ز و ج Root z-w-j in the Qur’an 81 occurrences in 72 verses

Words from this root

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

زَوْج 76 times

• 2:25 · Al-Baqarahأَزْوَٰجٌۭ spousesAnd give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.
• 2:35 · Al-Baqarahوَزَوْجُكَ and your spouseAnd We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
• 2:102 · Al-Baqarahوَزَوْجِهِۦ ۚ and his spouseAnd they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah. And the people learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.
• 2:230 · Al-Baqarahزَوْجًا a spouseAnd if he has divorced her [for the third time], then she is not lawful to him afterward until [after] she marries a husband other than him. And if the latter husband divorces her [or dies], there is no blame upon the woman and her former husband for returning to each other if they think that they can keep [within] the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah, which He makes clear to a people who know.
• 2:232 · Al-Baqarahأَزْوَٰجَهُنَّ their husbandsAnd when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their [former] husbands if they agree among themselves on an acceptable basis. That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allah and the Last Day. That is better for you and purer, and Allah knows and you know not.
• 2:234 · Al-Baqarahأَزْوَٰجًۭا wivesAnd those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.
• 2:240 · Al-Baqarahأَزْوَٰجًۭا (their) wivesAnd those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - for their wives is a bequest: maintenance for one year without turning [them] out. But if they leave [of their own accord], then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable way. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 2:240 · Al-Baqarahلِّأَزْوَٰجِهِم for their wivesAnd those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - for their wives is a bequest: maintenance for one year without turning [them] out. But if they leave [of their own accord], then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable way. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
• 3:15 · Ali 'Imranوَأَزْوَٰجٌۭ and spousesSay, "Shall I inform you of [something] better than that? For those who fear Allah will be gardens in the presence of their Lord beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally, and purified spouses and approval from Allah. And Allah is Seeing of [His] servants -
• 4:1 · An-Nisaزَوْجَهَا its mateO mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
• 4:12 · An-Nisaأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ by your wivesAnd for you is half of what your wives leave if they have no child. But if they have a child, for you is one fourth of what they leave, after any bequest they [may have] made or debt. And for the wives is one fourth if you leave no child. But if you leave a child, then for them is an eighth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt. And if a man or woman leaves neither ascendants nor descendants but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth. But if they are more than two, they share a third, after any bequest which was made or debt, as long as there is no detriment [caused]. [This is] an ordinance from Allah, and Allah is Knowing and Forbearing.
• 4:20 · An-Nisaزَوْجٍۢ a wifeBut if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?
• 4:20 · An-Nisaزَوْجٍۢ (of) a wifeBut if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?
• 4:57 · An-Nisaأَزْوَٰجٌۭ (are) spousesBut those who believe and do righteous deeds - We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide forever. For them therein are purified spouses, and We will admit them to deepening shade.
• 6:139 · Al-An'amأَزْوَٰجِنَا ۖ our spousesAnd they say, "What is in the bellies of these animals is exclusively for our males and forbidden to our females. But if it is [born] dead, then all of them have shares therein." He will punish them for their description. Indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
• 6:143 · Al-An'amأَزْوَٰجٍۢ ۖ pairs [They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."
• 7:19 · Al-A'rafوَزَوْجُكَ and your wifeAnd "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
• 7:189 · Al-A'rafزَوْجَهَا its mateIt is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he covers her, she carries a light burden and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allah, their Lord, "If You should give us a good [child], we will surely be among the grateful."
• 9:24 · At-Tawbahوَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ and your spousesSay, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people."
• 11:40 · Hudزَوْجَيْنِ a pair[So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon the ship of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed." But none had believed with him, except a few.
• 13:3 · Ar-Ra'dزَوْجَيْنِ pairsAnd it is He who spread the earth and placed therein firmly set mountains and rivers; and from all of the fruits He made therein two mates; He causes the night to cover the day. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.
• 13:23 · Ar-Ra'dوَأَزْوَٰجِهِمْ and their spousesGardens of perpetual residence; they will enter them with whoever were righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their descendants. And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, [saying],
• 13:38 · Ar-Ra'dأَزْوَٰجًۭا wivesAnd We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allah. For every term is a decree.
• 15:88 · Al-Hijrأَزْوَٰجًۭا (to) categoriesDo not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [certain] categories of the disbelievers, and do not grieve over them. And lower your wing to the believers
• 16:72 · An-Nahlأَزْوَٰجًۭا spousesAnd Allah has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allah they disbelieve?
• 16:72 · An-Nahlأَزْوَٰجِكُم your spousesAnd Allah has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allah they disbelieve?
• 20:53 · Ta-Haأَزْوَٰجًۭا pairs[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.
• 20:117 · Ta-Haوَلِزَوْجِكَ and to your wifeSo We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.
• 20:131 · Ta-Haأَزْوَٰجًۭا pairsAnd do not extend your eyes toward that by which We have given enjoyment to [some] categories of them, [its being but] the splendor of worldly life by which We test them. And the provision of your Lord is better and more enduring.
• 21:90 · Al-Anbyaزَوْجَهُۥٓ ۚ his wifeSo We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.

Also in 46 more places: 22:5, 23:6, 23:27, 24:6, 25:74, 26:7, 26:166, 30:21, 31:10, 33:4, 33:6, 33:28, 33:37, 33:37, 33:50, 33:50, 33:52, 33:53, 33:59, 35:11, 36:36, 36:56, 37:22, 38:58, 39:6, 39:6, 40:8, 42:11, 42:11, 43:12, 43:70, 50:7, 51:49, 53:45, 55:52, 56:7, 58:1, 60:11, 60:11, 64:14, 66:1, 66:3, 66:5, 70:30, 75:39, 78:8

زُوِّجَتْ 5 times

• 33:37 · Al-Ahzabزَوَّجْنَـٰكَهَا We married her to youAnd [remember, O Muhammad], when you said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor and you bestowed favor, "Keep your wife and fear Allah," while you concealed within yourself that which Allah is to disclose. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him. So when Zayd had no longer any need for her, We married her to you in order that there not be upon the believers any discomfort concerning the wives of their adopted sons when they no longer have need of them. And ever is the command of Allah accomplished.
• 42:50 · Ash-Shuraيُزَوِّجُهُمْ He grants themOr He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.
• 44:54 · Ad-Dukhanوَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم And We will marry themThus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
• 52:20 · At-Turوَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم and We will marry themThey will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
• 81:7 · At-Takwirزُوِّجَتْ are pairedAnd when the souls are paired

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.