# Ayn-Za-Lam — عزل (Ezl)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To set aside, remove from. Ma'zilun - a place separate from the rest, secluded spot, place of retirement, far away. Ma'zulun - removed. I'tizal (vb. 8) to separate or remove one self from.
- **Derived forms:** عَزَلْ (1) · مَعْزِل (1) · مَعْزُولُون (1) · ٱعْتَزَلَ (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 222

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱعْتَزِلُوا۟ — fa-iʿ'tazilū · "so keep away (from)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْمَح۪يضِۜ قُلْ هُوَ اَذًىۙ فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَٓاءَ فِي الْمَح۪يضِۙ وَلَا تَقْرَبُوهُنَّ حَتّٰى يَطْهُرْنَۚ فَاِذَا تَطَهَّرْنَ فَأْتُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ اَمَرَكُمُ اللّٰهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ التَّوَّاب۪ينَ وَيُحِبُّ الْمُتَطَهِّر۪ينَ

Wayas-aloonaka AAani almaheediqul huwa athan faAAtaziloo annisaafee almaheedi wala taqraboohunna hattayathurna fa-itha tatahharna fa/toohunna min haythuamarakumu Allahu inna Allaha yuhibbu attawwabeenawayuhibbu almutatahhireen

And they ask thee about menstruation. Say thou: “It is a hindrance; so keep away from women during menstruation, and approach them not until they are clean. And when they have purified themselves, then approach them in what manner God has commanded you; God loves those who repent and loves those who purify themselves.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-222.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** ٱعْتَزَلُوكُمْ — iʿ'tazalūkum · "they withdraw from you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ يَصِلُونَ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ م۪يثَاقٌ اَوْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ اَنْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ اَوْ يُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمَهُمْۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَقَاتَلُوكُمْۚ فَاِنِ اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ وَاَلْقَوْا اِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَۙ فَمَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَب۪يلاً

Illa allatheena yasiloonaila qawmin baynakum wabaynahum meethaqun aw jaookumhasirat sudooruhum an yuqatilookum awyuqatiloo qawmahum walaw shaa Allahu lasallatahumAAalaykum falaqatalookum fa-ini iAAtazalookum falam yuqatilookumwaalqaw ilaykumu assalama fama jaAAala Allahulakum AAalayhim sabeela

Save those who join a people between whom and you is an agreement, or they come to you, their hearts restraining them from fighting you or fighting their people. And had God willed, He would have given them power over you; then would they have fought you. And if they withdraw from you and fight you not and extend to you peace, then has God made no path for you against them.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-90.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ — yaʿtazilūkum · "they withdraw from you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

سَتَجِدُونَ اٰخَر۪ينَ يُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ يَأْمَنُوكُمْ وَيَأْمَنُوا قَوْمَهُمْۜ كُلَّمَا رُدُّٓوا اِلَى الْفِتْنَةِ اُرْكِسُوا ف۪يهَاۚ فَاِنْ لَمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُٓوا اِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَاقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ ثَقِفْتُمُوهُمْۜ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكُمْ جَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَاناً مُب۪يناً۟

Satajidoona akhareena yureedoona anya/manookum waya/manoo qawmahum kulla ma ruddoo ilaalfitnati orkisoo feeha fa-in lam yaAAtazilookum wayulqooilaykumu assalama wayakuffoo aydiyahum fakhuthoohumwaqtuloohum haythu thaqiftumoohum waola-ikumjaAAalna lakum AAalayhim sultanan mubeena

You will find others desiring safety from you, and safety from their people; as often as they are turned back to the means of denial, they are turned over to it. And if they withdraw not from you and extend to you peace and restrain their hands, take them and kill them wheresoever you find them; and over those have We given you a clear authority.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-91.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** مَعْزِلٍۢ — maʿzilin · "apart"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَهِيَ تَجْر۪ي بِهِمْ ف۪ي مَوْجٍ كَالْجِبَالِ وَنَادٰى نُوحٌۨ ابْنَهُ وَكَانَ ف۪ي مَعْزِلٍ يَا بُنَيَّ ارْكَبْۭۗ مَعَنَا وَلَا تَكُنْ مَعَ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Wahiya tajree bihim fee mawjin kaljibaliwanada noohunu ibnahu wakana feemaAAzilin ya bunayya irkab maAAana walatakun maAAa alkafireen

And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains; and Noah called to his son: — and he was set apart — “O my son: embark thou with us, and be thou not with the false claimers of guidance.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-42.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ — iʿ'tazaltumūhum · "you withdraw from them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَأْوُٓ۫ا اِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِه۪ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَمْرِكُمْ مِرْفَقاً

Wa-ithi iAAtazaltumoohum wamayaAAbudoona illa Allaha fa/woo ila alkahfiyanshur lakum rabbukum min rahmatihi wayuhayyi/ lakum minamrikum mirfaqa

“And when you have withdrawn from them and what they serve save God, take shelter in the cave. Your Lord will unfurl for you out of His mercy, and furnish you out of your affair all that you need.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-16.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْ — wa-aʿtazilukum · "And I will leave you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 1st person, singular · present tense

وَاَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَاَدْعُوا رَبّ۪يۘ عَسٰٓى اَلَّٓا اَكُونَ بِدُعَٓاءِ رَبّ۪ي شَقِياًّ

WaaAAtazilukum wama tadAAoona mindooni Allahi waadAAoo rabbee AAasa allaakoona biduAAa-i rabbee shaqiyya

“And I will withdraw from you and that to which you call besides God, and I will call to my Lord; it may be that I will not in my call to my Lord be wretched.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-48.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ — iʿ'tazalahum · "he left them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَمَّا اعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۙ وَهَبْنَا لَـهُٓ اِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَۜ وَكُلاًّ جَعَلْنَا نَبِياًّ

Falamma iAAtazalahum wamayaAAbudoona min dooni Allahi wahabna lahu ishaqawayaAAqooba wakullan jaAAalna nabiyya

So when he had withdrawn from them, and what they served besides God, We gave him Isaac and Jacob; and each We made a prophet.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-49.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 212

- **Form in this verse:** لَمَعْزُولُونَ — lamaʿzūlūna · "(are) surely banished"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَۜ

Innahum AAani assamAAilamaAAzooloona

They are excluded from hearing.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-212.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** عَزَلْتَ — ʿazalta · "you (had) set aside"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

تُرْج۪ي مَنْ تَشَٓاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُــْٔـو۪ٓي اِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَۜ  ذٰلِكَ اَدْنٰٓى اَنْ تَقَرَّ اَعْيُنُهُنَّ وَلَا يَحْزَنَّ وَيَرْضَيْنَ بِمَٓا اٰتَيْتَهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَل۪يماً

Turjee man tashao minhunna watu/weeilayka man tashao wamani ibtaghayta mimman AAazalta falajunaha AAalayka thalika adna an taqarraaAAyunuhunna wala yahzanna wayardayna bimaataytahunna kulluhunna wallahu yaAAlamu mafee quloobikum wakana Allahu AAaleeman haleema

Thou deferest whom thou wilt of them, and thou takest to thee whom thou wilt; and whom thou desirest of those thou hast set aside: there is no blame upon thee. That tends to the comfort of their eyes, and that they grieve not, and that they be pleased with what thou givest them; and God knows what is in your hearts, and God is knowing and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-51.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ — fa-iʿ'tazilūni · "then leave me alone"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَاِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا ل۪ي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ

Wa-in lam tu/minoo lee faAAtaziloon

And: “If you believe me not, then stay away from me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-21.md_

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