# Ayn-Vav-Cim — عوج (Ewj)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Ewj

- **Meaning:** Crooked, curvature, bent, uneven, distorted, wrap, be ill-natured, deviate, turn aside, insincerity, difficult
- **Derived forms:** عِوَج (9)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 99

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجًۭا — ʿiwajan · "(seem) crooked"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قُلْ يَٓا اَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاً وَاَنْتُمْ شُهَدَٓاءُۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Qul ya ahla alkitabi lima tasuddoonaAAan sabeeli Allahi man amana tabghoonahaAAiwajan waantum shuhadao wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

Say thou: “O doctors of the Law: why turn you away from the path of God him who believes, seeking its deviation when you are witnesses? And God is not unmindful of what you do.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-99.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجًۭا — ʿiwajan · "crookedness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۚ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ كَافِرُونَۜ

Allatheena yasuddoona AAansabeeli Allahi wayabghoonaha AAiwajan wahum bil-akhiratikafiroon

“Those who turned away from the path of God and sought to make it crooked, and were deniers of the Hereafter!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-45.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 86

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجًۭا ۚ — ʿiwajan · "crooked"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَا تَقْعُدُوا بِكُلِّ صِرَاطٍ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ بِه۪ وَتَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۚ وَاذْكُرُٓوا اِذْ كُنْتُمْ قَل۪يلاً فَكَثَّرَكُمْۖ وَانْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wala taqAAudoo bikulli siratintooAAidoona watasuddoona AAan sabeeli Allahi man amanabihi watabghoonaha AAiwajan wathkuroo ithkuntum qaleelan fakaththarakum wanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu almufsideen

“And lie not in wait on every road, threatening and turning away from the path of God him who believes in Him, and seeking deviation therein. And remember when you were few, and He multiplied you; and see how was the final outcome of the workers of corruption.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-86.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجًۭا — ʿiwajan · "crookedness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۜ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ كَافِرُونَ

Allatheena yasuddoona AAansabeeli Allahi wayabghoonaha AAiwajan wahum bil-akhiratihum kafiroon

Those who turn away from the path of God and would make it crooked, and of the Hereafter they are deniers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-19.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجًا ۚ — ʿiwajan · "crookedness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَسْتَحِبُّونَ الْحَيٰوةَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْاٰخِرَةِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجاًۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ بَع۪يدٍ

Allatheena yastahibboona alhayataaddunya AAala al-akhirati wayasuddoonaAAan sabeeli Allahi wayabghoonaha AAiwajan ola-ikafee dalalin baAAeed

Those who prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter, and turn away from the path of God, and would make it crooked: those are in extreme error.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-3.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجَاۜ — ʿiwajā · "any crookedness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْـكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِـوَجا۔ًۜ

Alhamdu lillahi allatheeanzala AAala AAabdihi alkitaba walam yajAAal lahuAAiwaja

Praise belongs to God who sent down the Writ upon His servant — and placed not therein deviation —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-1.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 107

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجًۭا — ʿiwajan · "any crookedness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لَا تَرٰى ف۪يهَا عِوَجاً وَلَٓا اَمْتاً

La tara feeha AAiwajanwala amta

Thou wilt see therein neither deviation nor bend.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-107.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجَ — ʿiwaja · "deviation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ الدَّاعِيَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۚ وَخَشَعَتِ الْاَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ اِلَّا هَمْساً

Yawma-ithin yattabiAAoona addaAAiyala AAiwaja lahu wakhashaAAati al-aswatu lirrahmanifala tasmaAAu illa hamsa

That day will they follow the Caller having no deviation; and voices will be stilled before the Almighty, and thou wilt hear not save a murmur.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-108.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** عِوَجٍۢ — ʿiwajin · "crookedness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ غَيْرَ ذ۪ي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ

Qur-anan AAarabiyyan ghayra theeAAiwajin laAAallahum yattaqoon

An Arabic recitation, free of deviation, that they might be in prudent fear.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-28.md_

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