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قَلَّبُ
Rootق ل ب
English Translationto turn, to alternate
Frequency6
FormII
Surah Al-Kahf (18:18) Quran.com
وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror. (Sahih International)
Surah An-Nur (24:44) Quran.com
يُقَلِّبُ اللَّهُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةً لِأُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ Allah alternates the night and the day. Indeed in that is a lesson for those who have vision. (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Kahf (18:42) Quran.com
وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنْفَقَ فِيهَا And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Ahzab (33:66) Quran.com
يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger." (Sahih International)
Surah Al-Anam (6:110) Quran.com
وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it the first time. And We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly. (Sahih International)
Surah At-Tawbah (9:48) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. قَلَّبُ was only mentioned 6 times in the Quran. لَقَدِ ابْتَغَوُا الْفِتْنَةَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُوا لَكَ الْأُمُورَ They had already desired dissension before and had upset matters for you until the truth came and the ordinance of Allah appeared, while they were averse. (Sahih International)