# Be-Te-Lam — بتل (btl)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Cut it off, severed it, separate, was/became alone, detach oneself and devote, devote exclusively, apply, striving, laboring or exerting, becoming wide between the shoulders, obligatory or something made so
- **Derived forms:** تَبَتَّلْ (1) · تَبْتِيل (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَبَتَّلْ — watabattal · "and devote yourself"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْت۪يلاًۜ

Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela

But remember thou the name of thy Lord, and devote thyself completely to Him.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-8.md_

### 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** تَبْتِيلًۭا — tabtīlan · "(with) devotion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · noun-verb · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَتَبَتَّلْ اِلَيْهِ تَبْت۪يلاًۜ

Wathkuri isma rabbikawatabattal ilayhi tabteela

But remember thou the name of thy Lord, and devote thyself completely to Him.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-8.md_

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