ʻAbd al-Bāsiṭ (

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of ar, عبد الباسط) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Bāsiṭ'', one of the

names of God in the Qur'an Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the Expander". It may refer to: *

Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad ‘Abdul-Basit ‘Abdus-Samad ( ar, عبـدُ الباسِـط مُحـمّـد عبـدُ ٱلصّـمـد), or Abdel Basit Abdel Samad, or Abdul Basit Muhammad Abdus Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988) was an Egyptian Quran reciter and Hafiz ...

(1927–1988), Egyptian Qari (reciter of the Qur-an) *

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi ( ar, عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي, ; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Li ...

(1952–2012), Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing * Abdulbaset Sieda (born 1956), Kurdish-Syrian academic and politician *Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab, known as

Amr Diab Amr Diab ( ar, عمرو دياب, link=no, ; born on 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer, composer and actor. He has established himself as a globally acclaimed recording artist and author. He is a Guinness World Record holder, the best sel ...

(born 1961), Egyptian singer *Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim, possible original name of

Ramzi Yousef Ramzi Ahmed Yousef ( ur, , translit=''Ramzī Ahmad Yūsuf''; born 20 May 1967 or 27 April 1968) is a Pakistani convicted terrorist who was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines ...

(born 1967), Pakistani convicted for terrorism *

Abdul Basith (volleyball) Abdul Basith siddiqui was a captain of the India men's national volleyball team. He was a member of the team that won the bronze medal in the 1986 Seoul Asian games, beating Japan. He also represented India in Asian games of 1978 and 1982. Basit ...

(died 1991), Indian volleyball player * Abdul Basit, Ghanaian footballer * Abdel Basset Turki, Iraqi politician *

Hafiz Abdul Basit Hafiz Abdul Basit ( ) is a citizen of Pakistan who is believed to have been detained on suspicion of involvement to assassinate Pakistan's leader President Pervez Musharraf. Disappearance A devout Muslim, Basit disappeared from his home on Janu ...

, Pakistani held in extrajudicial detention * Abdul Basit (cricketer) (born 2003), Afghan cricketer * Abdul Baset al-Sarout (1992-2019), Syrian footballer turned rebel commander

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