# Mim-Ayn-Za — معز (mEz)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be hard, to be abundant in goats
- **Derived forms:** مَعْز (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 143

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَعْزِ — l-maʿzi · "the goats"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

ثَمَانِيَةَ اَزْوَاجٍۚ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِۜ قُلْ آٰلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ اَمِ الْاُنْثَيَيْنِ اَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ اَرْحَامُ الْاُنْثَيَيْنِۜ نَبِّؤُ۫ن۪ي بِعِلْمٍ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَۙ

Thamaniyata azwajin mina adda/niithnayni wamina almaAAzi ithnayni qul aththakarayniharrama ami alonthayayni amma ishtamalat AAalayhiarhamu alonthayayni nabbi-oonee biAAilmin in kuntum sadiqeen

“Eight pairs: of sheep two and of goats two––” Say thou: “Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females? If what the wombs of the two females contain: inform me with knowledge, if you be truthful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-143.md_

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