# Be-he-Te — بهت (bht)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** confound/confuse/dumbfound, unable to see their right course, become affected with wonder, cut short, overcome, took by surprise, caught unaware suddenly, calumny, slander, false accusation
- **Derived forms:** بُهِتَ (2) · بُهْتَٰن (6)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 258

- **Form in this verse:** فَبُهِتَ — fabuhita · "So became dumbfounded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ي حَٓاجَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ ف۪ي رَبِّه۪ٓ اَنْ اٰتٰيهُ اللّٰهُ الْمُلْكَۢ اِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ رَبِّيَ الَّذ۪ي يُحْـي۪ وَيُم۪يتُۙ قَالَ اَنَا۬ اُحْـي۪ وَاُم۪يتُۜ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْت۪ي بِالشَّمْسِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ الَّذ۪ي كَفَرَۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَۚ

Alam tara ila allathee hajjaibraheema fee rabbihi an atahu Allahualmulka ith qala ibraheemu rabbiya allatheeyuhyee wayumeetu qala ana ohyeewaomeetu qala ibraheemu fa-inna Allahaya/tee bishshamsi mina almashriqi fa/ti biha minaalmaghribi fabuhita allathee kafara wallahula yahdee alqawma aththalimeen

Hast thou not considered the one who disputed with Abraham concerning his Lord because God had given him dominion? When Abraham said: “My Lord is He who gives life, and gives death,” he said: “I give life, and I give death.” Abraham said: “God brings the sun from the East; so bring thou it from the West.” Then was the one who ignored warning lost for words; and God guides not the wrongdoing people.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-258.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** بُهْتَـٰنًۭا — buh'tānan · "(by) slander"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنْ اَرَدْتُمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَكَانَ زَوْجٍۙ وَاٰتَيْتُمْ اِحْدٰيهُنَّ قِنْطَاراً فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۜ اَتَأْخُذُونَهُ بُهْتَاناً وَاِثْماً مُب۪يناً

Wa-in aradtumu istibdala zawjin makanazawjin waataytum ihdahunna qintaranfala ta/khuthoo minhu shay-an ata/khuthoonahubuhtanan wa-ithman mubeena

And if you wish to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a fortune, take not from it anything; would you take it through false accusation and obvious sin?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-20.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** بُهْتَـٰنًۭا — buh'tānan · "(with) a slander"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ يَكْسِبْ خَط۪ٓيـَٔةً اَوْ اِثْماً ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِه۪ بَر۪ٓيـٔاً فَقَدِ احْتَمَلَ بُهْتَـاناً وَاِثْماً مُب۪يناً۟

Waman yaksib khatee-atan aw ithmanthumma yarmi bihi baree-an faqadi ihtamala buhtananwa-ithman mubeena

And whoso commits an offence or any sin then casts it upon an innocent, he has laid upon himself calumny and obvious sin.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-112.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 156

- **Form in this verse:** بُهْتَـٰنًا — buh'tānan · "a slander"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلٰى مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَاناً عَظ۪يماًۙ

Wabikufrihim waqawlihim AAalamaryama buhtanan AAatheema

And because of their denial, and their saying against Mary a tremendous calumny,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-156.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ — fatabhatuhum · "and bewilder them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

بَلْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ

Bal ta/teehim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falayastateeAAoona raddaha wala hum yuntharoon

But it will come upon them unexpectedly, and render them speechless, and they will be unable to repel it, nor will they be granted respite.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-40.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** بُهْتَـٰنٌ — buh'tānun · "(is) a slander"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَوْلَٓا اِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُمْ مَا يَكُونُ لَـنَٓا اَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ بِهٰذَاۗ سُبْحَانَكَ هٰذَا بُهْتَانٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Walawla ith samiAAtumoohuqultum ma yakoonu lana an natakallama bihathasubhanaka hatha buhtanun AAatheem

Oh, that when you heard it you had but said: “It is not for us to speak of this. Glory be to Thee! This is a monstrous slander!”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-16.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** بُهْتَـٰنًۭا — buh'tānan · "false accusation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْذُونَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا اكْتَسَبُوا فَقَدِ احْتَمَلُوا بُهْتَاناً وَاِثْماً مُب۪يناً۟

Wallatheena yu/thoonaalmu/mineena walmu/minati bighayri maiktasaboo faqadi ihtamaloo buhtanan wa-ithmanmubeena

And those who hinder believing men and believing women with what they have not earned: they bear a calumny and obvious sin.

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

### 60. Surah Al-Mumtahanah, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** بِبُهْتَـٰنٍۢ — bibuh'tānin · "slander"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ اِذَا جَٓاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ لَا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللّٰهِ شَيْـٔاً وَلَا يَسْرِقْنَ وَلَا يَزْن۪ينَ وَلَا يَقْتُلْنَ اَوْلَادَهُنَّ وَلَا يَأْت۪ينَ بِبُهْتَانٍ يَفْتَر۪ينَهُ بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِنَّ وَاَرْجُلِهِنَّ وَلَا يَعْص۪ينَكَ ف۪ي مَعْرُوفٍ فَبَايِعْهُنَّ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُنَّ اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha annabiyyu ithajaaka almu/minatu yubayiAAnaka AAalaan la yushrikna billahi shay-an walayasriqna wala yazneena wala yaqtulna awladahunnawala ya/teena bibuhtanin yaftareenahu baynaaydeehinna waarjulihinna wala yaAAseenaka feemaAAroofin fabayiAAhunna wastaghfir lahunna Allahainna Allaha ghafoorun raheem

O Prophet: when the believing women come to thee, swearing fealty to thee: — that they will not ascribe a partnership with God to anything; and they will not steal; and they will not commit unlawful sexual intercourse; and they will not kill their children; and they will not produce a calumny they have invented between their hands and their feet; and they will not disobey thee in what is fitting; — then accept thou their fealty, and ask thou God to forgive them; God is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mumtahanah/verse-12.md_

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