B1noun
غَابَة
ghāba
forest
Example
الغابَةُ مَليئَةٌ بِالأَشجارِ الطَّويلَة.
al-ghābatu malīʾatun bi-l-ashjāri ṭ-ṭawīla.
The forest is full of tall trees.
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Arabic root
غ-ي-ب
2 words from this root family
B1noun
غَيْبٌ
ghayb
unseen / hidden realm
Example
ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ
dhālika al-kitābu lā rayba fīhi hudan lil-muttaqīna alladhīna yuʾminūna bil-ghayb
This is the Book in which there is no doubt, a guidance for the God-conscious who believe in the unseen (2:2-3)
Grammar
Masculine noun. Related: غَائِبٌ (absent), غَابَ (to be absent/hidden), غَيْبِيٌّ (relating to the unseen). Opposite: شَهَادَة (the witnessed/seen realm). عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ = Knower of the unseen.
Culture
Belief in the ghayb (unseen) is the first quality of the God-conscious mentioned in the Quran. It encompasses God, angels, the Hereafter, and all that is beyond human perception.