Root

ش-ب-ه

shbh·sh-b-h

12 occurrences9 verses4 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
مُتَشابِهmutashābih6—
تَشابَهَtashābaha4—
شُبِّهَshubbiha1—
مُشْتَبِهmushtabih1—

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on ش-ب-ه

The same words as the table above, grouped by the wazn they are built on. Form assignment and counts are read from the morphology; what each form means is classical grammar — a tendency, not a rule, so a given word may sit outside its form’s usual sense.

  1. Form IIفَعَّلَ1×

    often intensive or causative · interpretive

    • شُبِّهَshubbiha1
  2. Form VIتَفَاعَلَ10×

    often mutual, between parties · interpretive

    • مُتَشابِهmutashābih6
    • تَشابَهَtashābaha4
  3. Form VIIIاِفْتَعَلَ1×

    often reflexive — done to or for oneself · interpretive

    • مُشْتَبِهmushtabih1

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ش-ب-ه falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ش-ب-ه 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 9 of 604 pages (1%)

Densest in juzʾ 1 (3 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 209 pages — pages 252–460, juzʾ 13–23.

Occurrences · 12 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 ش-ب-ه appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ش-ب-ه (shbh) occurs 12 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 9 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 ش-ب-ه occur?

9 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ش-ب-ه (shbh), out of 12 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ش-ب-ه?

ش-ب-ه (shbh) yields 4 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently مُتَشابِه (mutashābih, 6×), تَشابَهَ (tashābaha, 4×), شُبِّهَ (shubbiha, 1×), and مُشْتَبِه (mushtabih, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.