# Be-Vav-Elif — بوا (bwA) > Occurs in 17 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/bwA - **Meaning:** returned, went/came back, he bore or took upon himself, became ladened/burdened, became the abiding-place thereof, became answerable/accountable/responsible, equal/alike, a match, rested/remained, lodged him in an abode, mubawwa: a dwelling, place of lodging, settlement, tabawwa: to take or make as one's dwelling. - **Derived forms:** بَاءَ (6) · بَوَّأَ (6) · مُبَوَّأ (1) · يَتَبَوَّأُ (4) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 61 - **Form in this verse:** وَبَآءُو — wabāū · "and they drew on themselves" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense وَاِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسٰى لَنْ نَصْبِرَ عَلٰى طَعَامٍ وَاحِدٍ فَادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْاَرْضُ مِنْ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّٓائِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَاۜ قَالَ اَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذ۪ي هُوَ اَدْنٰى بِالَّذ۪ي هُوَ خَيْرٌۜ اِهْبِطُوا مِصْراً فَاِنَّ لَكُمْ مَا سَاَلْتُمْۜ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ وَالْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَٓاؤُ۫ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيّ۪نَ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّۜ ذٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ۟ Wa-ith qultum ya moosalan nasbira AAala taAAamin wahidinfadAAu lana rabbaka yukhrij lana mimmatunbitu al-ardu min baqliha waqiththa-ihawafoomiha waAAadasiha wabasaliha qalaatastabdiloona allathee huwa adna billatheehuwa khayrun ihbitoo misran fa-inna lakum masaaltum waduribat AAalayhimu aththillatu walmaskanatuwabaoo bighadabin mina Allahi thalikabi-annahum kanoo yakfuroona bi-ayati Allahiwayaqtuloona annabiyyeena bighayri alhaqqi thalikabima AAasaw wakanoo yaAAtadoon And when you said: “O Moses: we will not endure one food, so call thou to thy Lord for us that He bring forth for us of what the earth grows of its green herbs, and its cucumbers, and its garlic, and its lentils, and its onions.” He said: “Would you exchange for what is worse what is better? Get you down to Egypt, and you will have what you have asked.” And humiliation and wretchedness were pitched upon them; and they incurred wrath from God, for it is that they denied the proofs of God! And they killed the prophets without cause, for it is that they opposed and they exceeded all bounds! _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-61.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 90 - **Form in this verse:** فَبَآءُو — fabāū · "So they have drawn (on themselves)" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْا بِه۪ٓ اَنْفُسَهُمْ اَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ بَغْياً اَنْ يُنَزِّلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ عَلٰى مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ۚ فَبَٓاؤُ۫ بِغَضَبٍ عَلٰى غَضَبٍۜ وَلِلْكَافِر۪ينَ عَذَابٌ مُه۪ينٌ Bi/sama ishtaraw bihi anfusahum anyakfuroo bima anzala Allahu baghyan an yunazzilaAllahu min fadlihi AAala man yashaomin AAibadihi fabaoo bighadabin AAalaghadabin walilkafireena AAathabun muheen Evil is that for which they sold themselves, denying what God sent down, through sectarian zealotry, that God should send down of His bounty upon whom He wills of His servants. So they incurred wrath upon wrath; and for the false claimers of guidance is a humiliating punishment. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-90.md_ ### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 112 - **Form in this verse:** وَبَآءُو — wabāū · "And they incurred" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ اَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُٓوا اِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَبَٓاؤُ۫ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَسْكَنَةُۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الْاَنْبِيَٓاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۜ ذٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ۠ Duribat AAalayhimu aththillatuayna ma thuqifoo illa bihablin mina Allahiwahablin mina annasi wabaoo bighadabinmina Allahi waduribat AAalayhimu almaskanatu thalikabi-annahum kanoo yakfuroona bi-ayati Allahiwayaqtuloona al-anbiyaa bighayri haqqin thalikabima AAasaw wakanoo yaAAtadoon Pitched upon them will be ignominy wherever they are found save for a rope from God and a rope from men. And they will incur wrath from God, and wretchedness will be pitched upon them, for it is that they denied the proofs of God! And they killed the prophets without cause, for it is that they opposed and exceeded all bounds! _https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-112.md_ ### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 121 - **Form in this verse:** تُبَوِّئُ — tubawwi-u · "to post" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense وَاِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ اَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ مَقَاعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِۜ وَاللّٰهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌۙ Wa-ith ghadawta min ahlika tubawwi-oalmu/mineena maqaAAida lilqitali wallahusameeAAun AAaleem And when thou didst leave thy household early to assign the believers their stations for the battle; and God was hearing and knowing _https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-121.md_ ### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 162 - **Form in this verse:** بَآءَ — bāa · "draws" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense اَفَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَ اللّٰهِ كَمَنْ بَٓاءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَمَأْوٰيهُ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ Afamani ittabaAAa ridwana Allahikaman baa bisakhatin mina Allahi wama/wahujahannamu wabi/sa almaseer Is then he who seeks the approval of God like one who incurs wrath from God, and whose shelter is Gehenna? And evil is the journey’s end. _https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-162.md_ ### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 29 - **Form in this verse:** تَبُوٓأَ — tabūa · "you be laden" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense اِنّ۪ٓي اُر۪يدُ اَنْ تَبُٓوأَ بِاِثْم۪ي وَاِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنْ اَصْحَابِ النَّارِۚ وَذٰلِكَ جَزٰٓؤُا الظَّالِم۪ينَۚ Innee oreedu an taboo-a bi-ithmee wa-ithmikafatakoona min as-habi annari wathalikajazao aththalimeen “I wish thee to bear my sin and thy sin, and to become of the companions of the Fire; and that is the reward of the wrongdoers.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-29.md_ ### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 74 - **Form in this verse:** وَبَوَّأَكُمْ — wabawwa-akum · "and settled you" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense وَاذْ‌كُرُٓوا اِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَـفَٓاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَادٍ وَبَوَّاَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ سُهُولِهَا قُصُوراً وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتاًۚ فَاذْكُـرُٓوا اٰلَٓاءَ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ Wathkuroo ithjaAAalakum khulafaa min baAAdi AAadin wabawwaakumfee al-ardi tattakhithoona min suhooliha qusooranwatanhitoona aljibala buyootan fathkurooalaa Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen “And remember when He made you successors after ʿĀd, and settled you in the earth; you make castles out of its plains and hew the mountains into houses. Then remember the favours of God and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-74.md_ ### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 16 - **Form in this verse:** بَآءَ — bāa · "(he has) incurred" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense وَمَنْ يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُٓ اِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفاً لِقِتَالٍ اَوْ مُتَحَيِّزاً اِلٰى فِئَةٍ فَقَدْ بَٓاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَمَأْوٰيهُ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ Waman yuwallihim yawma-ithin duburahuilla mutaharrifan liqitalin aw mutahayyizanila fi-atin faqad baa bighadabin mina Allahiwama/wahu jahannamu wabi/sa almaseer And whoso, that day, turns his back to them save as a manoeuvre for battle, or joining a company, he has incurred wrath from God; and his shelter is Gehenna; and evil is the journey’s end. _https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-16.md_ ### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 87 - **Form in this verse:** تَبَوَّءَا — tabawwaā · "Settle" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, dual · imperative mood وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰى وَاَخ۪يهِ اَنْ تَبَوَّاٰ لِقَوْمِكُمَا بِمِصْرَ بُيُوتاً وَاجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قِبْلَةً وَاَق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَۜ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ Waawhayna ila moosawaakheehi an tabawwaa liqawmikuma bimisrabuyootan wajAAaloo buyootakum qiblatan waaqeemoo assalatawabashshiri almu/mineen And We instructed Moses and his brother: “Settle your people in Egypt in houses, and make your houses a destination; and uphold the duty; and bear thou glad tidings to the believers.” _https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-87.md_ ### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 93 - **Form in this verse:** بَوَّأْنَا — bawwanā · "We settled" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense وَلَقَدْ بَوَّأْنَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ مُبَوَّاَ صِدْقٍ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِۚ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا حَتّٰى جَٓاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْض۪ي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ Walaqad bawwa/na banee isra-eelamubawwaa sidqin warazaqnahum mina attayyibatifama ikhtalafoo hatta jaahumualAAilmu inna rabbaka yaqdee baynahum yawma alqiyamatifeema kanoo feehi yakhtalifoon And We settled the children of Israel in a goodly settlement, and provided them with good things; and they differed not until knowledge came to them. Thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed. _https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-93.md_ ### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 93 - **Form in this verse:** مُبَوَّأَ — mubawwa-a · "(in) a settlement" - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · passive · masculine · accusative case وَلَقَدْ بَوَّأْنَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ مُبَوَّاَ صِدْقٍ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِۚ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا حَتّٰى جَٓاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْض۪ي بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ ف۪يمَا كَانُوا ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ Walaqad bawwa/na banee isra-eelamubawwaa sidqin warazaqnahum mina attayyibatifama ikhtalafoo hatta jaahumualAAilmu inna rabbaka yaqdee baynahum yawma alqiyamatifeema kanoo feehi yakhtalifoon And We settled the children of Israel in a goodly settlement, and provided them with good things; and they differed not until knowledge came to them. Thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed. _https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-93.md_ ### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 56 - **Form in this verse:** يَتَبَوَّأُ — yatabawwa-u · "to settle" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense وَكَذٰلِكَ مَكَّنَّا لِيُوسُفَ فِي الْاَرْضِۚ يَتَبَوَّاُ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ يَشَٓاءُۜ نُص۪يبُ بِرَحْمَتِنَا مَنْ نَشَٓاءُ وَلَا نُض۪يعُ اَجْرَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ Wakathalika makanna liyoosufafee al-ardi yatabawwao minha haythu yashaonuseebu birahmatina man nashao walanudeeAAu ajra almuhsineen And thus We established Joseph in the land, to settle therein wheresoever he willed. We visit with Our mercy whom We will, and We cause not to be lost the reward of the doers of good. _https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-56.md_ ### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 41 - **Form in this verse:** لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ — lanubawwi-annahum · "surely We will give them position" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense وَالَّذ۪ينَ هَاجَرُوا فِي اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۜ وَلَاَجْرُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَۙ Wallatheena hajaroofee Allahi min baAAdi ma thulimoolanubawwi-annahum fee addunya hasanatanwalaajru al-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon And those who have emigrated in the cause of God after they were wronged, We will settle them handsomely in the World: — and the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if they but knew — _https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-41.md_ ### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 26 - **Form in this verse:** بَوَّأْنَا — bawwanā · "We assigned" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense وَاِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِاِبْرٰه۪يمَ مَكَانَ الْبَيْتِ اَنْ لَا تُشْرِكْ ب۪ي شَيْـٔاً وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّٓائِف۪ينَ وَالْقَٓائِم۪ينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ Wa-ith bawwa/na li-ibraheemamakana albayti an la tushrik bee shay-an watahhirbaytiya litta-ifeena walqa-imeenawarrukkaAAi assujood And when We settled for Abraham the position of the house: “Ascribe thou not a partnership with Me to anything; and purify thou My house for those who walk around, and those who stand, and the lowly, and the submitting. _https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-26.md_ ### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 58 - **Form in this verse:** لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُم — lanubawwi-annahum · "surely We will give them a place" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · present tense وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفاً تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَاۜ نِعْمَ اَجْرُ الْعَامِل۪ينَۗ Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati lanubawwi-annahummina aljannati ghurafan tajree min tahtiha al-anharukhalideena feeha niAAma ajru alAAamileen And those who heed warning and do righteous deeds, We will settle them in high chambers of the Garden beneath which rivers flow, they abiding eternally therein. Excellent is the reward of those who act, _https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-58.md_ ### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 74 - **Form in this verse:** نَتَبَوَّأُ — natabawwa-u · "we may settle" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 1st person, plural · present tense وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذ۪ي صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَاَوْرَثَنَا الْاَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّاُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشَٓاءُۚ فَنِعْمَ اَجْرُ الْعَامِل۪ينَ Waqaloo alhamdu lillahiallathee sadaqana waAAdahu waawrathanaal-arda natabawwao mina aljannati haythu nashaofaniAAma ajru alAAamileen And they will say: “Praise belongs to God who has fulfilled for us His promise and made us inherit the earth — we may settle in the Garden wheresoever we will!” And excellent is the reward of the workers! _https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-74.md_ ### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 9 - **Form in this verse:** تَبَوَّءُو — tabawwaū · "settled" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood وَالَّذ۪ينَ تَبَوَّؤُ الدَّارَ وَالْا۪يمَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ يُحِبُّونَ مَنْ هَاجَرَ اِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ حَاجَةً مِمَّٓا اُو۫تُوا وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌۜ وَمَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِه۪ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَۚ Wallatheena tabawwaoo addarawal-eemana min qablihim yuhibboona man hajarailayhim wala yajidoona fee sudoorihim hajatanmimma ootoo wayu/thiroona AAala anfusihim walaw kanabihim khasasatun waman yooqa shuhha nafsihi faola-ikahumu almuflihoon And those who settled in the home and the faith before them, love those who have emigrated to them, and they find in their breasts no need for what they were given, but give preference above themselves though they be in privation. And whoso is protected from the avarice of his soul, it is they who are the successful. _https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-9.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-13 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.