ʻAbd al-Bāsiṭ (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Bāsiṭ, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the Expander".
It may refer to:
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927–1988), Egyptian Qari (reciter of the Qur-an) Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (1952–2012), Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing Abdulbaset Sieda (born 1956), Kurdish-Syrian academic and politician Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab, known as Amr Diab (born 1961), Egyptian singer Abdul Basit Mahmoud Abdul Karim, possible original name of Ramzi Yousef (born 1967), Pakistani convicted for terrorism Abdul Basith (volleyball) (died 1991), Indian volleyball player Abdul Basit, Ghanaian footballer Abdul Basit, Pakistani diplomat Abdel Basset Turki, Iraqi politician Hafiz Abdul Basit, Pakistani held in extrajudicial detention Abdul Basit (cricketer) (born 2003), Afghan cricketer Abdul Baset al-Sarout (1992–2019), Syrian footballer turned rebel commander
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