What does « To attract / To import » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word To attract / To import (جلب) in the Quran, with 2 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

جلب

To attract / To import

Root: ج - ل - ب

Creed (aqida) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of To attract / To import

The origin of al-jalb: to drive something.

One says 'jalabtu jalban' (I drove).

Al-jawâlib: what drives.

The clamor 'jalaba' is the noise people make while hunting.

Allah says: 'And gather (ajlib) against them your cavalry' (Al-Isrâ': 64), words addressed to Satan.

To attract / To import in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 1 Medinan: 1

Distribution of verses by surah

Al-Isra 1

Al-Ahzab 1

Surah Al-Isra : 64 Meccan

﴿وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا﴾

And incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their children and promise them." But Satan does not promise them except delusion.

Surah Al-Ahzab : 59 Medinan

﴿يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا﴾

O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.