# Gayn-Za-Lam — غزل (gzl)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to spin, spun the cotton or wool, became remiss, became confounded with a young gazelle; he talked with her and acted in an amatory and enticing manner; turned around or made to revolve; attempted as a self-imposed task; follower of, lover of; amorous or enticing gestures or manners; the sun when high or rising; a vender or spinner of thread; a slender cord
- **Derived forms:** غَزْل (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** غَزْلَهَا — ghazlahā · "her spun yarn"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّت۪ي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ اَنْكَاثاًۜ تَتَّخِذُونَ اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ اَنْ تَكُونَ اُمَّةٌ هِيَ اَرْبٰى مِنْ اُمَّةٍۜ اِنَّمَا يَبْلُوكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ۜ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَا كُنْتُمْ ف۪يهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

Wala takoonoo kallatee naqadatghazlaha min baAAdi quwwatin ankathan tattakhithoonaaymanakum dakhalan baynakum an takoona ommatun hiya arbamin ommatin innama yablookumu Allahu bihiwalayubayyinanna lakum yawma alqiyamati ma kuntumfeehi takhtalifoon

And be not like her who breaks her thread after it was strong into fibres, taking your oaths as a deception between you because one community is more numerous than another community. God but tries you thereby; and He will make plain to you on the Day of Resurrection that wherein you differed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-92.md_

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