Root

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س ب ق

VerbForm Itransitivegoverned by إلىPrecede, surpass, to outstrip

سَبَقَ

Root: س ب ق

AR

فلانا إلى الشيءِ وبالشيءِ: تَقَدَّمَ، أَسْرَعَ

UR(supplied)

سبقت لے جانا، آگے بڑھنا

EN

Precede, surpass, to outstrip

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَوْ كَانَ خَيْرًا مَّا سَبَقُونَا إِلَيْهِ

And those who disbelieved say to those who believed, 'If it had been good, they would not have preceded us to it.'

Qurʾān 46:11
VerbForm IIItransitivegoverned by إلىRace with one another, to try to precede, to try to get ahead of s.o.

سَابَقَ

Root: س ب ق

AR

فلانٌ فلانًا إلى الشيءِ: أَسْرَعَ إليهِ

UR(supplied)

ایک دوسرے سے آگے بڑھنے کی کوشش کرنا

EN

Race with one another, to try to precede

Quranic witness · shāhid

سَابِقُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ

Race toward forgiveness from your Lord and a garden whose width is like the width of the heavens and the earth.

Qurʾān 57:21
VerbForm VIIItransitivegoverned by إلىTo try to get ahead of, compete

اِسْتَبَقَ

Root: س ب ق

AR

فلانٌ إلى الشيء: سَابَقَ إليه

UR(supplied)

مقابلہ کرنا، آگے بڑھنے کی کوشش کرنا

EN

To try to get ahead of, compete

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَا آتَاكُمْ فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ

And if Allah had willed, He could have made you one nation, but [He intended] to test you in what He has given you; so race to [all that is] good.

Qurʾān 5:48