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وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

This word appears in 3 verses across 3 Surahs of the Holy Quran.

Meaning (Urdu)
اور بڑا بننا چاہا
Meaning (English)
and was arrogant
RootEXPLORE
ك ب ر
LemmaEXPLORE
و
First Occurrence
2:34
Last Occurrence
74:23

Morphology

verb
Verb form
X
Tense
Perfect
Voice
Active
Person
3rd person
Gender
masculine
Number
singular
Lemma
اسْتَكْبَرَ
Root
ك ب ر

Segments

وَconjunctionprefix
ٱسْتَكْبَرَverbstem3rd person · masc. · sing.

Conjugation

Form Xlemma و

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Examples (Occurrences)

3
2:34البقرةAl-Baqarah

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

اور جب ہم نے فرشتوں سے کہا کہ آدم کو سجده کرو تو ابلیس کے سوا سب نے سجده کیا۔ اس نے انکار کیا اور تکبر کیا اور وه کافروں میں ہوگیا۔

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

28:39القصصAl-Qasas

وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

اس نے اور اس کے لشکروں نے ناحق طریقے پر ملک میں تکبر کیا اور سمجھ لیا کہ وه ہماری جانب لوٹائے ہی نہ جائیں گے.

And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

74:23المدثرAl-Muddaththir

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ

پھر پیچھے ہٹ گیا اور غرور کیا.

Then he turned back and was arrogant