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بَصَر

بصر in the Quran

Meaning: and the sight

بصر occurs 48 times in 44 verses across 29 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
48
Verses
44
Surahs
29

بَصَر

Noun · 48 times

Meaning: and the sight · Also translated as: and their sight, the eyes, their gaze, their vision

Forms in the Quran

  • أَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ×9
  • ٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ ×9
  • وَٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ ×7
  • ٱلْبَصَرِ ×6
  • وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ×4
  • وَأَبْصَٰرَكُمْ ×1
  • أَبْصَٰرُنَا ×1
  • وَٱلْبَصَرَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

البصر يقال للجارحة الناظرة، نحو قوله تعالى: كلمح البصر [النحل/ 77] ، وو إذ زاغت الأبصار [الأحزاب/ 10] ، وللقوة التي فيها، ويقال لقوة القلب المدركة:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

البصر: يطلق على الجارحة تارة وعلى القوة التي فيها أخرى. والبصيرة: للإدراك الذي في القلب، ويقال لها بصر أيضا. فالبصر يطلق بإزاء هذه المعاني الثلاثة، ولا يكاد يقال في الجارحة بصيرة، ومن الجارحة أبصرت ومن البصيرة بصرته وبصرت به. قال تعالى: ﴿فبصرت به عن جنب﴾ [القصص: 11] أي تفطنت له. وقلما يقال من البصر: بصرت. وقوله: ﴿ادعو…

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ب ص ر

Verses with بصر

Verses 21–40 of 44

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Seest thou not that God Makes the clouds move Gently, then joins them Together, then makes them Into a heap?—then wilt thou See rain issue forth From their midst. And He Sends down from the sky Mountain masses (of clouds) Wherein is hail: He strikes Therewith whom He pleases And He turns it away From whom He pleases. The vivid flash of His lightning Well-nigh blinds the sight.

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:43
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who alternates The Night and the Day: Verily in these things Is an instructive example For those who have vision!

    Surah An-Nur, verse 24:44
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    But He fashioned him In due proportion, and breathed Into him something of His spirit. And He gave You (the faculties of) hearing And sight and feeling (And understanding): Little thanks do ye give!

    Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:9
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Behold! they came on you From above you and from Below you, and behold, The eyes became dim And the hearts gaped Up to the throats, And ye imagined various (Vain) thoughts about God!

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:10
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    And commemorate Our Servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Possessors of Power and Vision.

    Surah Sad, verse 38:45
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Did we treat them (As such) in ridicule, Or have (our) eyes Failed to perceive them?"

    Surah Sad, verse 38:63
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    At length, when they reach The (Fire), their hearing, Their sight, and their skins Will bear witness against them, As to (all) their deeds.

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:20
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Ye did not seek To hide yourselves, lest Your hearing, your sight, And your skins should bear Witness against you! But Ye did think that God Knew not many of the things That ye used to do!

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:22
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then seest thou such A one as takes As his god his own Vain desire? God has, Knowing (him as such), Left him astray, and sealed His hearing and his heart (And understanding), and put A cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him After God (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not Then receive admonition?

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:23
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We had firmly established Them in a (prosperity and) power Which We have not given To you (ye Quraish!) And We had endowed them With (faculties of) Hearing, seeing, heart and intellect But of no profit to them Were their (faculties of) Hearing, sight, and heart And intellect, when they Went on rejecting the Signs Of God; and they were (Completely) encircled By that which they Used to mock at!

    Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:26
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Such are the men Whom God has cursed For He has made them Deaf and blinded their sight.

    Surah Muhammad, verse 47:23
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    (It will be said:) "Thou wast heedless Of this; now have We Removed thy veil, And sharp is thy sight This Day!"

    Surah Qaf, verse 50:22
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    (His) sight never swerved, Nor did it go wrong!

    Surah An-Najm, verse 53:17
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    They will come forth, Their eyes humbled— From (their) graves, (torpid) Like locusts scattered abroad,

    Surah Al-Qamar, verse 54:7
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    And Our Command Is but a single (Act),— Like the twinkling Of an eye.

    Surah Al-Qamar, verse 54:50
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who got out The Unbelievers among The People of the Book From their homes At the first gathering (Of the forces). Little did ye think That they would get out: And they thought That their fortresses Would defend them from God! But the (Wrath of) God Came to them from quarters From which they little Expected (it), and cast Terror into their hearts, So that they destroyed Their dwellings by their own Hands and the hands Of the Believers. Take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!

    Surah Al-Hashr, verse 59:2
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    He Who created The seven heavens One above another: No want of proportion Wilt thou see In the Creation Of (God) Most Gracious. So turn thy vision again: Seest thou any flaw?

    Surah Al-Mulk, verse 67:3
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    Again turn thy vision A second time: (thy) vision Will come back to thee Dull and discomfited, In a state worn out.

    Surah Al-Mulk, verse 67:4
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "It is He Who Has created you (and made You grow), and made For you the faculties Of hearing, seeing, Feeling and understanding: Little thanks it is ye give.

    Surah Al-Mulk, verse 67:23
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    Their eyes will be Cast down,—ignominy will Cover them; seeing that They had been summoned Aforetime to bow in adoration, While they were whole, (And had refused).

    Surah Al-Qalam, verse 68:43