Quran glossary · draft

بطر

arrogant excess

Arrogant excess produced by treating strength or provision as grounds for self-exaltation.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: بطر

Lemmas: بطر · بطرت

Forms: بَطَرًا · بَطِرَتْ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

8:47

وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِهِم بَطَرًا وَرِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ

28:58

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا فَتِلْكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The accusative noun in 8:47 describes the army's arrogant manner of going out alongside public display. Form I in 28:58 predicates the same corrupt response to abundant livelihood of a settlement later destroyed. One occurrence foregrounds military confidence and the other prosperous ease, but both turn advantage into insolence.