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The root vbr (ث ب ر) occurs 5 times in Quran, in 2 derived forms:
  • 1 times as passive noun mśbwr
  • 4 times as noun śbwr

mśbwr

1

17:102

Answered [Moses]: "Thou knowest well that none but the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth has bestowed these [miraculous signs] from on high, as a means of insight [for thee];* and, verily, O Pharaoh, [since thou hast chosen to reject them;] I think that thou art utterly lost!"

qal lqd Almt ma anzl haalaa ala rb alsmawat walarD bSaar wany laZnk yafrAwn mśbwra

قال لقد علمت ما انزل هؤلاء الا رب السموت والارض بصائر وانى لاظنك يفرعون مثبورا

śbwr

2

25:13

and when they are flung, linked [all] together, into a tight space within, they will pray for extinction there and then!*

waźa alqwa mnha mkana Dyqa mqrnyn dAwa hnalk śbwra

واذا القوا منها مكانا ضيقا مقرنين دعوا هنالك ثبورا

3

25:14

[But they will be told:] “Pray not today for one single extinction, but pray for many extinctions!"*

la tdAwa alywm śbwra waHda wadAwa śbwra kśyra

لا تدعوا اليوم ثبورا وحدا وادعوا ثبورا كثيرا

4

84:11

he will in time pray for utter destruction:

fswf ydAwa śbwra

فسوف يدعوا ثبورا