# Lam-Cim-Cim — لجج (ljj)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To exceed the limit, persist obstinately, persevere, insist upon a thing, be querulous, continue in opposition/contention/litigation/wrangling.
- **Derived forms:** لُجَّة (1) · لَّجُّ (2) · لُّجِّىّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** لَّلَجُّوا۟ — lalajjū · "surely they would persist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَوْ رَحِمْنَاهُمْ وَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِمْ مِنْ ضُرٍّ لَلَجُّوا ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Walaw rahimnahum wakashafnama bihim min durrin lalajjoo fee tughyanihimyaAAmahoon

And were We to have mercy on them, and to remove what is upon them of distress, they would persist in wandering blindly in their inordinacy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-75.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** لُّجِّىٍّۢ — lujjiyyin · "deep"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

اَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ ف۪ي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشٰيهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِه۪ سَحَابٌۜ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍۜ اِذَٓا اَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرٰيهَاۜ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللّٰهُ لَهُ نُوراً فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ نُورٍ۟

Aw kathulumatin fee bahrinlujjiyyin yaghshahu mawjun min fawqihi mawjun min fawqihisahabun thulumatun baAAduhafawqa baAAdin itha akhraja yadahu lam yakad yarahawaman lam yajAAali Allahu lahu nooran fama lahu minnoor

Or like darkness in a fathomless sea: there covers it a wave, above which is a wave, above which are clouds: — darknesses one above another! — when he holds out his hand, he scarcely sees it. And he for whom God has made no light, there is for him no light.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-40.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** لُجَّةًۭ — lujjatan · "(was) a pool"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

ق۪يلَ لَهَا ادْخُلِي الصَّرْحَۚ فَلَمَّا رَاَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَنْ سَاقَيْهَاۜ قَالَ اِنَّهُ صَرْحٌ مُمَرَّدٌ مِنْ قَوَار۪يرَۜ قَالَتْ رَبِّ اِنّ۪ي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْس۪ي وَاَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمٰنَ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَم۪ينَ۟

Qeela laha odkhulee assarhafalamma raat-hu hasibat-hu lujjatan wakashafat AAansaqayha qala innahu sarhunmumarradun min qawareera qalat rabbi innee thalamtunafsee waaslamtu maAAa sulaymana lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

(It was said to her: “Enter thou the palace.” But when she saw it, she thought it a body of water and uncovered her legs. He said: “It is a palace made smooth with glass.”) She said, “My Lord: I have wronged my soul, and I submit with Solomon to God, the Lord of All Creation.”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-44.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** لَّجُّوا۟ — lajjū · "they persist"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَمَّنْ هٰذَا الَّذ۪ي يَرْزُقُكُمْ اِنْ اَمْسَكَ رِزْقَهُۚ بَلْ لَجُّوا ف۪ي عُتُوٍّ وَنُفُورٍ

Amman hatha allatheeyarzuqukum in amsaka rizqahu bal lajjoo fee AAutuwwin wanufoor

If: “Who is this?” — “That who will provide for you if He withhold His provision!” — the truth is, they have persisted in scorn and aversion.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mulk/verse-21.md_

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