فسح

Core meaning

To make room: to widen the space for another; the room given up in the assembly calls for the room God grants.

Uses

1. تَفَسَّحُوا۟, فَٱفْسَحُوا۟, يَفْسَحِ → "to make room" : the same verb for the gesture asked, the gesture done, and God's response.

   • «إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمْ تَفَسَّحُوا۟ فِى ٱلْمَجَٰلِسِ فَٱفْسَحُوا۟ يَفْسَحِ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ» — "When you are told to make room in assemblies, make room; God will make room for you" (58:11)

Evidence from the text

The three forms fit in a single sentence: the invitation (تَفَسَّحُوا۟), the execution (فَٱفْسَحُوا۟) and the response (يَفْسَحِ ٱللَّهُ). The same verb serves the human gesture and the divine one: the room given up in the assembly receives in return a room granted by God. The rest of the verse states the assembly's other movement, rising (نشز).

Distinctions

• وسع — amplitude, what contains; فسح states the room one makes

See also

نشز (to rise)