Root

أ-ب-ي

by·2-b-y

13 occurrences12 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
أَبَىabā13—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with أ-ب-ي more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where أ-ب-ي falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times أ-ب-ي occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 12 of 604 pages (2%)

Densest in juzʾ 16 (3 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 177 pages — pages 428–604, juzʾ 22–30.

Occurrences · 13 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root أ-ب-ي appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root أ-ب-ي (by) occurs 13 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 12 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does أ-ب-ي occur?

12 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from أ-ب-ي (by), out of 13 total occurrences.

What words come from the root أ-ب-ي?

أ-ب-ي (by) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently أَبَى (abā, 13×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.