# Cim-Ra-Za — جرز (jrz)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To cut or cut off, destroy or exterminate, to slay, to eat quickly or eat much, to be or become barren, to be lean or emaciated, to be dried up and without herbage.
- **Derived forms:** جُرُز (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** جُرُزًا — juruzan · "barren"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَع۪يداً جُرُزاًۜ

Wa-inna lajaAAiloona maAAalayha saAAeedan juruza

And We will make what is thereon barren ground.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-8.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجُرُزِ — l-juruzi · "[the] barren"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا نَسُوقُ الْمَٓاءَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ اَنْعَامُهُمْ وَاَنْفُسُهُمْۜ اَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ

Awa lam yaraw anna nasooqu almaaila al-ardi aljuruzi fanukhriju bihi zarAAanta-kulu minhu anAAamuhum waanfusuhum afala yubsiroon

Have they not considered that We drive the water to the barren land, and bring forth therewith crops whereof their cattle and they themselves eat? Will they then not see!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-27.md_

---
Retrieved: 2026-08-13
Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.