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Form 1تَبِعَهُ3 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarتَبَعٌ تُبُوعٌ مُتَابَعَةٌ

Core sense — he followed him, he overtook him, he sued him for a duegenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe followed him, or went behind him; said of a people, or company of men—اِتَّبَعَهُ

maṣdar تَبَعٌ and تَبَاعَةٌ.

he followed him—أَتْبَعَهُ
I overtook them, they having gone before me—أَتْبَعْتُهُمْ
I overtook them—تَبِعْتُهُمْ

Or: he went with him after the other had passed by him.

Akh says that تَبِعْتُهُ and أَتْبَعْتُهُ mean the same.

and a shooting star piercing the darkness with its light overtakes him—فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ
and the devil overtook him—فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ
and Pharaoh overtook them with his troops—فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِ

Ibn-ʿArafeh: or he almost did so. Or it means he made his troops follow them, the ب being redundant according to some.

he followed his footsteps, and sought him, following him—أَتْبَعَهُ
he went after them when they had passed by him—اِتَّبَعَهُمْ
he went after them when they had passed by him—تَبِعَهُمْ

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I did not stop following them until I overtook them—مَا زِلْتُ أَتَّبِعُهُمْ حَتَّى

Fr says that أَتْبَعَ is better than اِتَّبَعَ, because the latter means he went behind him while the other was going along; but when you say أَتْبَعْتُهُ, it is as though you followed his footsteps.

he followed him, wanting to do him evil, as Pharaoh followed Moses—اِتَّبَعَ فُلَانٌ

Given in this shape, but perhaps a mistake for أَتْبَعَ.

I went after the thing—تَبِعْتُ الشَّىْءَ

Some say this.

he followed the thing in respect of actions—تَبِعَ الشَّىْءَ

maṣdar تَبَعٌ and تَبَاعٌ.

he followed the Imām, doing as he did—تَبِعَ الإِمَامَ
he did as the other did—اِتَّبَعَهُ
he followed the Qurʾān as his guide, acting according to what is in it—اِتَّبَعَ القُرْآنَ
he followed him, or imitated him, in doing such a thing—تَابَعَهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ

This is the more common way of saying it.

Also على كَذَا; maṣdar مُتَابَعَةٌ and تِبَاعٌ. But this phrase has another meaning: see 3.

fire shall not be made to follow to the grave—لَا يُتْبَعُ بِنَارٍ إِلَى القَبْرِ

The verb may be passive of تَبِعَ or of أَتْبَعَ.

the same, in another relation, also in the passive form—لا يُتَّبَعُ

It may also be rendered: one shall not follow with fire to the grave. It is said that the ب makes the verb transitive.

1.1.1I prosecuted, or sued, the man for my right, or due—تَبِعْتُ الرَّجُلَ بِحَقِّى
I prosecuted, or sued, the man for my right, or due—تَابَعْتُهُ بِهِ

and probably تبَاعٌ also.

I prosecuted, or sued, the man for my right, or due—اِتَّبَعْتُهُ به
then prosecution for the bloodwit shall be made with lenity—فَٱتِّبَاعٌ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ

This is the meaning in the Qurʾān 2:173.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe accepted a reference from his debtor to another for the payment of what was owed to him—تَبِعَ

Its muḍāriʿ يَتْبَع occurs in a tradition (see 4), pronounced by the relaters of traditions with teshdeed, يَتَّبِع.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 3 shown of 9
17:63
قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءً مَّوْفُورًا

(Allah) said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow thee, verily Hell will be the recompense of you (all)- an ample recompense.

38:85
لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

"That I will certainly fill Hell with thee and those that follow thee,- every one."

79:7
تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

Followed by oft-repeated (commotions):

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. تَبَعَ , inf. n. تَبَعٌ (S, Msb, K) and تَبَاعَةٌ , (S, K,) He followed; or went, or walked, behind, or after; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) him, (Mgh, Msb, K,) or it; namely, a people, or company of men: (S:) or [in the CK “ and ”] he went with him, or it, when the latter had passed by him: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) and اِتَّبَعَهُ signifies the same; (Lth, S, K *) and so does أَتْبَعَهُ : (Lth, Mgh, K:) or أَتْبَعْتُهُمْ signifies I overtook them, they having gone before me; (Fr, * A'Obeyd, S, Msb, * K;) as also تَبِعْتُهُمْ : (Fr, K:) Akh says that تَبِعْتُهُ and أَتْبَعْتُهُ signify the same: and hence the saying in the Kur [xxxvii. 10], فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ [and a shooting star piercing the darkness by its light overtaketh him]: (S:) and the saying in the same [vii. 174], فَأَتْبَعَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ and the devil overtook him: (TA:) and the saying in the same [xx. 81], فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِ and Pharaoh overtook them with his troops: or almost did so: (Ibn-'Arafeh, K:) or this signifies made his troops to follow them; (TA;) the ب , accord. to some, being redundant: (Bd:) or أَتْبَعَهُ signifies he followed his footsteps; and sought him, following him: (TA:) but اِتَّبَعَهُمْ signifies he went [after them, or followed them,] when they had passed by him; as also تَبِعَهُمْ , inf. n. تَبَعٌ : you say, مَا زِلْتُ أَتَّبِعُهُمْ حَتَّى , i. e. [I ceased not to follow them] until I overtook them: (A'Obeyd:) Fr says that أَتْبَعَ is better than اِتَّبَعَ ; for the latter signifies he went behind, or after, him, when the latter person was going along; but when you say, أَتْبَعْتُهُ , it is as though [you meant that] you followed his footsteps: (TA:) and اِتَّبَعَ فُلَانٌ [as in the L and TA, but perhaps a mistake for أَتْبَعَ ,] signifies also he followed him, desiring to do evil to him; like as Pharaoh followed Moses: (L, TA:) some say, تَبِعْتُ الشَّىْءَ , inf. n. تُبُوعٌ , meaning I went after the thing: and تَبِعَ الشَّىْءَ , inf. n. تَبَعٌ and تَبَاعٌ , [he followed the thing] in respect of actions: (L, TA:) you say, تَبِعَ الإِمَامَ he followed the Imám [by doing as he did]: (Msb:) [but in this last sense, more commonly,] one says, اِتَّبَعَهُ , meaning he did like as he [another] did: (TA:) and اِتَّبَعَ القُرْآنَ he followed the Kurán as his guide; did according to what is in it: (TA:) and you say also, تَابَعَهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ ; (Msb;) or على كَذَا , inf. n. مُتَابَعَةٌ and تِبَاعٌ ; (S;) [he followed him, or imitated him, in the affair;] (Msb;) he followed him, or imitated him, in doing such a thing: (PS:) [but this last phrase has another meaning: see 3.] In the saying, لَا يُتْبَعُ بِنَارٍ إِلَى القَبْرِ , [in which the verb may be pass. of تَبِعَ or of أَتْبَعَ ,] or, accord. to one relation, لا يُتَّبَعُ , each in the pass. form, [Fire shall not be made to follow to the grave, though it may be rendered one shall not follow with fire to the grave, it is said that] the ب is to render the verb transitive. (Mgh.) تَبِعْتُ الرَّجُلَ بِحَقِّى ; and تَابَعْتُهُ بِهِ , inf. n. مُتَابَعَةٌ [and probably تبَاعٌ also]; and اِتَّبَعْتُهُ به ; I prosecuted, or sued, the man for my right, or due. (TA.) The saying in the Kur [ii. 173], فَٱتِّبَاعٌ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ means [Then] prosecution for the bloodwit [shall be made with lenity]. (TA.) تَبِعَ , of which the aor., يَتْبَع , occurs in a trad., [see 4,] (Mgh, TA,) pronounced by the relaters of trads. with teshdeed, [ يَتَّبِع ,] (TA,) also signifies He accepted a reference from his debtor to another for the payment of what was owed to him. (Mgh, TA. *)
Form 2تَبَّعَ ٱللّٰهُ لِفُلَانٍ2 senses
maṣdarتَتْبِيعٌ

Core sense — may God make one thing to be followed by another for himgenerated

2.1

. May God make one thing to be followed by another thing for such a one.

Said in relation to good and to evil, like سَبَّعَ لَهُ; mentioned under the root سبع.

2.2

See also 5.

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, inf. n. تَتْبِيعٌ , May God make a thing to be followed by another thing to such a one, is said in relation to good and to evil; like سَبَّعَ لَهُ . (TA in art. سبع .) See also 5.
Form 3تِبَاعٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — making one thing follow another without interruption; doing a thing soundlygenerated

3.1figurative · مجازthe same: making a consecution, or succession, of one thing to another—وِلَآءٌ

This and مُتَابَعَةٌ are the maṣdars of تَابَعَ.

With بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ between two things, or affairs; and making a thing consecutive, or uninterrupted, in its stages: see 6.

make a consecution between the حجّ and the عمرة—تَابِعُوا بَيْنَ الحَجِّ والعُمْرَةِ

That is, make the performance of the حجّ and that of the عمرة consecutive: when you perform the حجّ, then perform the عمرة, and when you perform the عمرة, then perform the حجّ; or when you perform either of them, then perform the other after it without any long interval. The first meaning is the more obvious.

make us followers, or imitators, of them in excellencies—تَابِعْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ عَلَى الخَيْرَاتِ
he sang songs one after another, without interruption—تابع الأَغَانِىَّ

Mentioned under the root جر.

he made it fall down in consecutive portions or quantities—تابع إِسْقَاطَهُ

Mentioned under the root سقط; in the CK اَسْقاطَهُ.

the horse kept up his running without interruption—تابع الفَرَسُ الجَرْىَ

Mentioned under هَلَبَ.

he carries on the narrative by consecutive steps, without interruption—هُوَ يَتَابِعُ الحَدِيثَ

Or, as Z says, he pursues it, or carries it on, well. See also a similar phrase in what follows.

3.1.1he pared, or trimmed, the bow well, giving each part its due—تابع القَوْسَ

Skr says that the phrase تُوبِعَ بَرْيُهَا, used by Aboo-Kebeer El-Hudhalee in describing a bow, means one whose paring has been carried out uniformly, part after part.

3.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredwe have practised works with diligence and gained a sound knowledge of them—تَابَعْنَا الأَعْمَالَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ شَيْئًا أَبْلَغَ فِى طَلَبِ الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الزُّهْدِ فِى الدُّنْيَا

From a tradition, the saying of Abu-l-Wākid El-Leythee. [And we have not found anything more effective in seeking the blessings of the world to come than abstaining from the enjoyments of the present world.]

he made his work sound, or free from defect—تابع عَمَلَهُ
he made his language, or speech, sound, or free from defect—كَلَامَهُ
3.1.3figurative · مجازthe pasture fattened the camels well and thoroughly—تابع المَرْعَى الإِبِلَ
3.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe aided, or helped, him to do the thing, or affair—تابعهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ
3.1.5

See also 1, where another meaning of the same phrase is given, in the latter half of the paragraph.

3.1.6

تَابَعْتُهُ بِحَقِّى: see 1, near the end of the paragraph.

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[and مُتَابَعَةٌ , the inf. ns. of تَابَعَ ,] i. q. وِلَآءٌ [The making a consecution, or succession, of one to the other, بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ between two things, or affairs: and the making consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its progressions, or gradations, or the like: see 6]. (S, K.) It is said in a trad., تَابِعُوا بَيْنَ الحَجِّ والعُمْرَةِ [Make ye a consecution between the حجّ and the عمرة ; meaning make ye the performance of the حجّ and that of the عمرة to be consecutive]; (TA;) i. e. when ye perform the حجّ , then perform ye the عمرة ; and when ye perform the عمرة , then perform ye the حجّ : or when ye perform either of these, then perform ye after it the other, without any length of time [intervening]: but the former [meaning] is the more obvious. (Marginal note in a copy of the Jámi'-es-Sagheer of Es-Suyootee.) And you say, تَابِعْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ عَلَى الخَيْرَاتِ Make thou us to be followers, or imitators, of them in excellencies. (TA.) And تابع الأَغَانِىَّ [He sang songs consecutively, successively, or uninterruptedly]. (S and K in art. جر .) And تابع إِسْقَاطَهُ [He made it to fall, fall down, drop, drop down, or tumble down, in consecutive portions or quantities]. (M and K in art. سقط : in the CK اَسْقاطَهُ .) And تابع الفَرَسُ الجَرْىَ [The horse prosecuted, or continued, the course, or running, uninterruptedly]. (K voce هَلَبَ ; &c.) And هُوَ يَتَابِعُ الحَدِيثَ He carries on the narrative, or discourse, by consecutive progressions, or uninterruptedly: or, as Z says, pursues it, or carries it on, well. (TA.) [See also a similar phrase in what here follows.] تابع القَوْسَ He pared, or trimmed, the bow well, giving to each part thereof what was its due. (K, TA.) Skr says that the phrase تُوبِعَ بَرْيُهَا , used by Aboo-Kebeer El-Hudhalee in describing a bow, means The paring, or trimming, of which has been executed with uniformity, part after part. (TA.) Hence, (TA,) the saying of Abu-l-Wákid ElLeythee, (S, TA,) in a trad., (S,) تَابَعْنَا الأَعْمَالَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ شَيْئًا أَبْلَغَ فِى طَلَبِ الآخِرَةِ مِنَ الزُّهْدِ فِى الدُّنْيَا (S, TA) We have practised works with diligence, and acquired a sound knowledge of them, [and we have not found anything more efficacious in the pursuit of the blessings of the world to come than abstinence in respect of the enjoyments of the present world.] (S, * TA.) You say also, تابع عَمَلَهُ , meaning He made his work sound, or free from defect: (Kr, S:) and in like manner, كَلَامَهُ his language, or speech. (Kr.) [Hence also,] تابع المَرْعَى الإِبِلَ The pasture fattened the camels well and thoroughly. (K, TA.) تابعهُ عَلَى الأَمْرِ He aided, assisted, or helped, him to do the thing, or affair. (TA.) See also 1, where another meaning of the same phrase is mentioned, in the latter half of the paragraph. تَابَعْتُهُ بِحَقِّى : see 1, near the end of the paragraph.
Form 4اتبعهُ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he made him follow, or overtake; he referred him for paymentgenerated

4.1

See 1, from the beginning nearly to the end.

4.2figurative · مجاز — inferredI made them follow, or overtake, another, not myself—أَتْبَعْتُهُمْ غَيْرِى
I made him follow, or overtake, the thing, and he followed it—أَتْبَعْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ فَتَبِعَهُ
I made Zeyd a follower of ʿAmr—أَتْبَعْتُ زَيْدًا عَمْرًا
he made his mind, or desire, follow after it, regretting what had passed away—أَتْبَعَهُ نَفْسَهُ مُتَحَسِّرًا عَلَى مَا فَاتَ

Also: he made him follow, or overtake; he made him a follower; or he urged him, or induced him, to be a follower. The verb may be made doubly transitive.

Or: I urged, or induced, Zeyd to be a follower of ʿAmr.

Mentioned under the root عجز.

make its bit and bridle follow the horse—أَتْبِعِ الفَرَسَ لِجَامَهَا

A proverb, used in bidding someone complete a favour, or benefaction. A'Obeyd says: I think the meaning of the first is, you have given the horse liberally, and the bit and bridle are a smaller matter; so satisfy the want completely, seeing that the horse is not without need of the bit and bridle.

make her nose-rein follow the she-camel—النَّاقَةَ زِمَامَهَا
make its rope follow the bucket—الدَّلْوَ رِشَآءَهَا

on this sense [See also 10.]

4.2.1figurative · مجازwhoever is referred, for the payment of what is owed to him, to a solvent man, let him accept the reference—مَنْ أُتْبِعَ عَلَى مَلِىْءٍ فَلْيَتْبَعْ

From a tradition. The verb is made transitive by means of على because it carries the meaning of إِحَالَةٌ. See also 1, last meaning.

such a one was referred, for the payment of what was owed to him, to such a one—أُتْبِعَ فُلَانٌ بِفُلَانٍ
he referred him, for the payment of what was owed to him, to him—أَتْبَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ
4.2.2

[See also إِتْبَاعٌ below.]

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 4 shown of 15
18:85
فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

One (such) way he followed,

18:89
ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

Then followed he (another) way,

18:92
ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

Then followed he (another) way,

26:60
فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ

So they pursued them at sunrise.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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: see 1, from the beginning nearly to the end. Also He made him to follow; or to overtake: (S, K:) he made him to be a follower: (Mgh, Msb:) or he urged him, or induced him, to be a follower. (Mgh.) You say, [making the verb doubly trans.,] أَتْبَعْتُهُمْ غَيْرِى [I made them to follow, or overtake, another, not myself]. (K.) And أَتْبَعْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ فَتَبِعَهُ [I made him to follow, or overtake, the thing, and he followed it, or overtook it]. (S.) And أَتْبَعْتُ زَيْدًا عَمْرًا I made Zeyd to be a follower of 'Amr: (Mgh, Msb:) or I urged, or induced, Zeyd to be a follower of 'Amr. (Mgh.) And أَتْبَعَهُ نَفْسَهُ مُتَحَسِّرًا عَلَى مَا فَاتَ [He made his mind, or desire, to follow after it, regretting what had passed away]. (TA in art. عجز .) [See also 10.] It is said in a prov., (TA,) أَتْبِعِ الفَرَسَ لِجَامَهَا [Make thou its bit and bridle to follow the horse]: or النَّاقَةَ زِمَامَهَا [her nose-rein, the she-camel]: or الدَّلْوَ رِشَآءَهَا [its rope, the bucket]: used in bidding to complete a favour, or benefaction: (K, TA:) A'Obeyd says, I think the meaning of the first prov. to be, Thou hast liberally given the horse, and the bit and bridle are a smaller matter; therefore satisfy thou completely the want, seeing that the horse is not without need of the bit and bridle. (TA.) Hence the trad., مَنْ أُتْبِعَ عَلَى مَلِىْءٍ فَلْيَتْبَعْ Whoso is referred, for the payment of what is owed to him, to a solvent man, let him accept the reference: (Mgh, TA: *) [see also 1, last meaning:] the verb being made trans. by means of على because it conveys the meaning of إِحَالَةٌ . (Mgh.) You say [also], أُتْبِعَ فُلَانٌ بِفُلَانٍ Such a one was referred, for the payment of what was owed to him, to such a one. (S, TA.) And أَتْبَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ He referred him, for the payment of what was owed to him, to him. (TA.) [See also إِتْبَاعٌ , below.]
Form 5تتبّعهُ1 sense
maṣdarتَتَبُّعٌ تَتْبِيعٌ

Core sense — he pursued it, investigated it, sought after it step by stepgenerated

5.1he pursued it, investigated it, examined it, hunted after it—تبعّه

for which El-Kutámee uses اِتِّبَاعٌ, figuratively, or, according to Sb, because it means the same.

. He made repeated efforts to reach or obtain it; or sought after it time after time, by degrees, bit by bit, one thing after another, following after it.

and I set myself to seeking to collect it bit by bit—فَعَلِقْتُ أَتَتَبَّعُهُ مِنَ اللِّخَافِ وَالعُسُبِ
he investigated the countries, going out from land to land—تتبّع البِلَادَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ

Said by Zeyd Ibn-Thābit about the collecting of the Qurʾān: from the thin white stones and the leafless palm-branches on which it was written.

Mentioned under the root قرى.

such a one pursues the track of such a one—فُلَانٌ يَتَتَبَّعُ أَثَرَ فُلَانٍ
he seeks out, one after another, the faults or evil actions of such a one—يَتَتَبَّعُ مَسَاوِىَ فُلَانٍ
he pursues small affairs, and the like of them—يَتَتَبَّعُ مَدَاقَّ الأُمُورِ وَنَحْوَ ذٰلِكَ
he took successive holds of the rope—تتبّع الحَبْلَ

Or: he seeks, one thing after another, to learn the subtleties and obscurities of things, or affairs, and the like.

Said of a man descending from a part of a mountain of the kind called شِيق by means of a rope tied to that part, to a place where honey was stored. Mentioned under the root شيق.

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, inf. n. تَتَبُّعٌ , (Lth, S, Msb, * K,) for which اِتِّبَاعٌ is used by El-Kutámee, tropically, (S,) or, accord. to Sb, because the same in meaning; (TA;) and تبعّه , inf. n. تَتْبِيعٌ ; (S, K; *) He pursued it; investigated it; examined it; hunted after it; prosecuted a search after it; made successive, or repeated, endeavours to attain it, to reach it, or to obtain it; or sought it, sought for it, or sought after it, successively, time after time, or repeatedly, or in a leisurely manner, by degrees, gradually, step by step, bit by bit, or one thing after another, (Lth, S, * Msb, K, * TA,) following after it. (S.) Hence the saying of Zeyd Ibn-Thábit, respecting the collecting of the Kur-án, فَعَلِقْتُ أَتَتَبَّعُهُ مِنَ اللِّخَافِ وَالعُسُبِ [And I set myself to seeking to collect it successively, &c., from the thin white stones and the leafless palm-branches upon which it was written]. (TA.) And تتبّع البِلَادَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ [He investigated the countries, going forth from land to land]. (S and K in art. قرى .) And فُلَانٌ يَتَتَبَّعُ أَثَرَ فُلَانٍ [Such a one pursues, &c., the track of such a one]. (TA.) And يَتَتَبَّعُ مَسَاوِىَ فُلَانٍ [He seeks successively, &c., to discover the vices, faults, or evil qualities or actions, of such a one]. (TA.) And يَتَتَبَّعُ مَدَاقَّ الأُمُورِ وَنَحْوَ ذٰلِكَ [He pursues small, or little, affairs; and the like thereof: or he seeks successively, &c., to obtain a knowledge of the subtilties, niceties, abstrusities, or obscuri- ties, of things, or affairs; and the like thereof]. (TA.) And تتبّع الحَبْلَ [He took successive holds of the rope]: said of a man descending from a part of a mountain such as is termed شِيق , by means of a rope tied to that part, to a place in which honey was deposited. (TA in art. شيق .)
Form 6تتابع3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became consecutive, uninterrupted; they followed one anothergenerated

6.1it fell down in consecutive portions or quantities—تتابع سُقُوطُهُ

It was, or became, consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its stages or gradations; synonym تَوَالَى.

Mentioned under the root سقط.

the people, or company of men, followed one another—تتابع القَوْمُ
the things came one after another, each closely following another—تَتَابَعَتِ الأَشْيَآءُ
the rains came one after another—الأَمْطَارُ
the events came one after another—الأُمُورُ
years of dearth came one after another upon Kureysh—تَتَابَعَتْ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ سِنُو جَدْبٍ

From a tradition.

6.1.1figurative · مجازthe horse ran evenly, not raising one of his limbs above its fellow—تتابع الفَرَسُ
6.1.2figurative · مجازthe camels became fat and goodly—تتابعت الإِبِلُ
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It was, or became, consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its progressions, or gradations, or the like; syn. تَوَالَى . (K.) You say, تتابع سُقُوطُهُ [Its falling, falling down, dropping, dropping down, or tumbling down, was, or became, consecutive, &c.; i. e. it fell, fell down, &c., in consecutive portions or quantities]. (M and K in art. سقط .) And تتابع القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, followed one another. (Msb.) And تَتَابَعَتِ الأَشْيَآءُ , and الأَمْطَارُ , and الأُمُورُ , The things, and the rains, and the events, came one after another, each following near upon another. (Lth.) And it is said in a trad., تَتَابَعَتْ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ سِنُو جَدْبٍ [Years of dearth, drought, or sterility, came consecutively upon Kureysh]. (TA.) تتابع الفَرَسُ The horse ran evenly, not raising one of his limbs [above its fellow]. (TA.) تتابعت الإِبِلُ The camels became fat and goodly. (TA.)
Form 8إِتَّبَعَ1 sense

Core sense — he followed him, he pursued himgenerated

8.1

See 1, throughout; and see also 5.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 8 1 shown of 123
20:93
أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ ۖ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى

"From following me? Didst thou then disobey my order?"

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see 1, throughout: and see also 5.
Form 10استتبعهُ1 sense

Core sense — he asked him to follow him, or made him follow himgenerated

10.1

He desired, or demanded, of him that he should follow him; or he made him follow him.

[See also 4.]

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He desired, or demanded, of him that he should follow him: (TA:) or he made him to follow him. (L.) [See also 4.]

Derived nouns 16

Nounتِبْعٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a follower of women; a passionate lover who follows a womangenerated

1he is a follower of women—هُوَ تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ

A follower of women; or a passionate lover of a woman, who follows her wherever she goes.

With ة added, said of a man.

تُبَّعٌ: a determined seeker of women. [See تَابِعٌ.]

one in whom is no good, and with whom is no good—تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٌ

Or, according to Th, you only say تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ.

1.1this is what follows this—هٰذَا تِبْعُ هٰذَا

Mentioned under the root تلو.

1.2

See also تَبِيعٌ, in two places.

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A follower of women: (Lh, * Az:) or a passionate lover, and follower, of a woman, (K,) whithersoever she goes: (TA:) and with ة , of a man: (Lh:) and تُبَّعٌ a sedulous seeker of women. (K.) [See تَابِعٌ .] You say also, هُوَ تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ , meaning He is a follower of women: and تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٌ one in whom is no good, and with whom is no good: or, accord. to Th, you only say تِبْعُ ضِلَّةٍ . (TA.) هٰذَا تِبْعُ هٰذَا This is what follows this. (M in art. تلو .) See also تَبِيعٌ , in two places.
Nounتَبَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a follower; a thing that followsgenerated

1

See تَابِعٌ, in six places.

Qur’ānic occurrences تَبَع 1 shown of 2
40:47
وَإِذْ يَتَحَآجُّونَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ فَيَقُولُ ٱلضُّعَفَـٰٓؤُا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّغْنُونَ عَنَّا نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّارِ

Behold, they will dispute with each other in the Fire! The weak ones (who followed) will say to those who had been arrogant, "We but followed you: Can ye then take (on yourselves) from us some share of the Fire?

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: see تَابِعٌ , in six places.
Nounرَجُلٌ تُبَعٌ لِلْكَلَامِ1 sense

Core sense — a man who makes his speech consecutive, one part after anothergenerated

1

A man who makes his speech consecutive, one part following another. So says Yoo.

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A man who makes his speech consecutive, one part to another. (Yoo, K. *)
Nounبَقَرَةٌ تَبْعَى1 sense

Core sense — a cow desiring the bullgenerated

1

Ibn-ʿAbbād: a cow desiring [and therefore following] the bull.

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A cow desiring [and therefore following] the bull. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
Nounتَبِعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the consequence of an action; a claim sought for an injurygenerated

1the same: the consequence of an action; a claim which one seeks for an injury, or ill-treatment, and the like—تِبَاعَةٌ

The first of the two words is also explained as a right, or due, attached to property, claimed from the one who possesses it.

Plurals: تَبِعَاتٌ and تِبَاعَاتٌ.

A poet says:

shāhid
زَمَنَ التَّقَحُّمِ وَالمَجَاعَهْأَكَلَتْ حَنِيفَةُ رَبَّهَاسُوْءَ العَوَاقِبِ وَالتِّبَاعَهْلَمْ يَحْذَرُوا مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ

[Haneefeh ate their lord, in a time of dearth and hunger; they did not fear, from their lord, the evil of the results, and the consequence of their action.]

They had taken for themselves a god made of حَيْس [that is, dates mixed with clarified butter and the milk preparation called أَقِط, kneaded together], and they worshipped it for some time; then famine came upon them and they ate it.

there is nothing against him from God in this by way of a claim for wrong-doing—مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ فِى هٰذَا تَبِعَةٌ
there is nothing against him from God in this by way of a claim for wrong-doing—تِبَاعَةٌ
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and تِبَاعَةٌ signify the same; (T, S, O, L, K;) [The consequence of an action: and] a claim which one seeks to obtain for an injury, or injurious treatment, and the like: (T, O, L, K; and so the Msb in explanation of the former word:) the former is also explained as signifying a right, or due, annexed to property, claimed from the possessor of the property: (L:) pl. [of the former] تَبِعَاتٌ and [of the latter] تِبَاعَاتٌ . (TA.) A poet says, 1 [Haneefeh ate their lord, in the time of experiencing dearth, or drought, or sterility, and hunger: they did not fear, from their lord, the evil of the results, and the consequence of their action]: for they had taken to themselves a god consisting of حَيْس , [i. e. dates mixed with clarified butter and the preparation of milk called أَقِط , kneaded together,] and worshipped it for some time; then famine befell them, and they ate it. (S.) And one says, مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ فِى هٰذَا تَبِعَةٌ , and تِبَاعَةٌ , There is not, against him, on the part of God, in this, any claim on account of wrong-doing. (TA.) زَمَنَ التَّقَحُّمِ وَالمَجَاعَهْ | أَكَلَتْ حَنِيفَةُ رَبَّهَا | سُوْءَ العَوَاقِبِ وَالتِّبَاعَهْ | لَمْ يَحْذَرُوا مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ
Nounتَبِيعٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — one sued for a due; one who sues for blood-revenge; a yearling calfgenerated

1

One who is prosecuted, or sued, for a right, or due: one who owes property to another, and whom the other prosecutes, or sues, for it.

Of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, from تَبِعْتُهُ بِحَقِّى.

2the same: the young one of a cow in its first year—تِبْعٌ

The young one of a cow in its first year, so says Aboo-Fakʿas El-Asadee; or one that is a year old, not so called until it has completed the year. Lth wrongly said it means a calf ripening to its perfect state. It is so called because it still follows its mother.

In this sense the word is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ.

The feminine of the first is formed with ة.

Plurals تِبَاعٌ and تَبَائِعٌ, both plurals of تَبِيعٌ; or the first is plural of تَبِيعَةٌ, and the plural of تَبِيعٌ is أَتْبِعَةٌ [a plural of paucity]; and أَتَابِعُ and أَتَابِيعُ, the second of which is irregular, are plurals of أَتْبِعَةٌ; the plural of تِبْعٌ in the sense mentioned above is أَتْبَاعٌ.

Esh-Shaʿbee: one whose horns and ears are equal in length; but this is a legal explanation, not drawn from the rules of the language.

2.1the same as this: one who prosecutes, or sues, for a right, or due, and particularly for blood-revenge—تَابِعٌ
then you will not find anyone to prosecute for blood-revenge, nor anyone to sue, against us in it—ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ تَبِيعًا

From the Qurʾān 17:71. Or: you will not find anyone to sue us for the disallowing of what has come upon you, nor for our averting it from you; or any helper against us, for تَبِيعٌ also means a helper, and especially against an enemy.

2.2

See also تَابِعٌ, latter half.

Qur’ānic occurrences تَبِيع
17:69
أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًا

Or do ye feel secure that He will not send you back a second time to sea and send against you a heavy gale to drown you because of your ingratitude, so that ye find no helper. Therein against Us?

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[One who is prosecuted, or sued, for a right, or due; of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ , from تَبِعْتُهُ بِحَقِّى ;] one who owes property to another, (S, K, TA,) and whom the latter prosecutes, or sues, for it. (TA.) The young one of a cow in the first year; (S, Msb, K;) so says Aboo-Fak'as El-Asadee: (TA:) or that is a year old; (Az, Mgh, TA;) not so called until he has completed the year; erroneously said by Lth to signify a calf ripening to his perfect state: (Az, TA:) thus called because he yet follows his mother; (Mgh, Msb;) the word in this sense being of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ : (Msb:) and تِبْعٌ signifies the same: (TA:) fem. of the former with ة : (S, Msb, K:) pl. تِبَاعٌ and تَبَائِعٌ ; (AA, S, O, K;) both pls. of تَبِيعٌ ; (AA, S, O;) or the former is pl. of تَبِيعَةٌ ; (Msb;) and the pl. of تَبِيعٌ is أَتْبِعَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.]; (L, Msb;) and أَتَابِعُ and أَتَابِيعُ , the latter of which is extr., are pls. of أَتْبِعَةٌ : (L:) the pl. of تِبْعٌ in the abovementioned sense is أَتْبَاعٌ . (TA.) Accord. to EshShaabee, (IF,) One whose horns and ears are equal [in length]: (IF, K:) but this is a judicial explanation; not deduced from the rules of lexicology. (IF.) I. q. تَابِعٌ [as signifying One who prosecutes, or sues, for a right, or due; and particularly for blood-revenge]. (S, K.) Hence the saying in the Kur [xvii. 71], ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ تَبِيعًا Then ye shall not find for you any to prosecute for blood-revenge, nor any to sue, against us therein: (Fr. S, K:) or ye shall not find for you any to sue us for the disallowing of what hath befallen you, nor for our averting it from you: (Zj:) [or any aider against us; for] تَبِيعٌ also signifies an aider; and especially against an enemy. (Lth, K.) See also تَابِعٌ , latter half.
Nounتِبَاعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the consequence of an action; a claim sought for an injurygenerated

1

See تَبِعَةٌ, in three places.

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: see تَبِعَةٌ , in three places.
Nounتُبَّعٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a title of the kings of El-Yemen; a king of the bees; the shadegenerated

1

A title of each of the kings of El-Yemen who possessed Ḥimyer and Ḥaḍramowt, and, as some add, Sebà, but not otherwise; and the like of this is said in the ʿEyn. So called because they followed one another: whenever one died, another took his place, following him in his course of acting.

Plural تَبَابِعَةٌ, with ة added as having the meaning of a relative noun, as though it were plural of تُبَّعِىٌّ, like as حَنَابِلَةٌ is plural of حَنْبَلِىٌّ; written wrongly in some copies as تتابعة.

The تبابعة of Ḥimyer were like the أَكَاسِرَة of the Persians and the قَيَاصِرَة of the Romans.

In the Qurʾān 44:36 it is said in a tradition to mean one particular king, who was a believer while his people were unbelievers.

Qur’ān 44:38 approximate — somewhere between 44:25 and 44:59 Lane cites “Kur xliv. 36”
Qur’ān 44:37 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

What! Are they better than the people of Tubba and those who were before them? We destroyed them because they were guilty of sin.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1

And hence: a species of the يَعَاسِيب [or kings of the bees], the greatest and most beautiful of them, which the other bees follow.

Plural تَبَابِيعُ; also given as تَتَابِعُ [which is probably a mistranscription for تَبَابِعُ].

1.2

A species of طَيْر [which means any flying things, as well as birds, and may therefore perhaps be meant to indicate what just precedes].

1.3the shade, or shadow; so called because it follows the sun—تُبُّعٌ

A poet, Soadà El-Juhaneeyeh, or Selmà El-Juhaneeyeh, bewailing her brother Asʿad, says:

shāhid
يَرِدُ المِيَاهُ حَضِيرَةٌ وَنَفِيضَةًوِرْدَ القَطَاةِ إِذَا ٱسْمَأَلَّ التُّبَّعُ

[He comes to the waters when people are dwelling, or staying, there (but see حَضِيرَةٌ), and when no one is there, as the bird called qaṭāh comes to water] when the shade has drawn in at midday.

Or, according to Aboo-Leylà, the meaning is the shade of night; that is, this man comes to the waters in the last part of the night, before anyone else — though the word also means the shade of daytime.

Or, according to Aboo-Saʿeed Ed-Dareer, the meaning here is الدَّبَرَان, and this is very probably right, for the bird mentioned above comes to the waters by night, and seldom by day; hence the saying أَدَلُّ مِنْ قَطَاةٍ. See تَابِعٌ.

1.4

See also تِبْعٌ.

1.5I do not know who among men he is—مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ تُبَّعٍ هُوَ

So says Ibn-ʿAbbād.

1.6

تُبَّعٌ is also a plural of تَابِعٌ.

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An appellation of each of the Kings of El-Yemen (S, K) who possessed Himyer and Hadramowt, (K, TA,) and, as some add, Sebà; (TA;) but not otherwise; (K, TA;) and the like of this is said in the 'Eyn: (TA:) so called because they followed one another; whenever one died, another took his place, following him in his course of acting: (TA:) pl. تَبَابِعَةٌ , (S, K,) with ة added as having the meaning of a rel. n.; [as though it were pl. of تُبَّعِىٌّ , like as حَنَابِلَةٌ is pl. of حَنْبَلِىٌّ ;] erroneously written in some of the copies of the K تتابعة : (TA:) the تبابعة of Himyer were like the أَكَاسِرَة of the Persians and the قَيَاصِرَة of the Romans. (Lth.) In the Kur xliv. 36, it is said in a trad. to mean a particular king, who was a believer, and whose people were unbelievers. (Zj.) And hence, (TA,) A species of the يَعَاسِيب [or kings of the bees], (K,) the greatest and most beautiful thereof, whom the other bees follow: (TA:) pl. تَبَابِيعُ ; (K;) in the L, تَتَابِعُ [which is probably a mistranscription for تَبَابِعُ ]. (TA.) A species of طَيْر [which means any flying things, as well as birds; and may therefore, perhaps, be meant to indicate what next precedes]. (S.) The shade, or shadow; (S, K;) because it follows the sun; as also تُبُّعٌ . (K.) A poet says, (S,) namely, Soadà El-Juhaneeyeh, (TA,) or Selmà El-Juhaneeyeh, (marginal note in a copy of the S,) bewailing her brother, As'ad, 1 (S) [He comes to the waters when people are dwelling, or staying, there, (but see حَضِيرَةٌ ,) and when no one is there, as the bird called katáh comes to water] when the shade has become contracted at mid-day: or, accord. to Aboo-Leylà, the meaning is, the shade of night; i. e., this man comes to the waters in the last part of the night, before any one: though it means also the shade of day-time: (TA:) or, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed Ed- Dareer, the meaning here is [the star, or asterism, called] الدَّبَرَان ; and this is very probably correct; for the bird above mentioned comes to the waters by night, and seldom by day; and hence the saying, أَدَلُّ مِنْ قَطَاةٍ . (Az, TA.) See تَابِعٌ . يَرِدُ المِيَاهُ حَضِيرَةٌ وَنَفِيضَةً | وِرْدَ القَطَاةِ إِذَا ٱسْمَأَلَّ التُّبَّعُ See also تِبْعٌ . مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ تُبَّعٍ هُوَ I know not who of men he is. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) تُبَّعٌ is also a pl. of تَابِعٌ [q. v.]. (TA.)
Nounتُبُّعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a title of the kings of El-Yemengenerated

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See تُبَّعٌ.

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Nounتَبُّوعُ الشَّمْسِ1 sense

Core sense — a wind blowing at sunrise and veering round through all quartersgenerated

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A certain wind, also called النُّكَيْبَآءُ.

It blows in the early morning, with the rising of the sun, from the quarter of the wind called الصَّبَا, unaccompanied by rising clouds, and veers round through the various places from which winds blow until it returns to the place from which the wind called الصبا blows, where it began in the early morning. The Arabs dislike it.

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A certain wind, (K, TA,) also called النُّكَيْبَآءُ , (TA,) which blows (K, TA) in the early morning, (TA,) with the rising of the sun, (K, TA,) from the direction of the wind called الصَّبَا , unaccompanied by rising clouds, (TA,) and veers round through the various places whence winds blow until it returns to the place from which blows the wind called الصبا , (K, TA,) whence it commenced in the early morning: (TA:) the Arabs dislike it. (Z, TA.)
Nounتَابِعٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — following, a follower; a servant; a jinnee that follows a womangenerated

1following; a follower; a thing that follows in the track of a thing—تَبَعٌ

It means the same as تَابِعٌ: a thing that follows in the track of a thing, or that is at the hinder, or latter, part of anything; but it is used alike as singular and plural.

Plural of تَابِعٌ: تُبَّعٌ and تُبَّاعٌ [and, applied to rational beings, تَابِعُونَ].

Plural of تَبَعٌ: أَتْبَاعٌ; or this may be used as a plural of تَبَعٌ; or it is plural of تَابِعٌ, as خَدَمٌ is plural of خَادِمٌ, and طَلَبٌ of طَالِبٌ; or, more correctly, it is an ism jamʿ.

the person praying is a follower of his Imām—المُصَلِّى تَبَعٌ لاِمَامِهِ
the people are followers of him—النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لَهُ
we were followers of you—إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا

In the Qurʾān 14:24 and 40:50. The last word may be an ism jamʿ of تَابِعٌ, or it may be a maṣdar, meaning ذَوِى تَبَعٍ.

applied as an adjective to the legs of a beast—تَبَعٌ

It is also used as an adjective in which the quality of a substantive is predominant, meaning the legs of a beast.

1.1a female jinnee that does the same to a man—تَابِعَةٌ

A jinnee that accompanies a woman and follows her wherever she goes, loving her.

Or the ة is added in this latter word to give intensiveness to the meaning, or to denote evilness of nature, or to convey the meaning of دَاهِيَةٌ.

The plural is تَوَابِعُ, and this means female associates.

1.2or the servants of the husband—أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِى الإِرْبَةِ

A servant; and تَبِيعٌ means the same.

According to Th, in the Qurʾān 24:31, such as the old man who is perishing by reason of age, and the aged woman.

1.3

See also تَبِيعٌ.

1.4

Also, one next in the order of time after the صَحَابَة, like تَابِعِىٌّ.

1.5

And in grammar: an appositive.

1.6the follower of the asterism, that is, of the Pleiades—تَابِعُ النَّجْمِ

A name of الدَّبَرَان [the Hyades; or the five chief stars of them; or the brightest star among them, α of Taurus]. The name is given to it as ominous of good, or as ominous of evil; or it is so called because it follows the Pleiades.

Also called التَّابِعُ (under the root دبر, and so Sh, IB, and others), and تُوَيْبِعٌ, which is the diminutive, or التُّوَيْبِعُ (under the root دبر), and تُبَّعٌ or التُّبَّعُ (Aboo-Saʿeed Ed-Dareer), and التَّبَعُ and التَّالِى and الحَادِى or حادى النُّجُومِ (under the root جدح), or حادى النَّجْمِ. [See also المِجْدَحُ.]

تَابِعِىٌّ: see تَابِعٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences تَابِع
2:145
وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Even if thou wert to bring to the people of the Book all the Signs (together), they would not follow Thy Qibla; nor art thou going to follow their Qibla; nor indeed will they follow each other's Qibla. If thou after the knowledge hath reached thee, Wert to follow their (vain) desires,-then wert thou Indeed (clearly) in the wrong.

24:31
وَقُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ أَبْصَـٰرِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلَىٰ جُيُوبِهِنَّ ۖ وَلَا يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ ءَابَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ أَبْنَآءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَوْ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ إِخْوَٰنِهِنَّ أَوْ بَنِىٓ أَخَوَٰتِهِنَّ أَوْ نِسَآئِهِنَّ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُهُنَّ أَوِ ٱلتَّـٰبِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُو۟لِى ٱلْإِرْبَةِ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ أَوِ ٱلطِّفْلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰ عَوْرَٰتِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِأَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْفِينَ مِن زِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ وَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Following; a follower: (TA:) and تَبَعٌ also signifies the same as تَابِعٌ ; (K;) a thing that follows in the track of a thing; (Lth, Az;) or that is at the kinder, or latter, part of anything; (TA;) but is used alike as sing. and pl.: (S, Msb, K:) the pl. of تَابِعٌ is تُبَّعٌ and تُبَّاعٌ (TA) [and, applied to rational beings, تَابِعُونَ ]: and the pl. of تَبَعٌ is أَتْبَاعٌ ; (S, K;) or this may be used as a pl. of تَبَعٌ ; (Msb;) or it is pl. of تَابِعٌ , like as خَدَمٌ is pl. of خَادِمٌ , (Kr, Mgh,) and طَلَبٌ of طَالِبٌ , &c.; (K;) or, correctly speaking, it is a quasi-pl. n. (Sb, TA.) You say, المُصَلِّى تَبَعٌ لاِمَامِهِ [The person praying is a follower of his Imám]: and النَّاسُ تَبَعٌ لَهُ [The people are followers of him]. (Msb.) And it is said in the Kur [xiv. 24, and xl. 50], إِنَّا كُنَّا لَكُمْ تَبَعًا [Verily we were followers of you]: (S, TA:) in which the last word may be a quasi-pl. n. of تَابِعٌ ; or it may be an inf. n., meaning ذَوِى تَبَعٍ . (TA.) تَبَعٌ is applied as an epithet to the legs of a beast: (Lth, T:) and is also used as [an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] signifying The legs of a beast. (K.) A jinnee, or genie, that accompanies a woman and follows her whithersoever she goes, (K, TA,) loving her: (TA:) and تَابِعَةٌ a jinneeyeh, or female genie, that does the same to a man: (S, * K, TA:) or the ة is added in the latter to give intensiveness to the signification, or to denote evilness of nature, or to convey the meaning of دَاهِيَةٌ , q. v.: the pl. is تَوَابِعُ : and this means female associates. (TA.) A servant; as also تَبِيعٌ . (TA.) أَوِ التَّابِعِينَ غَيْرِ أُولِى الإِرْبَةِ , in the Kur [xxiv. 31], accord. to Th, means Or the servants of the husband, such as the old man who is perishing by reason of age, and the aged woman. (TA.) See also تَبِيعٌ . [Also One next in the order of time after the صَحَابَة ; like تَابِعِىٌّ . And in grammar, An appositive.] تَابِعُ النَّجْمِ [The follower of the asterism; i. e., of the Pleiades;] a name of الدَّبَرَان [the Hyades; or the five chief stars thereof; or the brightest star among them, a of Taurus]: this name being given to it as ominous of good; (K;) or as ominous of evil: (O:) or so called because it follows the Pleiades: (T:) also called التَّابِعُ , (T in art. دبر , Sh, IB, and others,) and تُوَيْبِعٌ , (K,) which is the dim., (TA,) or التُّوَيْبِعُ , (T in art. دبر ,) and تُبَّعٌ , (K,) or التُّبَّعُ [q. v.], (Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer, T,) and التَّبَعُ , (IB, Z,) and التَّالِى , and الحَادِى , (IB,) or حادى النُّجُومِ , (S in art. جدح ,) or حادى النَّجْمِ . (Kzw and others.) [See also المِجْدَحُ .] تَابِعِىٌّ : see تَابِعٌ .
Nounتُوَيْبِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a name of the star that follows the Pleiadesgenerated

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See تَابِعٌ, last sentence.

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Nounإِتْبَاعٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — putting an imitative sequent after a word; an imitative sequentgenerated

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In language, this is when one says the like of حَسَنٌ بَسَنٌ and قَبِيحٌ شَقِيحٌ: the putting, after a word, an imitative sequent, that is, another word like the first in measure or in its رَوِىّ, for fullness of expression and for emphasis.

So in the Muzhir, 28th نوع, and in the Kullīyāt, page 11.

The second word may be one not used alone and having no meaning by itself, as in بسَنٌَ حَسَنٌ, or one that has a meaning of its own, as in هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا.

1.1

Also, the latter of two such words; that is, an imitative sequent.

1.2

Used in the former sense, as a maṣdar, it also denotes various other kinds of assimilation: of one word to another before or after it, and of one vowel to another before or after it in the same word.

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in language is when one says the like of حَسَنٌ بَسَنٌ (S, K) and قَبِيحٌ شَقِيحٌ : (S:) The putting, after a word, an imitative sequent, i. e. another word similar to the former in measure or in its رَوِىّ , by way of pleonasm, or for fulness of expression, and for corroboration; (Mz 28th نوع , and Kull p. 11;) the latter word being one not used alone, and having no meaning by itself, as in بسَنٌَ حَسَنٌ ; or being one which has a meaning of its own, as in هَنِيْئًا مَرِيْئًا . (Kull ubi suprà.) [Also The latter of such two words; i. e. an imitative sequent. And used in the former sense, as an inf. n., it denotes various other kinds of assimilation, i. e., of one word to another preceding or following it, and of one vowel to another preceding or following it in the same word.]
Nounمُتْبِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a female having her offspring following hergenerated

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She who has her children, or young ones, with her; or a ewe, or she-goat, or cow, or girl, having her offspring following her; or a cow having a تَبِيع.

IB mentions also مُتْبِعَةٌ as meaning the same.

Also, a female servant followed by her offspring wherever she comes and goes.

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She who has with her children, or young ones: (Lh:) or a ewe, or she-goat, and a cow, and a girl, having her offspring following her: (K:) or a cow having a تَبِيع , q. v.: and IB mentions also مُتْبِعَةٌ as signifying the same: and a female servant followed by her offspring whither she comes and goes. (TA.)
Nounمَتْبُوعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — followed; anything made soundly and free from defectgenerated

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Ism mafʿūl of form 1.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredanything made, or carried out, soundly, thoroughly, and free from defect—مُتَابَعٌ

In grammar: the antecedent of a تَابِع, that is, of an appositive.

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[pass. part. n. of 1. In grammar, The antecedent of a تَابِع , i. e., of an appositive.] مُتَابَعٌ Anything made, or executed, soundly, thoroughly, well, or so as to be free from defect. (K, * TA.)
Nounمُتَتَابِعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — consecutive, successive, uninterrupted; even, uniformgenerated

1pearls following one another in unbroken order—لُؤْلُؤٌ مُتَتَابِعٌ
the fasting of two consecutive months—صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ

on this sense Consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its stages or gradations.

1.1figurative · مجازan even, or uniform, branch, with no knots in it—غُصْنٌ مُتَتَابِعٌ
a horse symmetrical in make, well proportioned in his limbs—فَرَسٌ مُتَتَابِعُ الخَلْقِ
a man whose knowledge is uniform and consistent, without incongruity—رَجُلٌ مُتَتَابِعُ العِلْمِ
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Consecutive, successive, or uninterrupted, in its progressions, or gradations, or the like. (TA.) You say لُؤْلُؤٌ مُتَتَابِعٌ Pearls following one another, or doing so in uninterrupted order. (TA.) And صِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ The fasting of two consecutive months. (TA.) غُصْنٌ مُتَتَابِعٌ An even, or a uniform, branch, in which are no knots. (K, * TA.) And فَرَسٌ مُتَتَابِعُ الخَلْقِ A horse symmetrical in make, (A, K,) justly proportioned in his limbs or parts. (A, TA.) And رَجُلٌ مُتَتَابِعُ العِلْمِ A man whose knowledge is uniform, consistent, without incongruity. (K, * TA.)