Home Quran Quran roots ن ز ل
293 times in the Quran · 12 word forms · rank 29
The Quran root ن ز ل n-z-l
Words built from the root ن ز ل ([n-z-l]) appear 293 times in the Quran. The most common is أَنزَلَ, “We sent down”, which comes 183 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنزَلَ | anzala | We sent down · was revealed | 183 | |
| نَزَّلَ | nazzala | sends down · sent down | 62 | |
| تَنزِيل | tanziil | revelation · stages | 15 | |
| نُزُل | nuzul | hospitality · lodging | 8 | |
| تَنَزَّلَتْ | tanazzalat | descend · we descend | 7 | |
| نَزَلَ | nazala | descends · it descended | 6 | |
| مُنزِل | munzil | hosts · those who cause to land ' | 5 | |
| مُنزَل | munzal | sent down · landing place | 2 | |
| مَنازِل | manaazil | phases | 2 | |
| مُنَزِّل | munazzil | send it down | 1 | |
| مُنَزَّل | munazzal | sent down | 1 | |
| نَزْلَة | nazla | descent | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ ٤
أُنزِلَ unzila · (is) sent down
And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:4)
الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فِرَاشًا وَالسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ٢٢
وَأَنزَلَ wa-anzala · and sent down
[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:22)
وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ٢٣
نَزَّلْنَا nazzalnā · We have revealed
And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:23)
وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنزِيلًا ١٠٦
تَنزِيلًا tanzīlan · (in) stages
And [it is] a Qur’ān which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:106)
لَٰكِنِ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا نُزُلًا مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لِّلْأَبْرَارِ ١٩٨
نُزُلًا nuzulan · a hospitality
But those who feared their Lord will have gardens beneath which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein, as accommodation from Allāh. And that which is with Allāh is best for the righteous. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:198)
وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا وَمَا بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّا ٦٤
نَتَنَزَّلُ natanazzalu · we descend
[Gabriel said], "And we [angels] descend not except by the order of your Lord. To Him belongs that before us and that behind us and what is in between. And never is your Lord forgetful - (Surah Maryam, 19:64)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 26×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 23×
- Surah Al-An'am · 18×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 16×
- Surah An-Nisa · 15×
- Surah An-Nahl · 11×
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.