Quran glossary · draft

التَّبَتُّلُ إِلَى اللَّه

devote oneself wholly

To separate one's attention from alternatives and dedicate it completely to God.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: بتل

Lemmas: تبتل · تبتيل

Forms: تَبَتَّلْ · تَبْتِيلًا

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

73:8

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا

73:8

وَٱذْكُرِ ٱسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا

Why this meaning was chosen

Both occurrences in one cognate construction were reviewed. The form V imperative commands wholehearted Godward devotion, and the form II event noun intensifies its completeness.