old, anything (that had real existence)." Thus does Allah leave the Unbelievers to stray.* | |||||
| 41 | Al-Fath Verse 16 (48:16:25) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Say to the desert Arabs(4887) who lagged behind: "Ye shall be summoned (to fight) against a people given to(4888) vehement war: then shall ye fight, or they shall submit.(4889) Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you a goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you with a grievous Penalty."* | |||||
| 42 | At-Tur Verse 26 (52:26:4) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | They will say: "Aforetime, we were not without fear for the sake of our people.(5060)* | |||||
| 43 | At-Tur Verse 28 (52:28:4) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | "Truly, we did call unto Him from of old: truly it is He, the Beneficent, the Merciful!"(5062)* | |||||
| 44 | Al-Hadid Verse 16 (57:16:20) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Has not the time arrived(5295) for the Believers that their hearts in all humility should engage in the remembrance of Allah and of the Truth which has been revealed (to them), and that they should not become like those to whom was given Revelation aforetime,(5296) but long ages passed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are rebellious transgressors.* | |||||
| 45 | Al-Jumu'ah Verse 2 (62:2:18) | قَبْلُ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | It is He Who has sent amongst the Unlettered(5451) a messenger from among themselves, to rehearse to them His Signs,(5452) to sanctify them, and to instruct them in Scripture(5453) and Wisdom,- although(5454) they had been, before, in manifest error;-* | |||||
| 46 | At-Taghabun Verse 5 (64:5:7) | قَبْلُۘ | قبل | kablu | before | ق ب ل |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Has not the story reached you, of those who rejected Faith aforetime? So they tasted the evil result of their conduct;(5484) and they had a grievous Penalty.* | |||||