# Lam-Mim-Za — لمز (lmz)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To wink, make a sign with the eye or hand, defame, reproach, blame, find fault, speak ill, slanderer, strike, repel, traduce.
- **Derived forms:** لُّمَزَة (1) · يَلْمِزُ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْمِزُكَ — yalmizuka · "criticizes you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَلْمِزُكَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِۚ فَاِنْ اُعْطُوا مِنْهَا رَضُوا وَاِنْ لَمْ يُعْطَوْا مِنْهَٓا اِذَا هُمْ يَسْخَطُونَ

Waminhum man yalmizuka fee assadaqatifa-in oAAtoo minha radoo wa-in lam yuAAtawminha itha hum yaskhatoon

And among them is he who speaks ill of thee concerning charity; then if they are given thereof, they are satisfied; but if they are not given thereof, then are they angry.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-58.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 79

- **Form in this verse:** يَلْمِزُونَ — yalmizūna · "criticize"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَلْمِزُونَ الْمُطَّوِّع۪ينَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ اِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْۜ سَخِرَ اللّٰهُ مِنْهُمْۘ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

Allatheena yalmizoona almuttawwiAAeenamina almu/mineena fee assadaqati wallatheenala yajidoona illa juhdahum fayaskharoona minhumsakhira Allahu minhum walahum AAathabun aleem

Those who speak ill of those who willingly give in charity among the believers, and of those who find not to give save their endeavours, and deride them: God derides them; and they have a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-79.md_

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** تَلْمِزُوٓا۟ — talmizū · "insult"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُونُوا خَيْراً مِنْهُمْ وَلَا نِسَٓاءٌ مِنْ نِسَٓاءٍ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَكُنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهُنَّۚ وَلَا تَلْمِزُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْاَلْقَابِۜ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْا۪يمَانِۚ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَتُبْ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola yaskhar qawmun min qawmin AAasa an yakoonookhayran minhum wala nisaon min nisa-in AAasaan yakunna khayran minhunna wala talmizoo anfusakum walatanabazoo bil-alqabi bi/sa al-ismualfusooqu baAAda al-eemani waman lam yatub faola-ikahumu aththalimoon

O you who heed warning: let not a people deride another people — it may be that they are better than they; neither women other women — it may be that they are better than they; neither speak ill of yourselves, nor insult one another with nicknames. Bad is the name of perfidy after faith. And whoso turns not in repentance, it is they who are the wrongdoers.

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

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

- **Form in this verse:** لُّمَزَةٍ — lumazatin · "backbiter"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · 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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