# he-Za-Za — هزز (hzz)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to shake, brandish wave, thrill, stir, throb, shift, wrangle
- **Derived forms:** هُزِّ (1) · ٱهْتَزَّتْ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَهُزِّىٓ — wahuzzī · "And shake"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, feminine, singular · imperative mood

وَهُزّ۪ٓي اِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِياًّۘ

Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi annakhlatitusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyya

“And shake thou towards thee the trunk of the date-palm; it will drop upon thee ripe, fresh dates.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-25.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱهْتَزَّتْ — ih'tazzat · "it gets stirred"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ فَاِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ مُضْغَةٍ مُخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْۜ وَنُقِرُّ فِي الْاَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَٓاءُ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُٓوا اَشُدَّكُمْۚ وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفّٰى وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُرَدُّ اِلٰٓى اَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْـٔاًۜ وَتَرَى الْاَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَاِذَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَٓاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَاَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَه۪يجٍ

Ya ayyuha annasuin kuntum fee raybin mina albaAAthi fa-inna khalaqnakummin turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma minAAalaqatin thumma min mudghatin mukhallaqatin waghayrimukhallaqatin linubayyina lakum wanuqirru fee al-arhami manashao ila ajalin musamman thumma nukhrijukum tiflanthumma litablughoo ashuddakum waminkum man yutawaffawaminkum man yuraddu ila arthali alAAumuri likaylayaAAlama min baAAdi AAilmin shay-an watara al-ardahamidatan fa-itha anzalna AAalayhaalmaa ihtazzat warabat waanbatat min kulli zawjin baheej

O mankind: if you are in doubt about the Resurrection, then: We created you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then from a clinging thing; then from a fleshy lump formed and unformed — that We might make plain to you. And We settle in the wombs what We will to a stated term; then We bring you forth as a child; then that you should reach your maturity. And among you is he who is taken. And among you is he who is sent back to the most abject age, so that he knows not, after knowledge, anything. And thou seest the earth lifeless; then when We send down upon it water it quivers and swells and grows every delightful kind,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-5.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** تَهْتَزُّ — tahtazzu · "moving"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَاَلْقِ عَصَاكَۜ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهَا تَهْتَزُّ  كَاَنَّهَا جَٓانٌّ وَلّٰى مُدْبِراً وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْۜ يَا مُوسٰى لَا تَخَفْ اِنّ۪ي لَا يَخَافُ لَدَيَّ الْمُرْسَلُونَۗ

Waalqi AAasaka falamma raahatahtazzu kaannaha jannun walla mudbiranwalam yuAAaqqib ya moosa la takhaf innee layakhafu ladayya almursaloon

“And cast thou thy staff.” And when he saw it stirring as if it were a dominus, he turned away, and did not return. “O Moses: fear thou not; the emissaries fear not in My presence,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-10.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** تَهْتَزُّ — tahtazzu · "moving"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَاَنْ اَلْقِ عَصَاكَۜ فَلَمَّا رَاٰهَا تَهْتَزُّ كَاَنَّهَا جَٓانٌّ وَلّٰى مُدْبِراً وَلَمْ يُعَقِّبْۜ يَا مُوسٰٓى اَقْبِلْ وَلَا تَخَفْ۠ اِنَّكَ مِنَ الْاٰمِن۪ينَ

Waan alqi AAasaka falamma raahatahtazzu kaannaha jannun walla mudbiranwalam yuAAaqqib ya moosa aqbil wala takhafinnaka mina al-amineen

“And cast thou thy staff.” And when he saw it stirring as if it were a dominus, he turned away and did not return. “O Moses: draw thou nigh, and fear thou not. Thou art of the secure.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-31.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱهْتَزَّتْ — ih'tazzat · "it is stirred (to life)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ٓ اَنَّكَ تَرَى الْاَرْضَ خَاشِعَةً فَاِذَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَٓاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْۜ اِنَّ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَحْيَاهَا لَمُحْـيِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ اِنَّهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Wamin ayatihi annaka taraal-arda khashiAAatan fa-itha anzalnaAAalayha almaa ihtazzat warabat inna allatheeahyaha lamuhyee almawta innahuAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

And among His proofs is that thou seest the earth laid low, but when We send down upon it the water, it quivers and swells. He who gave it life is the Quickener of the Dead; and He is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-39.md_

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