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ن ز ع Root n-z-ʿ in the Qur’an 20 occurrences in 20 verses

Occurrences
20
Verses
20
Surahs
16 of 114
Words
5

Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root ن ز ع (n-z-ʿ) gives 5 words. It appears most in Al-A'raf (3), Ali 'Imran (2), Al-Anfal (2).

Words from this root

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

WordTypeTimesTranslated as
نَزَعَverb10he drew out, You take away, stripping
تَنازَعُverb7they disputed, you fell into dispute, you disagree
نازِعَةnoun1those who extract
نَزّاعَةnoun1remover
يُنازِعُverb1let them not dispute with you

نَزَعَ 10 times

  • 3:26 · Ali 'Imranوَتَنزِعُ and You take awaySay, "O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things competent.
  • 7:27 · Al-A'rafيَنزِعُ strippingO children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.
  • 7:43 · Al-A'rafوَنَزَعْنَا And We will removeAnd We will have removed whatever is within their breasts of resentment, [while] flowing beneath them are rivers. And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us. Certainly the messengers of our Lord had come with the truth." And they will be called, "This is Paradise, which you have been made to inherit for what you used to do."
  • 7:108 · Al-A'rafوَنَزَعَ And he drew outAnd he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers.
  • 11:9 · Hudنَزَعْنَـٰهَا We withdraw itAnd if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.
  • 15:47 · Al-Hijrوَنَزَعْنَا And We (will) removeAnd We will remove whatever is in their breasts of resentment, [so they will be] brothers, on thrones facing each other.
  • 19:69 · Maryamلَنَنزِعَنَّ surely, We will drag outThen We will surely extract from every sect those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.
  • 26:33 · Ash-Shu'araوَنَزَعَ And he drew outAnd he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white for the observers.
  • 28:75 · Al-Qasasوَنَزَعْنَا And We will draw forthAnd We will extract from every nation a witness and say, "Produce your proof," and they will know that the truth belongs to Allah, and lost from them is that which they used to invent.
  • 54:20 · Al-Qamarتَنزِعُ Plucking outExtracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.

تَنازَعُ 7 times

  • 3:152 · Ali 'Imranوَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ and you fell into disputeAnd Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then he turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allah is the possessor of bounty for the believers.
  • 4:59 · An-Nisaتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ you disagreeO you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best [way] and best in result.
  • 8:43 · Al-Anfalوَلَتَنَـٰزَعْتُمْ and surely you would have disputed[Remember, O Muhammad], when Allah showed them to you in your dream as few; and if He had shown them to you as many, you [believers] would have lost courage and would have disputed in the matter [of whether to fight], but Allah saved [you from that]. Indeed, He is Knowing of that within the breasts.
  • 8:46 · Al-Anfalتَنَـٰزَعُوا۟ disputeAnd obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
  • 18:21 · Al-Kahfيَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ they disputedAnd similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allah is truth and that of the Hour there is no doubt. [That was] when they disputed among themselves about their affair and [then] said, "Construct over them a structure. Their Lord is most knowing about them." Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."
  • 20:62 · Ta-Haفَتَنَـٰزَعُوٓا۟ Then they disputedSo they disputed over their affair among themselves and concealed their private conversation.
  • 52:23 · At-Turيَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ They will pass to one anotherThey will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.

نازِعَة 1 time

  • 79:1 · An-Nazi'atوَٱلنَّـٰزِعَـٰتِ By those who extractBy those [angels] who extract with violence

نَزّاعَة 1 time

يُنازِعُ 1 time

  • 22:67 · Al-Hajjيُنَـٰزِعُنَّكَ So let them not dispute with youFor every religion We have appointed rites which they perform. So, [O Muhammad], let the disbelievers not contend with you over the matter but invite them to your Lord. Indeed, you are upon straight guidance.

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.

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