# Fe-Za-Za — فزز (fzz)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To remove, provoke, expel, unsettle, be scared away from, turn away, startle. Istafazza (vb. 10) - to excite, make active, deceive, unsettle, remove, expel, lead to destruction, make weak by humiliating, entail loss of right of citizenship.
- **Derived forms:** يَسْتَفِزَّ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ — wa-is'tafziz · "And incite"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُمْ بِصَوْتِكَ وَاَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِ وَعِدْهُمْۜ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ اِلَّا غُرُوراً

Wastafziz mani istataAAtaminhum bisawtika waajlib AAalayhim bikhaylika warajlikawasharik-hum fee al-amwali wal-awladiwaAAidhum wama yaAAiduhumu ashshaytanu illaghuroora

“And incite thou whom thou canst of them with thy voice, and rally thou horse and foot against them, and partner thou them in their wealth and children, and promise thou them,” — but the satan promises them only delusion —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-64.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ — layastafizzūnaka · "(to) scare you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِنْ كَادُوا لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا وَاِذاً لَا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَافَكَ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً

Wa-in kadoo layastafizzoonaka minaal-ardi liyukhrijooka minha wa-ithan layalbathoona khilafaka illa qaleela

And they had almost driven thee out of the land, to turn thee out therefrom; and then would they not have tarried after thee save a little.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-76.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** يَسْتَفِزَّهُم — yastafizzahum · "drive them out"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَاَرَادَ اَنْ يَسْتَفِزَّهُمْ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ جَم۪يعاًۙ

Faarada an yastafizzahum mina al-ardifaaghraqnahu waman maAAahu jameeAAa

And he wished to turn them out of the land; and We drowned him and those with him all together.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-103.md_

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