ب س ط Root b-s-ṭ in the Qur’an 25 occurrences in 23 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

بَسَطَ 16 times

• 2:245 · Al-Baqarahوَيَبْصُۜطُ and grants abundanceWho is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allah who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.
• 5:11 · Al-Ma'idahيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ they stretchO you who have believed, remember the favor of Allah upon you when a people determined to extend their hands [in aggression] against you, but He withheld their hands from you; and fear Allah. And upon Allah let the believers rely.
• 5:28 · Al-Ma'idahبَسَطتَ you stretchIf you should raise your hand against me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds.
• 13:26 · Ar-Ra'dيَبْسُطُ extendsAllah extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. And they rejoice in the worldly life, while the worldly life is not, compared to the Hereafter, except [brief] enjoyment.
• 17:29 · Al-Israتَبْسُطْهَا extend itAnd do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.
• 17:30 · Al-Israيَبْسُطُ extendsIndeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing.
• 28:82 · Al-Qasasيَبْسُطُ extendsAnd those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, "Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!"
• 29:62 · Al-'Ankabutيَبْسُطُ extendsAllah extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts for him. Indeed Allah is, of all things, Knowing.
• 30:37 · Ar-Rumيَبْسُطُ extendsDo they not see that Allah extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]? Indeed, in that are signs for a people who believe.
• 30:48 · Ar-Rumفَيَبْسُطُهُۥ then He spreads themIt is Allah who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, and He makes them fragments so you see the rain emerge from within them. And when He causes it to fall upon whom He wills of His servants, immediately they rejoice
• 34:36 · Sabaيَبْسُطُ extendsSay, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it], but most of the people do not know."
• 34:39 · Sabaيَبْسُطُ extendsSay, "Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts [it] for him. But whatever thing you spend [in His cause] - He will compensate it; and He is the best of providers."
• 39:52 · Az-Zumarيَبْسُطُ extendsDo they not know that Allah extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.
• 42:12 · Ash-Shuraيَبْسُطُ He extendsTo Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. He extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is, of all things, Knowing.
• 42:27 · Ash-Shuraبَسَطَ Allah extendsAnd if Allah had extended [excessively] provision for His servants, they would have committed tyranny throughout the earth. But He sends [it] down in an amount which He wills. Indeed He is, of His servants, Acquainted and Seeing.
• 60:2 · Al-Mumtahanahوَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ and extendIf they gain dominance over you, they would be to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.

باسِط 4 times

• 5:28 · Al-Ma'idahبِبَاسِطٍۢ stretchIf you should raise your hand against me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah, Lord of the worlds.
• 6:93 · Al-An'amبَاسِطُوٓا۟ (are) stretching outAnd who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or says, "It has been inspired to me," while nothing has been inspired to him, and one who says, "I will reveal [something] like what Allah revealed." And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the overwhelming pangs of death while the angels extend their hands, [saying], "Discharge your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation for what you used to say against Allah other than the truth and [that] you were, toward His verses, being arrogant."
• 13:14 · Ar-Ra'dكَبَـٰسِطِ like one who stretchesTo Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e. futility].
• 18:18 · Al-Kahfبَـٰسِطٌۭ stretchedAnd you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.

بَصطَة 2 times

• 2:247 · Al-Baqarahبَسْطَةًۭ abundantlyAnd their prophet said to them, "Indeed, Allah has sent to you Saul as a king." They said, "How can he have kingship over us while we are more worthy of kingship than him and he has not been given any measure of wealth?" He said, "Indeed, Allah has chosen him over you and has increased him abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allah gives His sovereignty to whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing [in favor] and Knowing."
• 7:69 · Al-A'rafبَصْۜطَةًۭ ۖ extensivelyThen do you wonder that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from among you, that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in stature extensively. So remember the favors of Allah that you might succeed.

بَسْط 1 time

• 17:29 · Al-Israٱلْبَسْطِ reachAnd do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent.

بِساط 1 time

• 71:19 · Nuhبِسَاطًۭا an expanseAnd Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

مَبْسُوطَتان 1 time

• 5:64 · Al-Ma'idahمَبْسُوطَتَانِ (are) stretched outAnd the Jews say, "The hand of Allah is chained." Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. And We have cast among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. Every time they kindled the fire of war [against you], Allah extinguished it. And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.