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Quran Maqasid

بَدَأَ

بدأ in the Quran

Meaning: originates

بدأ occurs 12 times in 11 verses across 9 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
12
Verses
11
Surahs
9

بَدَأَ

Verb · 12 times

Meaning: originates · Also translated as: He originated you, began you, So he began, We began

Forms in the Quran

  • يَبْدَؤُا۟ ×6
  • بَدَأَكُمْ ×1
  • بَدَءُوكُمْ ×1
  • فَبَدَأَ ×1
  • بَدَأْنَآ ×1
  • بَدَأَ ×1
  • وَبَدَأَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

يقال: بدأت بكذا وأبدأت وابتدأت، أي:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

البدء والابتداء: تقديم الشيء على غيره نوعا من التقديم. قال تعالى: ﴿وبدأ خلق الإنسان من طين﴾ [السجدة: 4]. يقال: بدأت بكذا وأبدأت به وابتدأت به أي قدمته. ومبدأ الشيء ما يترتب منه أو يكون منه.

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

Verses with بدأ

Verses 1–11 of 11

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "My Lord hath commanded Justice; and that ye set Your whole selves (to Him) At every time and place Of prayer, and call upon Him, Making your devotion sincere As in His sight: Such as He created you In the beginning, so Shall ye return."

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:29
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Will ye not fight people Who violated their oaths, Plotted to expel the Apostle, And took the aggressive By being the first (to assault) you? Do ye fear them? Nay, It is God Whom ye should More justly fear, if ye believe!

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:13
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    To Him will be your return— Of all of you. The promise Of God is true and sure. It is He who beginneth The process of creation, And repeateth it, that He May reward with justice Those who believe And work righteousness; But those who reject Him Will have draughts Of boiling fluids, And a Penalty grievous, Because they did reject Him.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:4
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Of your 'partners', Can any originate creation And repeat it?" Say: "It is God Who originates Creation and repeats it: Then how are ye deluded Away (from the truth)?"

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:34
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    So he began (the search) With their baggage, Before (he came to) the baggage Of his brother: at length He brought it out of his Brother's baggage. Thus did We Plan for Joseph. He could not Take his brother by the law Of the king except that God Willed it (so). We raise To degrees (of wisdom) whom We please: but over all Endued with knowledge is One, The All-Knowing.

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:76
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Day that We roll up The heavens like a scroll Rolled up for books (completed),— Even as We produced The first Creation, so Shall We produce A new one: a promise We have undertaken: Truly shall We fulfil it.

    Surah Al-Anbya, verse 21:104
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Or, who originates Creation, Then repeats it, And who gives you sustenance From heaven and earth? (Can there be another) god Besides God? Say, "Bring forth Your argument, if ye Are telling the truth!"

    Surah An-Naml, verse 27:64
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Travel through the earth And see how God did Originate creation; so will God produce a later creation: For God has power Over all things.

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:20
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who begins (The process of) creation; Then repeats it; then Shall ye be brought back To Him.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:11
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who begins (The process of) creation; Then repeats it; and For Him it is most easy. To Him belongs the loftiest Similitude (we can think of) In the heavens and the earth: For He is Exalted in Might, Full of wisdom.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:27
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    He Who has made Everything which He has created Most Good: He began The creation of man With (nothing more than) clay,

    Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:7