# Ayn-Za-Mim — عزم (Ezm)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To decide, determine, settle on, propose, carry out a decision, set one's heart on something, firm decision.
- **Derived forms:** عَزَمَ (4) · عَزْم (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 227

- **Form in this verse:** عَزَمُوا۟ — ʿazamū · "they resolve"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِنْ عَزَمُوا الطَّـلَاقَ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wa-in AAazamoo attalaqafa-inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleem

And if they decide on divorce, then God is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-227.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 235

- **Form in this verse:** تَعْزِمُوا۟ — taʿzimū · "resolve (on)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ ف۪يمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَٓاءِ اَوْ اَكْنَنْتُمْ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِراًّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفاًۜ وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا عُقْدَةَ النِّكَاحِ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ اَجَلَهُۜ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُۚ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Wala junaha AAalaykum feemaAAarradtum bihi min khitbati annisa-iaw aknantum fee anfusikum AAalima Allahu annakum satathkuroonahunnawalakin la tuwaAAidoohunna sirran illaan taqooloo qawlan maAAroofan wala taAAzimoo AAuqdata annikahihatta yablugha alkitabu ajalahu waAAlamooanna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee anfusikum fahtharoohuwaAAlamoo anna Allaha ghafoorun haleem

And you do no wrong in what you intimate to women of proposal, or hide within yourselves; God knows that you will remember them. But make not nor take an oath with them secretly save that you speak a fitting word. And do not decide upon the knot of marriage until the writ reaches its term. And know that God knows what is within your souls, so fear Him. And know that God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-235.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 159

- **Form in this verse:** عَزَمْتَ — ʿazamta · "you have decided"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْۚ وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَل۪يظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَۖ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِۚ فَاِذَا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّل۪ينَ

Fabima rahmatin mina Allahilinta lahum walaw kunta faththan ghaleethaalqalbi lanfaddoo min hawlika faAAfuAAanhum wastaghfir lahum washawirhum fee al-amrifa-itha AAazamta fatawakkal AAala Allahiinna Allaha yuhibbu almutawakkileen

And because of the mercy of God, thou wast lenient with them; and hadst thou been coarse and stern, they would have disbanded from about thee. So pardon thou them, and ask thou forgiveness for them, and take thou counsel with them in the affair. And when thou hast made a decision, place thou thy trust in God; God loves those who would place their trust aright.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-159.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 186

- **Form in this verse:** عَزْمِ — ʿazmi · "the matters"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لَتُبْلَوُنَّ ف۪ٓي اَمْوَالِكُمْ وَاَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلَتَسْمَعُنَّ مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُٓوا اَذًى كَث۪يراًۜ وَاِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَاِنَّ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُورِ

Latublawunna fee amwalikumwaanfusikum walatasmaAAunna mina allatheena ootoo alkitabamin qablikum wamina allatheena ashrakoo athankatheeran wa-in tasbiroo watattaqoo fa-inna thalikamin AAazmi al-omoor

You will be tried in your wealth and in yourselves. And you will hear from those given the Writ before you, and from the idolaters, much hindrance. But if you are patient and in prudent fear: that is among the resolution of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-186.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 115

- **Form in this verse:** عَزْمًۭا — ʿazman · "determination"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اٰدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْماً۟

Walaqad AAahidna ila adamamin qablu fanasiya walam najid lahu AAazma

And We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-115.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** عَزْمِ — ʿazmi · "the matters requiring determination"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَا بُنَيَّ اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَٓا اَصَابَكَۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُورِۚ

Ya bunayya aqimi assalatawa/mur bilmaAAroofi wanha AAani almunkari wasbirAAala ma asabaka inna thalika minAAazmi al-omoor

“O my son: uphold thou the duty, and enjoin thou what is fitting, and forbid thou perversity, and be thou patient over what befalls thee; that is among the resolution of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-17.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** عَزْمِ — ʿazmi · "matters of determination"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَمَنْ صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُورِ۟

Walaman sabara waghafara inna thalikalamin AAazmi al-omoor

And whoso is patient and forgives: that is among the resolution of affairs.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-43.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعَزْمِ — l-ʿazmi · "those of determination"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرَ اُو۬لُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلْ لَهُمْۜ  كَاَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَۙ لَمْ يَلْبَثُٓوا اِلَّا سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍۜ  بَلَاغٌۚ  فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Fasbir kama sabaraoloo alAAazmi mina arrusuli wala tastaAAjil lahumkaannahum yawma yarawna ma yooAAadoona lam yalbathoo illasaAAatan min naharin balaghun fahal yuhlakuilla alqawmu alfasiqoon

So be thou patient, as those of determination among the messengers were patient, and seek thou not to hasten for them. The day they see what they are promised, it will be as though they had not tarried an hour of a day. Notification! And will there be destroyed save the perfidious people?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-35.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** عَزَمَ — ʿazama · "(is) determined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ۠ فَاِذَا عَزَمَ الْاَمْرُ۠ فَلَوْ صَدَقُوا اللّٰهَ لَكَانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْۚ

TaAAatun waqawlun maAAroofun fa-ithaAAazama al-amru falaw sadaqoo Allaha lakanakhayran lahum

Obedience and fitting speech; then when the matter was determined, had they been true to God it would have been better for them.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-21.md_

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