Name 21 of the 99 Names of Allah. See its root and meaning, the verse where it appears, and how to use it in your dua.
Name 21 of 99
الْبَاسِطُ
Al-Bāsiṭ
The Extender
Meaning
Al-Basit (الْبَاسِطُ) means The Extender. It is name 21 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Bāsiṭ spreads provision wide for whom He wills, and opens hearts with joy and ease. Paired with Al-Qābiḍ, it shows that both giving and holding back come from His wisdom.
Al-Basit comes from the Arabic root ب س ط (b-s-ṭ), which carries the sense of spreading out and extending.
The exact name is not in the Quran, but the verb is: "Your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts it."
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا
Inna Rabbaka yabsuturrizqa limai yashaaa'u wa yaqdir; innahoo kaana bi'ibaadihee Khabeeram Baseera
Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing.
Quran 17:30. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقْرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ لَهُۥٓ أَضْعَافًۭا كَثِيرَةًۭ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَقْبِضُ وَيَبْصُۜطُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Man zal lazee yuqridul laaha qardan hasanan fayudaa 'ifahoo lahoo ad'aafan kaseerah; wallaahu yaqbidu wa yabsut-u wa ilaihi turja'oon
Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allah who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him you will be returned.
Quran 2:245. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا بَاسِطُ (Yā Bāsiṭ) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Bāsiṭ, widen my provision and my heart."
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Questions
Al-Basit (الْبَاسِطُ) means The Extender. Al-Bāsiṭ spreads provision wide for whom He wills, and opens hearts with joy and ease.
The exact name is not in the Quran, but the verb is: "Your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts it."
Say Yā Bāsiṭ (يَا بَاسِطُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Bāsiṭ, widen my provision and my heart."
Yes, as Abdul-Basit, "servant of Al-Basit". Names that show servitude to one of Allah's Names are among the best names, as the Prophet ﷺ said of Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman (Sahih Muslim 2132).