Discover the meaning of the word Branch / To cut (قضب) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 2 min readAl-Qaḍb refers to cutting.
The Almighty says: 'And green fodder' (Abasa 28), meaning fresh grass that is cut for animals.
Al-qaḍīb is the tender cut branch.
Al-qaḍab is green fodder.
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