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verb
غَلَبُ
Rootغ ل ب
English Translationto overcome, to defeat
Frequency15
FormI
Surah Al-Mujadila (58:21) Quran.com
كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَأَغْلِبَنَّ أَنَا وَرُسُلِي Allah has written, "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers." Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might. (Sahih International)
Surah Fussilat (41:26) Quran.com
لَا تَسْمَعُوا لِهَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ وَالْغَوْا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَغْلِبُونَ And those who disbelieve say, "Do not listen to this Qur'an and speak noisily during [the recitation of] it that perhaps you will overcome." (Sahih International)
Surah Ar-Rum (30:3) Quran.com
فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome. (Sahih International)
Surah Ar-Rum (30:2) Quran.com
غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ The Byzantines have been defeated (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Araf (7:119) Quran.com
فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانْقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ And Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased. (Sahih International)
Surah An-Nisa (4:74) Quran.com
وَمَنْ يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَوْ يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا So let those fight in the cause of Allah who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter. And he who fights in the cause of Allah and is killed or achieves victory - We will bestow upon him a great reward. (Sahih International)
Surah Aal-E-Imran (3:12) Quran.com
قُلْ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَتُغْلَبُونَ وَتُحْشَرُونَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ Say to those who disbelieve, "You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Anfal (8:36) Quran.com
فَسَيُنْفِقُونَهَا ثُمَّ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسْرَةً ثُمَّ يُغْلَبُونَ Indeed, those who disbelieve spend their wealth to avert [people] from the way of Allah. So they will spend it; then it will be for them a [source of] regret; then they will be overcome. And those who have disbelieved - unto Hell they will be gathered. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:249) Quran.com
كَمْ مِنْ فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ And when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allah will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me, excepting one who takes [from it] in the hollow of his hand." But they drank from it, except a [very] few of them. Then when he had crossed it along with those who believed with him, they said, "There is no power for us today against Goliath and his soldiers." But those who were certain that they would meet Allah said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Muminun (23:106) Quran.com
قَالُوا رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَالِّينَ They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:21) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. غَلَبُ was only mentioned 15 times in the Quran. قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَسْجِدًا And similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allah is truth and that of the Hour there is no doubt. [That was] when they disputed among themselves about their affair and [then] said, "Construct over them a structure. Their Lord is most knowing about them." Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid." (Sahih International)