Home Quran Quran roots ن ز ع
20 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 404
The Quran root ن ز ع n-z-ʿ
Words built from the root ن ز ع ([n-z-ʿ]) appear 20 times in the Quran. The most common is نَزَعَ, “he drew out”, which comes 10 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نَزَعَ | nazaʿa | he drew out · You take away | 10 | |
| تَنازَعُ | tanaazaʿu | they disputed · you fell into dispute | 7 | |
| يُنازِعُ | yunaaziʿu | let them not dispute with you | 1 | |
| نَزّاعَة | nazzaaʿa | remover | 1 | |
| نازِعَة | naaziʿa | those who extract | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِي الْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتَنزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَاءُ بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ٢٦
وَتَنزِعُ watanziʿu · and You take away
Say, "O Allāh, 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. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:26)
يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْآتِهِمَا إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٢٧
يَنزِعُ yanziʿu · stripping
O 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. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:27)
وَلَقَدْ صَدَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ إِذْ تَحُسُّونَهُم بِإِذْنِهِ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا أَرَاكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَ مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ صَرَفَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ لِيَبْتَلِيَكُمْ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا عَنكُمْ وَاللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ١٥٢
وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ watanāzaʿtum · and you fell into dispute
And Allāh had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing them [i.e., the enemy] by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet (ﷺ)] 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 Allāh is the possessor of bounty for the believers. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:152)
لِّكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ جَعَلْنَا مَنسَكًا هُمْ نَاسِكُوهُ فَلَا يُنَازِعُنَّكَ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَادْعُ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ هُدًى مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ٦٧
يُنَازِعُنَّكَ yunāziʿunnaka · So let them not dispute with you
For every [religious] community We have appointed rites which they perform. So, [O Muḥammad], let them [i.e., the disbelievers] not contend with you over the matter but invite [them] to your Lord. Indeed, you are upon straight guidance. (Surah Al-Hajj, 22:67)
نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَىٰ ١٦
نَزَّاعَةً nazzāʿatan · A remover
A remover of exteriors. (Surah Al-Ma'arij, 70:16)
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا ١
وَالنَّازِعَاتِ wal-nāziʿāti · By those who extract
By those [angels] who extract with violence (Surah An-Nazi'at, 79:1)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 3×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 2×
- Surah Al-Anfal · 2×
- Surah Hud · 1×
- Surah Al-Hijr · 1×
- Surah Maryam · 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.