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Difference Between Bashar and Insaan - The Quranic Teachings - S

The document discusses the difference between the Arabic terms "bashar" and "insaan" as they are used in the Quran. Bashar refers to physical characteristics and was used to describe prophets, while insaan refers to human behavior and conduct. The Quran uses insaan when discussing human weaknesses like impatience, hastiness, ingratitude, miserliness, contentiousness, injustice, and ignorance. These verses illustrate humanity's imperfect nature in terms of behavior.

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Difference Between Bashar and Insaan - The Quranic Teachings - S

The document discusses the difference between the Arabic terms "bashar" and "insaan" as they are used in the Quran. Bashar refers to physical characteristics and was used to describe prophets, while insaan refers to human behavior and conduct. The Quran uses insaan when discussing human weaknesses like impatience, hastiness, ingratitude, miserliness, contentiousness, injustice, and ignorance. These verses illustrate humanity's imperfect nature in terms of behavior.

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Difference between "bashar" and "insaan" - The Quranic


Teachings - Simple and Straightforward!
Dr. Tanveer Hussain March 27, 2016 Key Terms

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Two commonly used Arabic terms in the Quran, to refer to human beings are: al-bashar and al-insaan. The
term al-bashar is often used to refer to the physical characteristics or appearance of human beings. The
term al-insaan is used when reference is to be made towards human behaviour or conduct. All of Allahs
Messengers were apparently human beings with respect to their physical characteristics. So the Quran
used the term al-bashar, when physical aspect of human beings was under discussion. Hence, the
Prophet (s.a.) was commanded by Allah to declare: Say, I am a human being (al-bashar) like you, to
whom has been revealed that your god is one God (Al-Quran Surah 18: Verse 110).
The Quran has used the term al-insaan, when reference is made to his behaviour or conduct. See the
following verse:

And man has been created weak


(lacking firmness to control his vain desires and passions).
[Al-Quran Surah 4: Verse 28]

Indeed, man has been created impatient and anxious.


[Al-Quran Surah 70: Verse 19]

Man has been created hasty.


[Al-Quran Surah 21: Verse 37]

And man is very hasty.


[Al-Quran Surah 17: Verse 11]

Surely, man is very unjust and ungrateful


[Al-Quran Surah 14: Verse 34]

And man in ever ungrateful.


[Al-Quran
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[Al-Quran Surah 17: Verse 67]

Surely, man is ever ungrateful.


[Al-Quran Surah 22: Verse 66]

Surely, man in evidently ever ungrateful.


[Al-Quran Surah 43: Verse 15]

Surely, man is ever thankless to his Sustainer (denying the reality of His Grace).
[Al-Quran Surah 100: Verse 6]

And man is every miserly


[Al-Quran Surah 17: Verse 100]

And man, in most cases, is contentious and quarrelsome.


[Al-Quran Surah 18: Verse 54]

Surely, he is very unjust and ignorant (lacking thought and deliberation).


[Al-Quran Surah 33: Verse 72]

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