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بَسَطَ

بسط in the Quran

Meaning: extends

بسط occurs 17 times in 16 verses across 11 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
17
Verses
16
Surahs
11

بَسَطَ

Verb · 16 times

Meaning: extends · Also translated as: and grants abundance, they stretch, you stretch, extend it

Forms in the Quran

  • يَبْسُطُ ×9
  • وَيَبْصُۜطُ ×1
  • يَبْسُطُوٓا۟ ×1
  • بَسَطتَ ×1
  • تَبْسُطْهَا ×1
  • فَيَبْسُطُهُۥ ×1
  • بَسَطَ ×1
  • وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ ×1

بَسْط

Noun · 1 time

Meaning: reach

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلْبَسْطِ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

بسط الشيء: نشره وتوسيعه، فتارة يتصور منه الأمران، وتارة يتصور منه أحدهما، ويقال: بسط

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

البسط: الاتساع في الشيء. ومنه بسط الرزق، والبساط: المفترش من ذلك لاتساعه، فعال بمعنى مفعول. قال تعالى: ﴿جعل لكم الأرض بساطا﴾ [نوح: 19]. والبسط: النشر يقابل القبض. وبسيط الأرض: مبسوطها.

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

Verses with بسط

Verses 1–16 of 16

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Who is he That will loan to God A beautiful loan, which God Will double unto his credit And multiply many times? It is God that giveth (you) Want or Plenty, And to Him shall be Your return.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:245
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe Call in remembrance The favour of God Unto you when Certain men formed the design To stretch out Their hands against you, But (God) held back Their hands from you: So fear God. And on God Let Believers put (All) their trust.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:11
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    "If thou dost stretch thy hand Against me, to slay me, It is not for me to stretch My hand against thee To slay thee: for I do fear God, the Cherisher of the Worlds.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:28
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    God doth enlarge, or grant By (strict) measure, the Sustenance (Which He giveth) to whomso He pleaseth. (The worldly) rejoice In the life of this world: But the life of this world Is but little comfort In the Hereafter.

    Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:26
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Make not thy hand tied (Like a niggard's) to thy neck, Nor stretch it forth To its utmost reach, So that thou become Blameworthy and destitute.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:29
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    Verily thy Lord doth provide Sustenance in abundance For whom He pleaseth, and He Provideth in a just measure. For He doth know And regard all His servants.

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:30
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    And those who had envied His position the day before Began to say on the morrow: "Ah! It is indeed God Who enlarges the provision Or restricts it, to any Of His servants He pleases! Had it not been that God Was gracious to us, He Could have caused the earth To swallow us up! Ah! Those who reject God Will assuredly never prosper."

    Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:82
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    God enlarges the sustenance (Which He gives) to whichever Of His servants He pleases; And He (similarly) grants By (strict) measure, (as He pleases): For God has full knowledge Of all things.

    Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:62
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    See they not that God Enlarges the provision and Restricts it, to whomsoever He pleases? Verily in that Are Signs for those who believe.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:37
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who sends The Winds, and they raise The Clouds: then does He Spread them in the sky As He wills, and break them Into fragments, until thou seest Rain-drops issue from the midst Thereof: then when He has Made them reach such His servants as He wills, Behold, they do rejoice!—

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:48
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges And restricts the Provision To whom He pleases, but Most men understand not."

    Surah Saba, verse 34:36
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Verily my Lord enlarges And restricts the Sustenance To such of His servants As He pleases: and nothing Do ye spend in the least (In His Cause) but He Replaces it: for He is The Best of those who Grant Sustenance.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:39
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Know they not that God enlarges the provision Or restricts it, for any He pleases? Verily, in this are Signs for those who believe!

    Surah Az-Zumar, verse 39:52
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    To Him belong the keys Of the heavens and the earth: He enlarges and restricts. The Sustenance to whom He will: for He knows Full well all things.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:12
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    If God were to enlarge The provision for His Servants, They would indeed transgress Beyond all bounds Through the earth; But He sends (it) down In due measure As He pleases. For He is with His Servants Well-acquainted, Watchful.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:27
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    If they were to get The better of you, They would behave to you As enemies, and stretch forth Their hands and their tongues Against you for evil; And they desire that ye Should reject the Truth.

    Surah Al-Mumtahanah, verse 60:2