ز ي ن Root z-y-n in the Qur’an 46 occurrences in 43 verses

Words from this root

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

زَيَّنَ 26 times

• 2:212 · Al-Baqarahزُيِّنَ BeautifiedBeautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account.
• 3:14 · Ali 'Imranزُيِّنَ BeautifiedBeautified for people is the love of that which they desire - of women and sons, heaped-up sums of gold and silver, fine branded horses, and cattle and tilled land. That is the enjoyment of worldly life, but Allah has with Him the best return.
• 6:43 · Al-An'amوَزَيَّنَ and made fair-seemingThen why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing.
• 6:108 · Al-An'amزَيَّنَّا We have made fair-seemingAnd do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge. Thus We have made pleasing to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them about what they used to do.
• 6:122 · Al-An'amزُيِّنَ is made fair-seemingAnd is one who was dead and We gave him life and made for him light by which to walk among the people like one who is in darkness, never to emerge therefrom? Thus it has been made pleasing to the disbelievers that which they were doing.
• 6:137 · Al-An'amزَيَّنَ made pleasingAnd likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allah had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
• 8:48 · Al-Anfalزَيَّنَ made fair-seemingAnd [remember] when Satan made their deeds pleasing to them and said, "No one can overcome you today from among the people, and indeed, I am your protector." But when the two armies sighted each other, he turned on his heels and said, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I see what you do not see; indeed I fear Allah. And Allah is severe in penalty."
• 9:37 · At-Tawbahزُيِّنَ Is made fair-seemingIndeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year to correspond to the number made unlawful by Allah and [thus] make lawful what Allah has made unlawful. Made pleasing to them is the evil of their deeds; and Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.
• 10:12 · Yunusزُيِّنَ (it) is made fair seemingAnd when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing
• 13:33 · Ar-Ra'dزُيِّنَ (is) made fair-seemingThen is He who is a maintainer of every soul, [knowing] what it has earned, [like any other]? But to Allah they have attributed partners. Say, "Name them. Or do you inform Him of that which He knows not upon the earth or of what is apparent of speech?" Rather, their [own] plan has been made attractive to those who disbelieve, and they have been averted from the way. And whomever Allah leaves astray - there will be for him no guide.
• 15:16 · Al-Hijrوَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا and We have beautified itAnd We have placed within the heaven great stars and have beautified it for the observers.
• 15:39 · Al-Hijrلَأُزَيِّنَنَّ surely, I will make (evil) fair-seeming[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all
• 16:63 · An-Nahlفَزَيَّنَ but made fair-seemingBy Allah, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is the disbelievers' ally today [as well], and they will have a painful punishment.
• 27:4 · An-Namlزَيَّنَّا We have made fair-seemingIndeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.
• 27:24 · An-Namlوَزَيَّنَ and has made fair-seemingI found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,
• 29:38 · Al-'Ankabutوَزَيَّنَ And made fair-seemingAnd [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made pleasing to them their deeds and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception.
• 35:8 · Fatirزُيِّنَ is made fair-seemingThen is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good [like one rightly guided]? For indeed, Allah sends astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So do not let yourself perish over them in regret. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do.
• 37:6 · As-Saffatزَيَّنَّا [We] adornedIndeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars
• 40:37 · Ghafirزُيِّنَ was made fair-seemingThe ways into the heavens - so that I may look at the deity of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except in ruin.
• 41:12 · Fussilatوَزَيَّنَّا And We adornedAnd He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.
• 41:25 · Fussilatفَزَيَّنُوا۟ (who) made fair-seemingAnd We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word has come into effect upon them among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.
• 47:14 · Muhammadزُيِّنَ is made attractiveSo is he who is on clear evidence from his Lord like him to whom the evil of his work has been made attractive and they follow their [own] desires?
• 48:12 · Al-Fathوَزُيِّنَ that was made fair-seemingBut you thought that the Messenger and the believers would never return to their families, ever, and that was made pleasing in your hearts. And you assumed an assumption of evil and became a people ruined."
• 49:7 · Al-Hujuratوَزَيَّنَهُۥ and has made it pleasingAnd know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.
• 50:6 · Qafوَزَيَّنَّـٰهَا and adorned itHave they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?
• 67:5 · Al-Mulkزَيَّنَّا We have beautifiedAnd We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

زِينَة 19 times

• 7:31 · Al-A'rafزِينَتَكُمْ your adornmentO children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess.
• 7:32 · Al-A'rafزِينَةَ (the) adornmentSay, "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?" Say, "They are for those who believe during the worldly life [but] exclusively for them on the Day of Resurrection." Thus do We detail the verses for a people who know.
• 10:88 · Yunusزِينَةًۭ splendorAnd Moses said, "Our Lord, indeed You have given Pharaoh and his establishment splendor and wealth in the worldly life, our Lord, that they may lead [men] astray from Your way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so that they will not believe until they see the painful punishment."
• 11:15 · Hudوَزِينَتَهَا and its adornmentsWhoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived.
• 16:8 · An-Nahlوَزِينَةًۭ ۚ and (as) adornmentAnd [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.
• 18:7 · Al-Kahfزِينَةًۭ adornmentIndeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.
• 18:28 · Al-Kahfزِينَةَ adornmentAnd keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.
• 18:46 · Al-Kahfزِينَةُ (are) adornmentWealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope.
• 20:59 · Ta-Haٱلزِّينَةِ (of) the festival[Moses] said, "Your appointment is on the day of the festival when the people assemble at mid-morning."
• 20:87 · Ta-Haزِينَةِ ornamentsThey said, "We did not break our promise to you by our will, but we were made to carry burdens from the ornaments of the people [of Pharaoh], so we threw them [into the fire], and thus did the Samiri throw."
• 24:31 · An-Nurزِينَتَهُنَّ their adornmentAnd tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
• 24:31 · An-Nurزِينَتَهُنَّ their adornmentAnd tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
• 24:31 · An-Nurزِينَتِهِنَّ ۚ their adornmentAnd tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
• 24:60 · An-Nurبِزِينَةٍۢ ۖ their adornmentAnd women of post-menstrual age who have no desire for marriage - there is no blame upon them for putting aside their outer garments [but] not displaying adornment. But to modestly refrain [from that] is better for them. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.
• 28:60 · Al-Qasasوَزِينَتُهَا ۚ and its adornmentAnd whatever thing you [people] have been given - it is [only for] the enjoyment of worldly life and its adornment. And what is with Allah is better and more lasting; so will you not use reason?
• 28:79 · Al-Qasasزِينَتِهِۦ ۖ his adornmentSo he came out before his people in his adornment. Those who desired the worldly life said, "Oh, would that we had like what was given to Qarun. Indeed, he is one of great fortune."
• 33:28 · Al-Ahzabوَزِينَتَهَا and its adornmentO Prophet, say to your wives, "If you should desire the worldly life and its adornment, then come, I will provide for you and give you a gracious release.
• 37:6 · As-Saffatبِزِينَةٍ with an adornmentIndeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars
• 57:20 · Al-Hadidوَزِينَةٌۭ and adornmentKnow that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allah and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.

ازَّيَّنَتْ 1 time

• 10:24 · Yunusوَٱزَّيَّنَتْ and is beautifiedThe example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the sky that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.

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.