غيبة
See also: غیبه
Arabic
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ɣaj.ba/
Noun
غَيْبَة • (ḡayba) f (plural غَيْبَات (ḡaybāt))
- verbal noun of غَابَ (ḡāba)
- instance noun of غَابَ (ḡāba)
- occultation
- (grammar) third person
- a. 928 CE, Ibn as-Sarrāj an-Naḥwiyy al-Baḡdādiyy, edited by ʕAbd al-Ḥusayn al-Fatliyy, الأصول في النحو, 3rd edition, Beirut: Muʔassasat ar-Risālah, published 1996:
- وَأَمَّا السَّبَبُ الَّذِي أَوْجَبَ بِنَاءَ الِٱسْمِ المُفْرَدِ فَوُقُوعُهُ مَوْقِعَ غَيْرِ المُتَمَكِّنِ، أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ مَوْقِعَ المُضْمَرَةِ وَالمَكْنِيَّاتِ؟ وَالأَسْمَاءُ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَتْ لِلْغَيْبَةِ
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Declension
Declension of noun غَيْبَة (ḡayba)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | غَيْبَة ḡayba |
الْغَيْبَة al-ḡayba |
غَيْبَة ḡaybat |
| Nominative | غَيْبَةٌ ḡaybatun |
الْغَيْبَةُ al-ḡaybatu |
غَيْبَةُ ḡaybatu |
| Accusative | غَيْبَةً ḡaybatan |
الْغَيْبَةَ al-ḡaybata |
غَيْبَةَ ḡaybata |
| Genitive | غَيْبَةٍ ḡaybatin |
الْغَيْبَةِ al-ḡaybati |
غَيْبَةِ ḡaybati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | غَيْبَتَيْن ḡaybatayn |
الْغَيْبَتَيْن al-ḡaybatayn |
غَيْبَتَيْ ḡaybatay |
| Nominative | غَيْبَتَانِ ḡaybatāni |
الْغَيْبَتَانِ al-ḡaybatāni |
غَيْبَتَا ḡaybatā |
| Accusative | غَيْبَتَيْنِ ḡaybatayni |
الْغَيْبَتَيْنِ al-ḡaybatayni |
غَيْبَتَيْ ḡaybatay |
| Genitive | غَيْبَتَيْنِ ḡaybatayni |
الْغَيْبَتَيْنِ al-ḡaybatayni |
غَيْبَتَيْ ḡaybatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | غَيْبَات ḡaybāt |
الْغَيْبَات al-ḡaybāt |
غَيْبَات ḡaybāt |
| Nominative | غَيْبَاتٌ ḡaybātun |
الْغَيْبَاتُ al-ḡaybātu |
غَيْبَاتُ ḡaybātu |
| Accusative | غَيْبَاتٍ ḡaybātin |
الْغَيْبَاتِ al-ḡaybāti |
غَيْبَاتِ ḡaybāti |
| Genitive | غَيْبَاتٍ ḡaybātin |
الْغَيْبَاتِ al-ḡaybāti |
غَيْبَاتِ ḡaybāti |
Derived terms
- الغَيْبَة الصُّغْرىٰ (al-ḡayba(t) aṣ-ṣuḡrā)
- الغَيْبَة الكُبْرىٰ (al-ḡayba(t) al-kubrā)
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ɣiː.ba/
Noun
غِيبَة • (ḡība) f
- backbiting, bad-mouthing, maligning, harmful or slanderous gossip, speaking badly of a person in his absence
- Sahih Muslim
- […] عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ ٱللَّٰهِ—صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ—قَالَ: «أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ؟» قَالُوا: «اَللَّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ.» قَالَ: «ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ.» قِيلَ: «أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا أَقُولُ؟» قَالَ: «إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ فَقَدِ ٱغْتَبْتَهُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ.»
- […] ʕan ʔabī hurayrata, ʔanna rasūla llāhi—ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama—qāla: “ʔatadrūna mā al-ḡībatu?” qālū: “ʔallāhu warasūluhu ʔaʕlamu.” qāla: “ḏikruka ʔaḵāka bimā yakrahu.” qīla: “ʔafaraʔayta ʔin kāna fī ʔaḵī mā ʔaqūlu?” qāla: “ʔin kāna fīhi mā taqūlu faqadi ḡtabtahu, waʔin lam yakun fīhi faqad bahattahu.”
- Abu Hurayrah related that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do you know what is ḡībah?" They said, "Allah and his Prophet know best." [So] he said, "[It is] speaking ill of your brother [literally "mentioning your brother and what he dislikes to be mentioned"]." [Then] someone said, "[But] what if what I said is true?" [So] he said, "If it is true, it is ḡībah, and if it is not, it is buhtān.
- Sahih Muslim
Declension
Declension of noun غِيبَة (ḡība)
Descendants
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