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:
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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)
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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
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, birth_date =
, birth_place = Tripoli, Kingdom of Libya
, death_date =
, death_place = Tripoli, Libya
, cause = Prostate cancer
, nationality = Libyan
, race = Arab
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(1952–2012), Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing
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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 sell ...
(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
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Abdul Basith (volleyball) (died 1991), Indian volleyball player
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Abdul Basit, Ghanaian footballer
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Abdel Basset Turki
Abdel Basset Turki al-Hadithi was Minister of Human Rights in the cabinet appointed by the Iraq Interim Governing Council in September 2003. He resigned in April 2004 in protest at the deaths of over 600 Iraqis during the siege of Falluja.
In N ...
, Iraqi politician
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Hafiz Abdul Basit, Pakistani held in extrajudicial detention
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Abdul Basit (cricketer)
Abdul Basit (born 29 April 2003) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his first-class cricket, first-class debut for Amo Sharks, Amo Region in the 2019 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 29 April 2019. He made his List A cricket, List A debut for A ...
(born 2003), Afghan cricketer
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Abdul Baset al-Sarout (1992-2019), Syrian footballer turned rebel commander
References
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Arabic masculine given names