ه ز أ Root h-z-ʾ in the Qur’an 34 occurrences in 32 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

اسْتُهْزِئَ 21 times

• 2:15 · Al-Baqarahيَسْتَهْزِئُ mocks[But] Allah mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly.
• 4:140 · An-Nisaوَيُسْتَهْزَأُ and ridiculedAnd it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -
• 6:5 · Al-An'amيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mockFor they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.
• 6:10 · Al-An'amٱسْتُهْزِئَ were mockedAnd already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by that which they used to ridicule.
• 6:10 · Al-An'amيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mockAnd already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by that which they used to ridicule.
• 9:64 · At-Tawbahٱسْتَهْزِءُوٓا۟ MockThey hypocrites are apprehensive lest a surah be revealed about them, informing them of what is in their hearts. Say, "Mock [as you wish]; indeed, Allah will expose that which you fear."
• 9:65 · At-Tawbahتَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mockingAnd if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"
• 11:8 · Hudيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mock at [it]And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 13:32 · Ar-Ra'dٱسْتُهْزِئَ were mockedAnd already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
• 15:11 · Al-Hijrيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mockAnd no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.
• 16:34 · An-Nahlيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mockSo they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 21:41 · Al-Anbyaٱسْتُهْزِئَ were mockedAnd already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 21:41 · Al-Anbyaيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ (to) mockAnd already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 26:6 · Ash-Shu'araيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ (to) mockFor they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.
• 30:10 · Ar-Rumيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ making mockeryThen the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allah and used to ridicule them.
• 36:30 · Ya-Sinيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mock at himHow regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.
• 39:48 · Az-Zumarيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mockAnd there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 40:83 · Ghafirيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mockAnd when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 43:7 · Az-Zukhrufيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ mock at himBut there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.
• 45:33 · Al-Jathiyahيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ (to) mockAnd the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
• 46:26 · Al-Ahqafيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ridiculeAnd We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allah; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

هُزُو 11 times

• 2:67 · Al-Baqarahهُزُوًۭا ۖ (in) ridiculeAnd [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allah commands you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allah from being among the ignorant."
• 2:231 · Al-Baqarahهُزُوًۭا ۚ (in) jestAnd when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allah in jest. And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book and wisdom by which He instructs you. And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things.
• 5:57 · Al-Ma'idahهُزُوًۭا (in) ridiculeO you who have believed, take not those who have taken your religion in ridicule and amusement among the ones who were given the Scripture before you nor the disbelievers as allies. And fear Allah, if you should [truly] be believers.
• 5:58 · Al-Ma'idahهُزُوًۭا (in) ridiculeAnd when you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are a people who do not use reason.
• 18:56 · Al-Kahfهُزُوًۭا (in) ridiculeAnd We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.
• 18:106 · Al-Kahfهُزُوًا (in) ridiculeThat is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.
• 21:36 · Al-Anbyaهُزُوًا (in) ridiculeAnd when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who insults your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the Most Merciful, disbelievers.
• 25:41 · Al-Furqanهُزُوًا (in) mockeryAnd when they see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?
• 31:6 · Luqmanهُزُوًا ۚ (in) ridiculeAnd of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
• 45:9 · Al-Jathiyahهُزُوًا ۚ (in) ridiculeAnd when he knows anything of Our verses, he takes them in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
• 45:35 · Al-Jathiyahهُزُوًۭا (in) ridiculeThat is because you took the verses of Allah in ridicule, and worldly life deluded you." So that Day they will not be removed from it, nor will they be asked to appease [Allah].

مُسْتَهْزِء 2 times

• 2:14 · Al-Baqarahمُسْتَهْزِءُونَ (are) mockersAnd when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."
• 15:95 · Al-Hijrٱلْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ (against) the mockersIndeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.