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بِئْسَ

bi'sa

Wretched

কত নিকৃষ্ট

Root letters: ب أ سAppears 40 times in the Qur'an#287 most frequentVerb (fiʿl)Verb form I
Learn it in lesson 29

About this word

Verb (fiʿl)Verb form IRoot letters: ب أ س

Tense forms — as used in the Qur'an

  • Past (māḍī)بِئْسَ40 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَبِئْسَand evilwabi'sa · 15 times
  • فَبِئْسَAnd wretchedfabi'sa · 7 times
  • لَبِئْسَSurely evillabi'sa · 5 times
  • بِئْسَWretchedbi'sa · 5 times
  • وَلَبِئْسَAnd surely evilwalabi'sa · 4 times
  • بِئْسَمَاEvil (is) thatbi'samā · 3 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ب أ س — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

[It is] Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the settlement.

Surah 14:29 — Read full ayah

Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the resting place.

Surah 38:56 — Read full ayah

[It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

Surah 3:197 — Read full ayah