# he-Mim-Za — همز (hmz)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To backbite, defame, push back with a blow, pinch, repel, find fault with, suggest evil, break, throw (on the ground), squeeze, bite.
- **Derived forms:** هُمَزَة (1) · هَمَزَٰت (1) · هَمَّاز (1)

## Verses containing this root

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

- **Form in this verse:** هَمَزَٰتِ — hamazāti · "(the) suggestions"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

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_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** هَمَّازٍۢ — hammāzin · "Defamer"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

هَمَّازٍ مَشَّٓاءٍ بِنَم۪يمٍۙ

Hammazin mashsha-in binameem

Backbiter, going about with calumny,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-11.md_

### 104. Surah Al-Humazah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** هُمَزَةٍۢ — humazatin · "slanderer"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَيْلٌ لِكُلِّ هُمَزَةٍ لُمَزَةٍۨۙ

Waylun likulli humazatin lumaza

Woe to every slanderer, fault-finder,

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

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