Root خ ب ث — A Dictionary of Quranic Verbs

VerbForm Iintransitiveto be vile, foul, worthless

Root: خ ب ث

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَالَّذِي خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًا

“but that which is bad — nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty”

Nounimpure, foul, evil

Root: خ ب ث

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلَّا أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ

“And do not aim toward the defective of it, spending [from that] while you would not take it [yourselves] except with closed eyes”