Quranic root
ربط
r · b · ṭ
The root centers on tying, fastening, and establishing firmness or stability.
The semantic range develops from physical binding and keeping something fixed to steadiness of heart, persistent stationing, frontier defense, and continued adherence to an undertaking.
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
رَبَطَ
rabaṭa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 3 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To steady or strengthen the heart, inspiring patience and firmness.
Quranic usage occurs in the construction رَبَطَ عَلَى القَلْبِ or رَبَطَ عَلَى القُلُوبِ; the object is the heart or hearts, and the sense is inward strengthening rather than literal tying.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 8:11word 17
“And to strengthen”
Quran 18:14word 1
“And We made firm”
Quran 28:10word 12
“We strengthened”
رَابَطَ
rābaṭa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form III
- Form
- III
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To remain stationed at a frontier against an enemy, with horses kept tied and ready; hence, to persevere in the struggle.
The construction concerns reciprocal or sustained frontier watch and readiness, including the stationing of horsemen or horses at the enemy’s frontier.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:200word 6
“and [be] constant”
To persist steadfastly in religious observance, especially by remaining mindful of prayer or waiting for one prayer after another.
This is a Quran-attested extended interpretation of the command to remain constant; it describes sustained adherence rather than a physical tether.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:200word 6
“and [be] constant”
رِبَاطٌ
ribāṭun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
The tethering and maintenance of horses for readiness and frontier defense.
In the Quranic expression رِبَاطُ الخَيْلِ, the noun may be understood as the act or state of keeping horses tied and prepared.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 8:60word 8
“tethered”
Horses kept tethered or held in readiness for defense.
In the Quranic expression رِبَاطُ الخَيْلِ, the noun is also explained as referring to the horses themselves in their state of preparation.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 8:60word 8
“tethered”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 3:200وَرَابِطُوا۟and [be] constant
- 8:11وَلِيَرْبِطَAnd to strengthen
- 8:60رِّبَاطِtethered
- 18:14وَرَبَطْنَاAnd We made firm
- 28:10رَّبَطْنَاWe strengthened
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 25 Classical meanings
رَبَطَ
To tie, bind, fasten, or make a thing or a beast secure.
The direct physical sense includes tying an animal with a rope so that it does not run away.
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رَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ
To hold back or draw oneself back from someone or something, as though confining or binding oneself.
This is an extended construction with عَلَيْهِ.
- Lane · entry 22202
رَبَطَ جَأْشُهُ
To become strong, firm, and resolute; to restrain oneself and remain patient.
The expression concerns composure and self-restraint in fear or difficulty, including constraining oneself to an affair.
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رِبَاطٌ
A tether, rope, or other implement used to tie or fasten something; also a snare for catching game.
The same noun can denote the binding device itself, including a cord used for an animal or a game trap.
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رِبَاطٌ
A purported enchantment or fascination used to restrain a husband from other women.
This is a colloquial, figurative usage reported as a specialized popular term.
- Lane · entry 22206
رِبَاطٌ
The heart; figuratively, the spirit or vital attachment to the body.
The figurative sense appears in idioms for dying, nearing death, or remaining alive and attached to the body.
- Lane · entry 22206
رِبَاطٌ
A religious house, hospice, or residence for devotees, Sufis, the poor, or students.
This institutional sense is post-classical in the supplied evidence.
- Lane · entry 22206
رَبِيطٌ
Tied, bound, or made fast; especially a horse or similar beast kept tethered and fed.
The adjective can describe an animal held for ordinary keeping or for frontier readiness; this meaning is distinct from the Quranic noun رِبَاطٌ.
- Lane · entry 22207
رِبَاطٌ
An established stock or stud of horses; also a group of horses, traditionally five or more.
This is a Classical usage for a horse establishment or mounted stock, not a restriction on the Quranic occurrence.
- Lane · entry 22207
رَبِيطٌ
A monk or ascetic who restrains himself from worldly pleasures.
This is a figurative characterization based on self-restraint.
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رَبِيطٌ
Dates soaked or moistened with water, especially dried dates treated so as to become like fresh ripe dates.
The term is reported with lexical uncertainty and may be an adventitious form rather than an original derivative of this root.
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رَبَّاطٌ
One who ties bowstrings.
- Lane · entry 22208
رَابِطٌ
A company of warriors or horsemen stationed with their horses at a frontier in readiness for the enemy.
The noun may denote the fighting company itself or a company whose horses are kept tied for frontier duty.
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رَابِطٌ
Strong-hearted, courageous, and restrained from fleeing.
The expression رَابِطُ الجَأْشِ describes courage and firmness of heart.
- Lane · entry 22209
رَابِطٌ
Of a spirit still attached to the body and possessing power or freedom for further good.
This figurative adjective is used of a living person before death, while the spirit remains attached to the body.
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رَابِطَةٌ
A tie, connection, or bond of any kind.
It is synonymous with a تعلق or وصلة in the supplied lexical evidence.
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رَابِطَةٌ
The copula connecting the parts of a proposition.
This is the grammatical extension of the general sense of a connecting tie.
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مَرْبِطٌ
A place where a thing or beast is tied or made fast; a stable.
The term can also denote a place where soldiers keep their horses and maintain a frontier post.
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مِرْبَطَةٌ
A slender plaited thong bound over the pad of a camel saddle.
- Lane · entry 22213
اِرْتَبَطَ
To take a horse for the purpose of tethering it or keeping frontier post.
The construction may describe acquiring or assigning a horse for mounted frontier readiness.
- Lane · entry 22205
اِرْتَبَطَ
To become tied, bound, caught, or entangled.
The expression may specify becoming caught in a rope or other binding medium.
- Lane · entry 22205
اِرْتَبَطَ
To attach oneself or itself to, cling to, or become connected with someone or something.
The figurative extension describes attachment or clinging; a further figurative association with love is reported but not required for the core sense.
- Lane · entry 22205
تَرَابَطَ
For water to remain in a place and not leave or flow out of it.
The supplied example is a tropical usage describing water that stays in one location.
- Lane · entry 22204
مُرْتَبِطٌ
Taking or retaining a number of horses for tethering or frontier post.
The supplied construction refers specifically to horses kept for frontier readiness.
- Lane · entry 22217
مُتَرَابِطٌ
Remaining in a place and not departing; said of water that stays where it is.
This is the participial expression corresponding to water remaining in one location.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
A Lane Quran citation is preserved only as historical lexical evidence; the modern Quran locations used here come from the independent QAC occurrence data.
The Classical dates usage رَبِيطٌ is included as a qualified lexical report because the evidence itself says it may be adventitious.
The packet reports 42 Lane primary source units, while 41 distinct source_unit objects are enumerated; the coverage ledger includes every enumerated unit_id.