Al-Wāsiʿ
The All-Encompassing, The Boundless
Root و س ع (w-s-ʿ). Lane gives wasiʿa as being ‘sufficient in capacity, sufficiently capacious, or large’ to contain something. The word saʿa means abundance or means, found in Qur'an 2:247. Wusʿ, meaning capacity, appears in Qur'an 2:286. The term wasiʿa, translated as encompassed, is used in Qur'an 2:255. Mūsiʿūn, meaning expanding it, is found in Qur'an 51:47. Of Allah it occurs indefinite, wāsiʿ. ‘Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.’ (2:115)
The root
و س عw-s-ʿ
Capacity and amplitude. Lane gives wasiʿa as being 'sufficient in capacity, sufficiently capacious, or large' for something, i.e. to contain it.
- سَعَةsaʿaabundance, means (2:247)
- وُسْعwusʿcapacity (2:286)
- وَسِعَwasiʿaencompassed (2:255)
- مُوسِعُونَmūsiʿūnexpanding it (51:47)
Pronunciation
الْوَاسِعُ
al-WAA-si'
In the Qur'an
وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
2:115 · Sahih International