Provision and generosity
Al-Wāsiʿ ٱلْوَٰسِع
The All-Encompassing: vast in mercy, knowledge and giving — never depleted.
8 āyāt · 5 sūrahs · root و س ع
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr reads it against human fear of scarcity: what He gives to one takes nothing from another.
Take this with you
Ask largely. Nothing you ask for reduces what is left.
'And Allah is , ʿAlīm' (2:247).
Qurʾān 2:247
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
2. Sūrat Al-Baqarah البقرة
4 āyahs
āyah 115, 247, 261, 268
3. Sūrat Āl ʿImrān آل عمران
1 āyah
āyah 73
4. Sūrat An-Nisāʾ النساء
1 āyah
āyah 130
5. Sūrat Al-Māʾidah المائدة
1 āyah
āyah 54
24. Sūrat An-Nūr النور
1 āyah
āyah 32
Names it closes āyāt with
The Qur'an often seals an āyah with two names together. These are the pairings this name appears in most.
Names close to this one
Al-Wahhāb ٱلْوَهَّاب
The Bestower, who gives freely without being asked and without expecting return.
Ar-Razzāq ٱلرَّزَّاق
The Provider, who guarantees the provision of every creature He made.
Al-Fattāḥ ٱلْفَتَّاح
The Opener and the Judge: He opens what is closed and decides between disputants.
Al-Qābiḍ ٱلْقَابِض
The Withholder: the One who restricts provision, life and hearts by His wisdom.
Al-Bāsiṭ ٱلْبَاسِط
The Extender: the One who spreads out provision and opens what was closed.
Al-Muqīt ٱلْمُقِيت
The Sustainer and Overseer: the One who provides each thing its nourishment and keeps account of it.
Al-Karīm / Al-Akram ٱلْكَرِيم
The Most Generous: He gives before being asked and forgives when able to punish.
Al-Ghanī ٱلْغَنِىّ
The Self-Sufficient: rich beyond need of anything, while everything needs Him.