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11 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 556
The Quran root غ ي ظ gh-y-ẓ
Words built from the root غ ي ظ ([gh-y-ẓ]) appear 11 times in the Quran. The most common is غَيْظ, “rage”, which comes 6 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| غَيْظ | ghayẓ | rage · anger | 6 | |
| يَغِيظُ | yaghiiẓu | that angers · enrages | 3 | |
| تَغَيُّظ | taghayyuẓ | raging | 1 | |
| غائِظ | ghaa’iẓ | enraging | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
هَا أَنتُمْ أُولَاءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ كُلِّهِ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ قُلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ ١١٩
الْغَيْظِ l-ghayẓi · [the] rage
Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:119)
الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٣٤
الْغَيْظَ l-ghayẓa · the anger
Who spend [in the cause of Allāh] during ease and hardship and who restrain anger and who pardon the people - and Allāh loves the doers of good; (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:134)
مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ الْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا عَن رَّسُولِ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَرْغَبُوا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ عَن نَّفْسِهِ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌ وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَئُونَ مَوْطِئًا يَغِيظُ الْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِ عَمَلٌ صَالِحٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٢٠
يَغِيظُ yaghīẓu · that angers
It was not [proper] for the people of Madīnah and those surrounding them of the bedouins that they remain behind after [the departure of] the Messenger of Allāh or that they prefer themselves over his self. That is because they are not afflicted by thirst or fatigue or hunger in the cause of Allāh, nor do they tread on any ground that enrages the disbelievers, nor do they inflict upon an enemy any infliction but that it is registered for them as a righteous deed. Indeed, Allāh does not allow to be lost the reward of the doers of good. (Surah At-Tawbah, 9:120)
إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا ١٢
تَغَيُّظًا taghayyuẓan · raging
When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring. (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:12)
وَإِنَّهُمْ لَنَا لَغَائِظُونَ ٥٥
لَغَائِظُونَ laghāiẓūna · (are) surely enraging
And indeed, they are enraging us, (Surah Ash-Shu'ara, 26:55)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 3×
- Surah At-Tawbah · 2×
- Surah Al-Ahzab · 1×
- Surah Al-Mulk · 1×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 1×
- Surah Al-Fath · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.