# Be-Zal-Ra — بذر (bpr)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** scatter/disperse, (e.g. sowed seed, cast grain), diffused/disseminated, divulge/reveal, extravagant in expenditure, babbling, dissipated/squandered, destroyed/consumed/wasted/ruined, frivolous, false/vain/ineffectual, many/much/abundant/plenty/increase
- **Derived forms:** تُبَذِّرْ (1) · تَبْذِير (1) · مُبَذِّرِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** تُبَذِّرْ — tubadhir · "spend"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاٰتِ ذَا الْقُرْبٰى حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذ۪يراً

Waati tha alqurba haqqahuwalmiskeena wabna assabeeli walatubaththir tabtheera

And give thou the relative his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer; but squander thou not wastefully,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-26.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** تَبْذِيرًا — tabdhīran · "wastefully"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاٰتِ ذَا الْقُرْبٰى حَقَّهُ وَالْمِسْك۪ينَ وَابْنَ السَّب۪يلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذ۪يراً

Waati tha alqurba haqqahuwalmiskeena wabna assabeeli walatubaththir tabtheera

And give thou the relative his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer; but squander thou not wastefully,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-26.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ — l-mubadhirīna · "the spendthrifts"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِنَّ الْمُبَذِّر۪ينَ كَانُٓوا اِخْوَانَ الشَّيَاط۪ينِۜ وَكَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ لِرَبِّه۪ كَفُوراً

Inna almubaththireena kanooikhwana ashshayateeni wakana ashshaytanulirabbihi kafoora

The squanderers are brothers of the satans, and the satan is to his Lord ungrateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-27.md_

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