# Ayn-Vav-Zal — عوذ (Ewp)

> Occurs in 17 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To seek refuge, to want protection, to beg for help, to take refuge in Allah, to request protection, request for protection
- **Derived forms:** أُعِيذُ (1) · عُذْ (10) · مَعَاذ (2) · ٱسْتَعِذْ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** أَعُوذُ — aʿūdhu · "I seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ٓ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ اَنْ تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةًۜ قَالُٓوا اَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُواًۜ قَالَ اَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ اَنْ اَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِل۪ينَ

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi inna Allaha ya/murukum an tathbahoobaqaratan qaloo atattakhithuna huzuwan qalaaAAoothu biAllahi an akoona mina aljahileen

And when Moses said to his people: “God commands you that you sacrifice a heifer,” they said: “Dost thou take us in mockery?” He said: “I seek refuge in God lest I be of the ignorant.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-67.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** أُعِيذُهَا — uʿīdhuhā · "[I] seek refuge for her"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 1st person, singular · present tense

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي وَضَعْتُهَٓا اُنْثٰىۜ وَاللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْۜ وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْاُنْثٰىۚ وَاِنّ۪ي سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَاِنّ۪ٓي اُع۪يذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّج۪يمِ

Falamma wadaAAat-ha qalatrabbi innee wadaAAtuha ontha wallahuaAAlamu bima wadaAAat walaysa aththakarukalontha wa-innee sammaytuha maryamawa-innee oAAeethuha bika wathurriyyatahamina ashshaytani arrajeem

Then when she had given birth to her, she said: “My Lord: I have given birth to a female,” — and God knew best to what she was to give birth; and the male is not like the female — “And I have named her Mary; and I seek refuge in Thee for her and her descendants from the accursed satan.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-36.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 200

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْتَعِذْ — fa-is'taʿidh · "then seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahusameeAAun AAaleem

And if there provoke thee a provocation from the satan, seek thou refuge in God; He is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-200.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** أَعُوذُ — aʿūdhu · "seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعُوذُ بِكَ اَنْ اَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ ل۪ي بِه۪ عِلْمٌۜ وَاِلَّا تَغْفِرْ ل۪ي وَتَرْحَمْن۪ٓي اَكُنْ مِنَ الْخَاسِر۪ينَ

Qala rabbi innee aAAoothu bikaan as-alaka ma laysa lee bihi AAilmun wa-illataghfir lee watarhamnee akun mina alkhasireen

Said he: “My Lord, in Thee do I seek refuge lest I ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge; and save Thou forgive me, and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-47.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** مَعَاذَ — maʿādha · "I seek refuge in Allah"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّت۪ي هُوَ ف۪ي بَيْتِهَا عَنْ نَفْسِه۪ وَغَلَّقَتِ الْاَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَۜ قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ اِنَّهُ رَبّ۪ٓي اَحْسَنَ مَثْوَايَۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Warawadat-hu allatee huwa fee baytihaAAan nafsihi waghallaqati al-abwaba waqalat haytalaka qala maAAatha Allahi innahu rabbee ahsanamathwaya innahu la yuflihu aththalimoon

And she in whose house he was sought to lure him away from his soul; and she closed the doors, and said: “Come thou hither.” He said: “I seek refuge in God — He is my Lord who made good my dwelling; the wrongdoers do not succeed.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-23.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** مَعَاذَ — maʿādha · "Allah forbid"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

قَالَ مَعَاذَ اللّٰهِ اَنْ نَأْخُذَ اِلَّا مَنْ وَجَدْنَا مَتَاعَنَا عِنْدَهُٓۙ اِنَّٓا اِذاً لَظَالِمُونَ۟

Qala maAAatha Allahi anna/khutha illa man wajadna mataAAanaAAindahu inna ithan lathalimoon

He said: “God forbid that we take save him with whom we found our goods! Then should we be the wrongdoers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-79.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْتَعِذْ — fa-is'taʿidh · "seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

فَاِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّج۪يمِ

Fa-itha qara/ta alqur-ana fastaAAithbillahi mina ashshaytani arrajeem

And when thou recitest the Qur’an, seek thou refuge in God from the accursed satan

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-98.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** أَعُوذُ — aʿūdhu · "[I] seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

قَالَتْ اِنّ۪ٓي اَعُوذُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ مِنْكَ اِنْ كُنْتَ تَقِياًّ

Qalat innee aAAoothu birrahmaniminka in kunta taqiyya

She said: “I seek refuge in the Almighty from thee[...], if thou be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-18.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** أَعُوذُ — aʿūdhu · "I seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَقُلْ رَبِّ اَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاط۪ينِۙ

Waqul rabbi aAAoothu bika min hamazatiashshayateen

And say thou: “My Lord: I seek refuge in Thee from the goading of the satans,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-97.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَعُوذُ — wa-aʿūdhu · "And I seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَاَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ اَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ

WaaAAoothu bika rabbi an yahduroon

“And I seek refuge in Thee my Lord lest they be present with me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-98.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** عُذْتُ — ʿudh'tu · "[I] seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

وَقَالَ مُوسٰٓى اِنّ۪ي عُذْتُ بِرَبّ۪ي وَرَبِّكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ۟

Waqala moosa innee AAuthtubirabbee warabbikum min kulli mutakabbirin la yu/minubiyawmi alhisab

And Moses said: “I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every proud one who believes not in the Day of Reckoning.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-27.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْتَعِذْ — fa-is'taʿidh · "So seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُجَادِلُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ سُلْطَانٍ اَتٰيهُمْۙ اِنْ ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ اِلَّا كِبْرٌ مَا هُمْ بِبَالِغ۪يهِۚ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْبَص۪يرُ

Inna allatheena yujadiloonafee ayati Allahi bighayri sultanin atahumin fee sudoorihim illa kibrun ma hum bibaligheehifastaAAith billahi innahu huwa assameeAAualbaseer

Those who dispute concerning the proofs of God without an authority having come to them — in their breasts is only greatness they will never reach. So seek thou refuge in God; He is the Hearer, the Seeing.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-56.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱسْتَعِذْ — fa-is'taʿidh · "then seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahuhuwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

And if there provoke thee a provocation from the satan, seek thou refuge in God; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-36.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** عُذْتُ — ʿudh'tu · "[I] seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

وَاِنّ۪ي عُذْتُ بِرَبّ۪ي وَرَبِّكُمْ اَنْ تَرْجُمُونِۘ

Wa-innee AAuthtu birabbee warabbikuman tarjumoon

And: “I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest you stone me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-20.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** يَعُوذُونَ — yaʿūdhūna · "who sought refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْاِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقاًۙ

Waannahu kana rijalun minaal-insi yaAAoothoona birijalin mina aljinni fazadoohumrahaqa

“And that: ‘Men among the servi sought protection with men against the domini, so they increased them in baseness.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-6.md_

### 113. Surah Al-Falaq, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** أَعُوذُ — aʿūdhu · "I seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

قُلْ اَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِۙ

Qul aAAoothu birabbi alfalaq

Say thou: “I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak

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

### 114. Surah An-Nas, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** أَعُوذُ — aʿūdhu · "I seek refuge"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · present tense

قُلْ اَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِۙ

Qul aAAoothu birabbi annas

Say thou: “I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nas/verse-1.md_

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