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The root $hb (ش ه ب) occurs 5 times in Quran, in 2 derived forms:
  • 1 times as noun şhb
  • 4 times as noun şhab

şhb

1

72:8

"'And [so it happened] that we reached out towards heaven:* but we found it filled with mighty guards and flames,*

wana lmsna alsmaa fwjdnaha mlat Hrsa şdyda wşhba

وانا لمسنا السماء فوجدنها ملئت حرسا شديدا وشهبا

şhab

2

15:18

so that anyone who seeks to learn [the unknowable] by stealth is pursued by a flame clear to see.*

ala mn astrq alsmA fatbAh şhab mbyn

الا من استرق السمع فاتبعه شهاب مبين

3

27:7

Lo! [While lost in the desert,] Moses said to his family:* “Behold, I perceive a fire [far away]; I may bring you from there some tiding [as to which way we arc to pursue], or bring you [at least] a burning brand so that you might warm yourselves."

aź qal mwsya lahlh any aanst nara satykm mnha bKbr aw aatykm bşhab qbs lAlkm tSTlwn

اذ قال موسى لاهله انى ءانست نارا ساتيكم منها بخبر او ءاتيكم بشهاب قبس لعلكم تصطلون

4

37:10

but if anyone* does succeed in snatching a glimpse [of such knowledge], he is [henceforth] pursued by a piercing flame.*

ala mn KTf alKTfẗ fatbAh şhab śaqb

الا من خطف الخطفة فاتبعه شهاب ثاقب

5

72:9

notwithstanding that we were established in positions [which we had thought well-suited] to listening to [whatever secrets might be in] it:* and anyone who now [or ever] tries to listen will [likewise] find a flame lying in wait for him!*

wana kna nqAd mnha mqaAd llsmA fmn ystmA alaan yjd lh şhaba rSda

وانا كنا نقعد منها مقعد للسمع فمن يستمع الءان يجد له شهابا رصدا