Ba-Sad-Ra
2 words from this root family
Ba-Sad-Ra (ب-ص-ر) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: baṣīr (all-seeing), baṣura (he saw / he perceived).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 148 times in 139 verses, across 62 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:7. The form بَصِيرٌ (all-seeing) accounts for 51 of them.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
بَصِيرٌ baṣīr | all-seeing | adjective, A2 | 51× | Creation and Nature |
بَصُرَ baṣura | he saw / he perceived | verb, B1 | Prophets and Messengers |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ غِشَـٰوَةٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌAllah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be an awful doom.
مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَTheir likeness is as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when it sheddeth its light around him Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in darkness, where they cannot see,
وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٍ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَAnd thou wilt find them greediest of mankind for life and (greedier) than the idolaters. (Each) one of them would like to be allowed to live a thousand years. And to live (a thousand years) would be no means remove him from the doom. Allah is Seer of what they do.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Intensive adjective (فَعِيل pattern) from بَصُرَ (to see/perceive). Related: بَصَرٌ (sight/vision), بَصِيرَةٌ (insight). Can also mean 'insightful.'
Al-Baṣīr (The All-Seeing) means God sees all actions and intentions. This name provides both comfort (God sees our good deeds) and accountability (nothing is hidden).
Form I verb. Past: بَصُرَ/بَصِرَ, Present: يَبْصُرُ. Related: بَصَرٌ (sight), بَصِيرٌ (seeing/insightful), بَصِيرَةٌ (insight). Also Form IV: أَبْصَرَ (to see clearly).
This verse describes Moses' sister watching over his basket in the Nile. The root carries both physical sight and spiritual insight.