# Be-Ta-Ra — بطر (bTr)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/bTr

- **Meaning:** Behave insolently, reckless, arrogant, boastful, ungrateful/unthankful, stupefied, deprived of reason, proud, self-conceited.
- **Derived forms:** بَطَر (1) · بَطِرَتْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** بَطَرًۭا — baṭaran · "boastfully"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذ۪ينَ خَرَجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ بَطَراً وَرِئَٓاءَ النَّاسِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُح۪يطٌ

Wala takoonoo kallatheenakharajoo min diyarihim bataran wari-aa annasiwayasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi wallahubima yaAAmaloona muheet

And be not like those who come forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and turn away from the path of God; and God encompasses what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-47.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** بَطِرَتْ — baṭirat · "which exulted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ بَطِرَتْ مَع۪يشَتَهَاۚ فَتِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَنْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۜ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ الْوَارِث۪ينَ

Wakam ahlakna min qaryatin batiratmaAAeeshataha fatilka masakinuhum lam tuskan minbaAAdihim illa qaleelan wakunna nahnu alwaritheen

And how many a city We destroyed that was insolent in its livelihood; and those are their dwellings: they have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We are the inheritors.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-58.md_

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