تَوْب
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Highlights
Present tense
يَتُوبُ
Verbal nouns
تَوْب، تَوْبَة، مَتَاب
Active participle
تَائِب
Passive participle
مَتُوب
تَابَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to repent, to be penitent
فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبۡحَـٰنَكَ تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَAnd when he (Moses) awoke, he said: "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of believers!"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:143
- to accept repentance
Word origin
Denominal verb from تَوْبَة (tawba). Doublet of ثَابَ (ṯāba).
Words from the root ت-و-ب
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تَابَ
· present يَتُوبُ
Form I · The plain action
to repent, to be penitent; to accept repentance
تَوْبَة
مَتَاب
تَائِب
مَتُوب
اِسْتَتَابَ
· present يَسْتَتِيبُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to call on to repent
اِسْتِتَابَة
مُسْتَتِيب
مُسْتَتَاب
تَوَّاب
oft-forgiving
تَابَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | تُبْتُ | أَتُوبُ | أَتُوبَ | أَتُبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | تُبْتَ | تَتُوبُ | تَتُوبَ | تَتُبْ | تُبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | تُبْتِ | تَتُوبِينَ | تَتُوبِي | تَتُوبِي | تُوبِي |
| هُوَ he | تَابَ | يَتُوبُ | يَتُوبَ | يَتُبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | تَابَتْ | تَتُوبُ | تَتُوبَ | تَتُبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | تُبْتُمَا | تَتُوبَانِ | تَتُوبَا | تَتُوبَا | تُوبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | تَابَا | يَتُوبَانِ | يَتُوبَا | يَتُوبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | تَابَتَا | تَتُوبَانِ | تَتُوبَا | تَتُوبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | تُبْنَا | نَتُوبُ | نَتُوبَ | نَتُبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | تُبْتُمْ | تَتُوبُونَ | تَتُوبُوا | تَتُوبُوا | تُوبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | تُبْتُنَّ | تَتُبْنَ | تَتُبْنَ | تَتُبْنَ | تُبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | تَابُوا | يَتُوبُونَ | يَتُوبُوا | يَتُوبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | تُبْنَ | يَتُبْنَ | يَتُبْنَ | يَتُبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | تَوْب، تَوْبَة، مَتَاب |
|---|---|
| Active participle | تَائِب |
| Passive participle | مَتُوب |
تَابَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to repent
فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبۡحَـٰنَكَ تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَAnd when he (Moses) awoke, he said: "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of believers!"609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:143
From a fully vowelled text
فَخَرَجُوا وَصَارُوا يَكْرِزُونَ أَنْ يَتُوبُوا.And they went out, and preached that men should repent.Mark 6:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَائِلاً: «تُوبُوا، لأَنَّهُ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ مَلَكُوتُ السَّماوَاتِ.And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.Matthew 3:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَعْطَيْتُهَا زَمَانًا لِكَيْ تَتُوبَ عَنْ زِنَاهَا وَلَمْ تَتُبْ.And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.Revelation 2:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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