Abd al-Basit

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 Provided by Wikipedia