Quran glossary · draft

بَسْط

extension

The verbal noun names the act of extending.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: بسط

Lemmas: بسط

Forms: بَسْطِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

17:29

وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا

Why this meaning was chosen

All 25 family occurrences were reviewed on one bounded page, with no protected segments or compacted candidates. Quran 2:245 contrasts the verb with constricting, Quran 30:48 applies it to a cloud across the sky, and the hand contexts physically display outward reach. Provision, knowledge, bodily creation, and hostile action are contextual objects of the same extension core. The action noun, active and passive participles, extent noun بَسْطَة, and surface noun بِسَاط remain compositional.