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بَغْي

بغي in the Quran

Meaning: and the oppression

بغي occurs 13 times in 13 verses across 9 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
13
Verses
13
Surahs
9

بَغْي

Noun · 11 times

Meaning: and the oppression · Also translated as: grudging, jealousy, out of envy, for their rebellion

Forms in the Quran

  • بَغْيًا ×6
  • وَٱلْبَغْىَ ×2
  • بِبَغْيِهِمْ ×1
  • بَغْيُكُمْ ×1
  • ٱلْبَغْىُ ×1

بَغِيّ

Noun · 2 times

Meaning: unchaste

Forms in the Quran

  • بَغِيًّا ×2

Its root in the classical dictionaries

البغي: طلب تجاوز الاقتصاد فيما يتحرى، تجاوزه أم لم يتجاوزه، فتارة يعتبر في القدر الذي هو الكمية، وتارة يعتبر في الوصف الذي هو الكيفية، يقال: بغيت الشيء: إذا طلبت أكثر ما يجب، وابتغيت كذلك، قال الله عز وجل: لقد ابتغوا الفتنة من قبل [التوبة/ 48] ، وقال تعالى:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الباء والغين والياء أصلان: أحدهما طلب الشيء، والثاني جنس من الفساد. فمن الأول بغيت الشيء أبغيه: إذا طلبته. ويقال: بغيتك الشيء: إذا طلبته لك، وأبغيتك الشيء: إذا أعنتك على طلبه. والبغية والبغية الحاجة. وتقول: ما ينبغي لك أن تفعل كذا. وهذا من أفعال المطاوعة، تقول بغيته فانبغى، كما تقول كسرته فانكسر.

معجم مقاييس اللغة — ابن فارس
The full entries on the root ب غ ي

Verses with بغي

Verses 1–13 of 13

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Miserable is the price For which they have sold Their souls, in that they Deny (the revelation) Which God has sent down, In insolent envy that God Of His Grace should send it To any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn On themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment Of those who reject Faith.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:90
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Mankind was one single nation, And God sent Messengers With glad tidings and warnings; And with them He sent The Book in truth, To judge between people In matters wherein They differed; But the People of the Book, After the clear Signs Came to them, did not differ Among themselves, Except through selfish contumacy. God by His Grace Guided the Believers To the Truth, Concerning that Wherein they differed. For God guides Whom He will To a path That is straight.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:213
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Religion before God Is Islam (submission to His Will): Nor did the People of the Book Dissent therefrom except Through envy of each other, After knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of God, God is swift in calling to account.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:19
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    For those who followed The Jewish Law, We forbade Every (animal) with Undivided hoof, And We forbade them The fat of the ox And the sheep, except What adheres to their backs Or their entrails, Or is mixed up With a bone: This in recompense For their wilful disobedience: For We are True (In Our ordinances).

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:146
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: The things that my Lord Hath indeed forbidden are: Shameful deeds, whether open Or secret; sins and trespasses Against truth or reason; assigning Of partners to God, for which He hath given no authority; And saying things about God Of which ye have no knowledge.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:33
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    But when he delivereth them, Behold! they transgress Insolently through the earth In defiance of right! O mankind! your insolence Is against your own souls,— An enjoyment of the life Of the Present: in the end, To Us is your return, And We shall show you The truth of all that ye did.

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:23
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    We took the Children Of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts followed them In insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed With the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no god Except Him Whom the Children Of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (To God in Islām)."

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:90
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    God commands justice, the doing Of good, and liberality to kith And kin, and He forbids All shameful deeds, and injustice And rebellion: He instructs you, That ye may receive admonition.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:90
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    She said: "How shall I Have a son, seeing that No man has touched me, And I am not unchaste?"

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:20
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not A man of evil, nor thy Mother a woman unchaste!"

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:28
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    And they became divided Only after knowledge Reached them,—through selfish Envy as between themselves. Had it not been For a Word that Went forth before From thy Lord, (Tending) to a Term appointed, The matter would have Been settled between them: But truly those who have Inherited the Book after them Are in suspicious (disquieting) Doubt concerning it.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:14
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    And those who, when An oppressive wrong is inflicted On them, (are not cowed But) help and defend themselves.

    Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:39
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We granted them Clear Signs in affairs (Of Religion): it was only After knowledge had been Granted to them that they Fell into schisms, through Insolent envy among themselves Verily thy Lord will judge Between them on the Day Of Judgment as to those Matters in which they Set up differences.

    Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:17