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36 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 257
The Quran root ب ط ل b-ṭ-l
Words built from the root ب ط ل ([b-ṭ-l]) appear 36 times in the Quran. The most common is باطِل, “falsehood”, which comes 26 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| باطِل | baaṭil | falsehood · wrongfully | 26 | |
| مُبْطِل | mubṭil | falsifiers | 5 | |
| يُبْطِلَ | yubṭila | render in vain · prove false | 4 | |
| بَطَلَ | baṭala | became futile | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا الْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٤٢
بِالْبَاطِلِ bil-bāṭili · with [the] falsehood
And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:42)
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَا إِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا فَرِيقًا مِّنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالْإِثْمِ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ١٨٨
بِالْبَاطِلِ bil-bāṭili · wrongfully
And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:188)
أَوْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّمَا أَشْرَكَ آبَاؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ ١٧٣
الْمُبْطِلُونَ l-mub'ṭilūna · the falsifiers
Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allāh before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?" (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:173)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُم بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَىٰ كَالَّذِي يُنفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوَانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرَابٌ فَأَصَابَهُ وَابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدًا لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيْءٍ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ ٢٦٤
تُبْطِلُوا tub'ṭilū · render in vain
O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:264)
فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ١١٨
وَبَطَلَ wabaṭala · and became futile
So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:118)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 3×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 3×
- Surah Al-'Ankabut · 3×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 2×
- Surah An-Nisa · 2×
- Surah Al-Anfal · 2×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.