ز ر ع Root z-r-ʿ in the Qur’an 14 occurrences in 12 verses

Words from this root

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

زَرْع 10 times

• 6:141 · Al-An'amوَٱلزَّرْعَ and the cropsAnd He it is who causes gardens to grow, [both] trellised and untrellised, and palm trees and crops of different [kinds of] food and olives and pomegranates, similar and dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it yields and give its due [zakah] on the day of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, He does not like those who commit excess.
• 13:4 · Ar-Ra'dوَزَرْعٌۭ and cropsAnd within the land are neighboring plots and gardens of grapevines and crops and palm trees, [growing] several from a root or otherwise, watered with one water; but We make some of them exceed others in [quality of] fruit. Indeed in that are signs for a people who reason.
• 14:37 · Ibrahimزَرْعٍ cultivationOur Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.
• 16:11 · An-Nahlٱلزَّرْعَ the cropsHe causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and from all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.
• 18:32 · Al-Kahfزَرْعًۭا cropsAnd present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.
• 26:148 · Ash-Shu'araوَزُرُوعٍۢ And cornfieldsAnd fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?
• 32:27 · As-Sajdahزَرْعًۭا cropsHave they not seen that We drive the water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?
• 39:21 · Az-Zumarزَرْعًۭا cropsDo you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky and makes it flow as springs [and rivers] in the earth; then He produces thereby crops of varying colors; then they dry and you see them turned yellow; then He makes them [scattered] debris. Indeed in that is a reminder for those of understanding.
• 44:26 · Ad-Dukhanوَزُرُوعٍۢ And cornfieldsAnd crops and noble sites
• 48:29 · Al-Fathكَزَرْعٍ (is) like a seedMuhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers - so that Allah may enrage by them the disbelievers. Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.

تَزْرَعُ 2 times

• 12:47 · Yusufتَزْرَعُونَ You will sow[Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat.
• 56:64 · Al-Waqi'ahتَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ cause it to growIs it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?

زارِع 1 time

• 56:64 · Al-Waqi'ahٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ the Ones Who growIs it you who makes it grow, or are We the grower?

زُرّاع 1 time

• 48:29 · Al-Fathٱلزُّرَّاعَ the sowersMuhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers - so that Allah may enrage by them the disbelievers. Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.

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.