Discover the meaning of the word Btr (بتر) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 2 min readAl-batr: close to the preceding, but used for cutting the tail, then by extension for cutting off posterity.
Someone is called 'abtar' when he has no descendants.
Allah says: 'Indeed, your enemy is the one cut off (al-abtar)' (Al-Kawthar: 3).
Al-abtar is one whose lineage and memory are cut off.
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