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Form 1وَسِعَ الإِنَآءُ المَتَاعَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it was large enough for it; he made his means of subsistence amplegenerated

1.1the place was large enough for the company of men—المَكَانُ القَوْمَ
it is not in your power, or proper for you, or allowable for you, to do such a thing—لَا يَسَعُكَ ان تَفْعَلَ كَذَا

on this sense [The vessel was large enough in its capacity for the goods.]

1.1.1He (God) made his means of subsistence ample and abundant—وَسَعَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ

and also أَوْسَعَهُ and وَسَّعَهُ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 2 shown of 6
6:80
وَحَآجَّهُۥ قَوْمُهُۥ ۚ قَالَ أَتُحَـٰٓجُّوٓنِّى فِى ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَىٰنِ ۚ وَلَآ أَخَافُ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ رَبِّى شَيْـًٔا ۗ وَسِعَ رَبِّى كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۗ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

His people disputed with him. He said: "(Come) ye to dispute with me, about Allah, when He (Himself) hath guided me? I fear not (the beings) ye associate with Allah: Unless my Lord willeth, (nothing can happen). My Lord comprehendeth in His knowledge all things. Will ye not (yourselves) be admonished?

20:98
إِنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا

But the god of you all is the One Allah: there is no god but He: all things He comprehends in His knowledge.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[The vessel was sufficient in its capacity or dimensions, or sufficiently capacious, or large, for the goods]; and المَكَانُ القَوْمَ [the place for the company of men]. (Msb.) لَا يَسَعُكَ ان تَفْعَلَ كَذَا It is not in thy power, or proper for thee, (MA,) or allowable for thee, (Mgh, Msb,) to do such a thing. (MA, Mgh, Msb.) وَسَعَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ , aor. يَوْسَعُ ; and أَوْسَعَهُ , and وَسَّعَهُ ; He (God) made his means of subsistence ample and abundant. (Msb.)
Form 2وَسَّعَ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he made it wide, spacious; he made room for himgenerated

2.1

He made it wide, broad, spacious, roomy, or ample.

2.1.1he made room for him in the sitting-place—وَسَّعَ لَهُ فِى المَجْلِسِ

Mentioned in the article on فسح.

2.1.2they made room for one another in the sitting-place—تَوَاسَّعُوا فِى المَجْلِسِ

Mentioned in the article on فسح.

2.1.3He (God) made his means of subsistence ample or plentiful—وَسَّعَ عَلَيْهِ

Here it stands for وَسَّعَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ.

The opposite of ضَيَّقَ.

2.1.4

See Form 1 and Form 4.

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He made wide, broad, spacious, roomy, or ample. وَسَّعَ لَهُ فِى المَجْلِسِ He made room, or ample space, for him in the sitting-place. (S, art. فسح .) [And so] تَوَاسَّعُوا فِى المَجْلِسِ They made room, or ample space, [one for another,] in the sitting-place. (S, art. فسح .) وَسَّعَ عَلَيْهِ , for وَسَّعَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ , He (God) amplified, enlarged, or made ample or plentiful, his means of subsistence; contr. of ضَيَّقَ . See 1, and 4.
Form 4أَوْسَعَهُ الشَّىْءَ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he made the thing ample for him; he enriched himgenerated

4.1[he gave him enough of the thing, or plenty of it]—جَعَلَهُ يَسَعُهُ

[He made the thing ample, or free from straitness, for him;] he made the thing sufficient for him.

4.1.1O God, make your mercy sufficient for us—اَللّٰهُمَّ أَوْسِعْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ

Same in meaning as اِجْعَلْهَا تَسَعُنَا.

4.1.2[he made his state, or case, or affair, ample, or free from straitness, for him]—أَوْسَعَهُ أَمْرَهُ

Mentioned in the article on فرش.

See فَرَشَهُ.

4.1.3they made room for the man in a place of standing or of sitting—أَوْسَعُوا لِلرَّجُلِ

Mentioned under فَرَجَ.

4.1.4He (God) enriched him, or made him free from want—أَوْسَعَ عَلَيْهِ
He (God) enriched him, or made him free from want—وَسَّعَ
4.1.5

See Form 1.

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[He made, or rendered, the thing ample, or free from straitness, to him;] he made the thing sufficient for him; syn. جَعَلَهُ يَسَعُهُ : (TA:) [he gave him sufficiently of the thing; or largely thereof.] اَللّٰهُمَّ أَوْسِعْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ O God, make thy mercy sufficient for us; syn. اِجْعَلْهَا تَسَعُنَا . (TA.) أَوْسَعَهُ أَمْرَهُ [He made, or rendered, his state, or case, or affair, ample, or free from straitness, to him]. (S, art. فرش .) See فَرَشَهُ . أَوْسَعُوا لِلرَّجُلِ They made room, or ample space, for the man, in a place of standing or of sitting. (Msb, voce فَرَجَ .) أَوْسَعَ عَلَيْهِ , (S, K.) and وَسَّعَ , (K,) He (God) enriched him; or rendered him free from want. (S, K.) See 1.
Form 5تَوَسَّعَ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he took a wide range; his circumstances became ample; it widenedgenerated

5.1

[He became, or made himself, ample, or abundant, in his circumstances, or in his means of subsistence, for توسّع فِى عَيْشِهِ.]

Same as تَرَفَّغَ.

Mentioned in the article on رفغ.

5.1.1he took a wide, an ample, or a large, range—تَوَسَّعَ

فِى أَمْرٍ: in an affair.

5.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred[he took a wide, or an ample, range, or was profuse, in bounty]—تَوَسَّعَ فِى السَّخَآءِ

Mentioned in the article on خرق.

5.1.3

It expanded, spread out, dilated, or widened.

5.1.4he spoke at length—توسّع فِى الدَّارِ
he spoke at length—لَهُ سَاحَةٌ يتوسّع فِيهَا

Mentioned under تركّح.

5.1.5

He took long strides in walking.

5.1.6they extended the meaning of the word, so that they applied it to such a thing—تَوَسَّعُوا فِيهِ حَتَّى أَطْلَقُوهُ عَلَى كَذَا

Or rather, they took an extended range in using it.

5.1.7

تَوَسَّعَ: see تَبَقَّرَ.

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[He became, or made himself, ample, or abundant, in his circumstances; or in his means of subsistence; for توسّع فِى عَيْشِهِ ;] i. q. تَرَفَّغَ . (S, in art. رفغ .) تَوَسَّعَ He took a wide, an ample, or a large, range, فِى أَمْرٍ , in an affair. تَوَسَّعَ فِى السَّخَآءِ [He took a wide, or an ample range, or was profuse, in bounty, or munificence]. (S, K, in art. خرق .) It expanded itself, spread out, dilated, widened. He expatiated. One says, توسّع فِى الدَّارِ , and لَهُ سَاحَةٌ يتوسّع فِيهَا . (TA, voce تركّح .) He strode, in walking. تَوَسَّعُوا فِيهِ حَتَّى أَطْلَقُوهُ عَلَى كَذَا They extended its (a word's) signification, or amplified in respect of it, or rather, took an extended range in using it, so that they applied it to such a thing. (The lexicons, &c., passim.) تَوَسَّعَ : see تَبَقَّرَ .
Form 8اِتَّسَعَ8 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became wide, unstraitened; his circumstances became amplegenerated

8.1

It became free from straitness, or unstraitened. Said of a man's state or condition.

8.1.1[his means, or circumstances, of life became ample, or plentiful]—اِتَّسَعَ عَيْشُهُ

Mentioned in the article on نعم.

8.1.2it widened, became wide, or expanded—اِتَّسَعَ
8.1.3his belly became wide, or distended—اِتَّسَعَ بَطْنُهُ
8.1.4he was capable of doing a thing—اِتَّسَعَ لِأَمْرٍ

An instance of it occurs under أَوْهَبَ.

8.1.5[the interior of the well]—اِتِّسَاعُ البِئْرِ

Same as جِرَابُهَا; mentioned in the article on جرب.

See also Form 5 in the article on عقد.

8.1.6the hole was wide to the pitcher—اِتَّسَعَ الخَرْقُ عَلَى الرَّاقِعِ

See خَرْقٌ.

8.1.7extension of the meaning of a word or phrase; an amplification—اِتِّسَاعٌ
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It (a man's state, or condition, &c.) became free from straitness, or unstraitened. اِتَّسَعَ عَيْشُهُ [His means, or circumstances, of life became ample, or plentiful]. (Msb, art. نعم .) اِتَّسَعَ It widened, became wide, dilated, or expanded. اِتَّسَعَ بَطْنُهُ His belly became wide, or distended. اِتَّسَعَ لِأَمْرٍ He was capable of doing a thing. An instance occurs in the TA, voce أَوْهَبَ . اِتِّسَاعُ البِئْرِ i. q. جِرَابُهَا [The interior of the well]. (K, art. جرب .) See also 5, in art. عقد . اِتَّسَعَ الخَرْقُ عَلَى الرَّاقِعِ The hole was wide to the pitcher: see خَرْقٌ . اِتِّسَاعٌ Extension of the signification of a word or phrase: an amplification. (The lexicons, &c., passim.)

Derived nouns 7

Nounسَعَةٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — width, extent; ampleness of the means of life; capacity, abilitygenerated

1

Width; breadth; extent, or space, from side to side.

See سَدِيلٌ.

1.1ampleness of the means, or circumstances, of life; an unstraitened, or plentiful, state of life—سَعَةٌ العَيْشِ
1.2richness, wealthiness, or competence; capacity, power, or ability; plentifulness and ease of life—سَعَةٌ

[Ample scope for action, and a state in which there is ample scope for action: see نَفَسٌ and مِعْرَاضٌ.]

1.3

سَعَةُ الصَّدْرِ is the same as سَعَةُ الخُلُقِ.

1.4

لَكَ عَنْهُ سَعَةٌ: see رُدْحَةٌ.

1.5

IbrD: يَجُوزُ فِى السَّعَةِ is allowable without restriction, in other cases besides those of poetic necessity.

Qur’ānic occurrences سَعَة
2:247
وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكًا ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِٱلْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ ٱلْمَالِ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَزَادَهُۥ بَسْطَةً فِى ٱلْعِلْمِ وَٱلْجِسْمِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤْتِى مُلْكَهُۥ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Their Prophet said to them: "Allah hath appointed Talut as king over you." They said: "How can he exercise authority over us when we are better fitted than he to exercise authority, and he is not even gifted, with wealth in abundance?" He said: "Allah hath Chosen him above you, and hath gifted him abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess: Allah Granteth His authority to whom He pleaseth. Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things."

4:100
وَمَن يُهَاجِرْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يَجِدْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُرَٰغَمًا كَثِيرًا وَسَعَةً ۚ وَمَن يَخْرُجْ مِنۢ بَيْتِهِۦ مُهَاجِرًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ يُدْرِكْهُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ وَقَعَ أَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

He who forsakes his home in the cause of Allah, finds in the earth Many a refuge, wide and spacious: Should he die as a refugee from home for Allah and His Messenger, His reward becomes due and sure with Allah: And Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

4:130
وَإِن يَتَفَرَّقَا يُغْنِ ٱللَّهُ كُلًّا مِّن سَعَتِهِۦ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعًا حَكِيمًا

But if they disagree (and must part), Allah will provide abundance for all from His all-reaching bounty: for Allah is He that careth for all and is Wise.

24:22
وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينَ وَٱلْمُهَـٰجِرِينَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا۟ وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Let not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of means resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and those who have left their homes in Allah's cause: let them forgive and overlook, do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

65:7
لِيُنفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِّن سَعَتِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن قُدِرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُۥ فَلْيُنفِقْ مِمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَآ ءَاتَىٰهَا ۚ سَيَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا

Let the man of means spend according to his means: and the man whose resources are restricted, let him spend according to what Allah has given him. Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him. After a difficulty, Allah will soon grant relief.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Width; breadth; extent, or space, from side to side. See سَدِيلٌ . سَعَةٌ العَيْشِ Ampleness of the means, or circumstances, of life; an unstraitened, or a plentiful, state of life. سَعَةٌ [Ample scope for action, &c.: and a state in which is ample scope for action, &c.: see نَفَسٌ , and مِعْرَاضٌ :] richness, or wealthiness, or competence: and capacity, or power, or ability: (S, K:) and plentifulness and [consequently] easiness of life. (TA.) سَعَةُ الصَّدْرِ i. q. سَعَةُ الخُلُقِ . (Har, p. 194.) لَكَ عَنْهُ سَعَةٌ : see رُدْحَةٌ . يَجُوزُ فِى السَّعَةِ It is allowable absolutely, in other cases than those of poetical necessity. (IbrD.)
Nounوَسَاعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a horse wide in stepgenerated

1

A horse wide in step; or the same as جَوَادٌ.

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A horse wide in step: (S, K:) or i. q. جَوَادٌ . (K.)
Nounوَسِيعٌ1 sense

Core sense — wide, spacious, amplegenerated

1

Plural وِسَاعٌ.

See أَرِيضء in the article on أرض.

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, pl. وِسَاعٌ : see أَرِيضء in art. أرض .
Nounعَيْشٌ وَاسِعٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — ample, unstraitened; having ample power; liberal in dispositiongenerated

1

A life ample in its means, or circumstances; unstraitened, or plentiful.

1.1having power, or ability; or rather, having ample power or ability; powerful—وَاسِعٌ

See Ham, p. 609.

1.2

نَفْسٌ وَاسِعٌ: see رَابِطٌ.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferreda large, or liberal, disposition—خُلُقٌ وَاسِعٌ

See بَارِجٌ.

1.4figurative · مجازlarge, or liberal, in disposition—وَاسِعُ الخُلُقِ
1.5

وَاسِعُ الصَّدْرِ: see مَجَمٌّ.

1.6wide-stepping [in running]—وَاسِعُ الجَرْىِ

Applied to a horse; mentioned under سَهْبٌ.

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A life ample in its means or circumstances; unstraitened, or plentiful. وَاسِعٌ Having power, or ability: (Bd, iv. 129:) or rather, having ample power or ability; powerful. See Ham, p. 609. نَفْسٌ وَاسِعٌ : see رَابِطٌ . خُلُقٌ وَاسِعٌ A large, or liberal, disposition: see بَارِجٌ . وَاسِعُ الخُلُقِ Large, or liberal, in disposition. وَاسِعُ الصَّدْرِ : see مَجَمٌّ . وَاسِعُ الجَرْىِ (S voce سَهْبٌ , applied to a horse,) Widestepping [in running]. (So expl. in the PS.)
Nounأَوْسَعُ1 sense

Core sense — wider, widestgenerated

1

Wider, or widest.

See Form 3 in the article on خلط.

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Wider, or widest: see 3 in art. خلط .
Nounمُوَسَّعٌ عَلَيْهِ1 sense

Core sense — amply provided with the means of subsistencegenerated

1

Amply, or abundantly, provided with the means of subsistence.

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Amply, or abundantly, provided with the means of subsistence.
Nounمُتَّسَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place of width or spaciousness; ampleness of space and of quantitygenerated

1

Width; extent; ampleness of space, and of quantity; properly, a place of width, or spaciousness.

See نُفْسَةٌ and مَبْسَطٌ.

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Width; extent; ampleness of space, and of quantity: properly a place of width, or spaciousness. See نُفْسَةٌ and مَبْسَطٌ .