ب ي ن b-y-n
بَيَّنَ
bayyana
(lit., to be clear)
Definition
- 1يُبِينُyubīnuto make oneself clear (speak clearly)2
- 2تَبَيَّنَ / بَيَّنُواtabayyana / bayyanūto be clear, or to make clear255
- 3بَيْنَbayna(a clear distance, time, etc.) between (two things, people, etc.)266
Total uses in the Qur’an: 523
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
يُبِينُ · الْبَيَانَ
وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبِينُ
And he can hardly express himself clearly.
43:52draft glosses: 3 of 3
عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ
He taught him to express himself clearly.
55:4draft glosses: 2 of 2
Sense 2
تَبَيَّنَ · يَتَبَيَّنَ · بَيَّنَّا · يُبَيِّنُ · بَيَانٌ · بَيِّنٌ · الْبَيِّنَةُ · بَيِّنَةٌ · الْبَيِّنَاتِ · مُبِينٌ
فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥ
Then when this was made clear to him …
2:259draft glosses: 3 of 3
حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ
… until it becomes clear to them that this is the truth.
41:53draft glosses: 5 of 5
قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ
We have certainly made the revelations clear to you.
3:118draft glosses: 4 of 4
كَذَٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آيَاتِهِ
This is how Allah makes His revelations clear to you.
2:242draft glosses: 5 of 5
هَٰذَا بَيَانٌ لِلنَّاسِ
This is to make things clear to humanity.
3:138draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَانًا لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ
And We have revealed to you the Book, making everything clear.
16:89draft glosses: 6 of 6
حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ
… until the clear proof came to them.
98:1draft glosses: 3 of 3
قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ
A clear proof has come to you from your Lord.
7:73draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ
And We gave ʿĪsa, son of Mary, clear proofs.
2:87draft glosses: 5 of 5
إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Surely Satan is a clear enemy to humankind.
12:5draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 3
بَيْنَ · بَيْنَكُمْ
أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا
… I will build a barrier between you and them.
18:95draft glosses: 4 of 4
DawahAgent2026-06-10 · reviewed