قبل

qabl, s.m. The anterior or fore-part, the front;—adj. Anterior, prior, first; preliminary, preparatory;—prep. & adv. (of time), Previous (to, -ke), prior (to), before:—qabl az ān ki, Before that; ante quam; prior to; previously, beforehand:—qabl az īn, Before this, before now, heretofore:—qabl do-pahar-ke, Before noon.