# Mim-Ye-Za — ميز (myz)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To set apart or away or aside a thing, remove or separate a thing, to sever, distinguish/discriminate/discern/distinct, burst asunder, withdraw from a thing, to shift or quit.
- **Derived forms:** تَمَيَّزُ (1) · يَمِيزَ (2) · ٱمْتَٰزُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 179

- **Form in this verse:** يَمِيزَ — yamīza · "He separates"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

مَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَذَرَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ عَلٰى مَٓا اَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ حَتّٰى يَم۪يزَ الْخَب۪يثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِۜ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَجْتَب۪ي مِنْ رُسُلِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ فَاٰمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرُسُلِه۪ۚ وَاِنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَلَكُمْ اَجْرٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Ma kana Allahu liyatharaalmu/mineena AAala ma antum AAalayhi hattayameeza alkhabeetha mina attayyibi wama kanaAllahu liyutliAAakum AAala alghaybi walakinnaAllaha yajtabee min rusulihi man yashao faaminoobillahi warusulihi wa-in tu/minoo watattaqoofalakum ajrun AAatheem

God will not leave the believers in that which you are in until He distinguishes the bad from the good. And God will not apprise you of the Unseen; but God chooses of His messengers whom He wills, so believe in God and His messengers; and if you believe and are in prudent fear, for you is a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-179.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** لِيَمِيزَ — liyamīza · "That may distinguish"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِيَم۪يزَ اللّٰهُ الْخَب۪يثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَيَجْعَلَ الْخَب۪يثَ بَعْضَهُ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فَيَرْكُمَهُ جَم۪يعاً فَيَجْعَلَهُ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ۟

Liyameeza Allahu alkhabeetha mina attayyibiwayajAAala alkhabeetha baAAdahu AAala baAAdinfayarkumahu jameeAAan fayajAAalahu fee jahannama ola-ikahumu alkhasiroon

That God might separate the bad from the good. And the bad will He place one upon another, and heap it all together, and place it in Gehenna; it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-37.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱمْتَـٰزُوا۟ — wa-im'tāzū · "But stand apart"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

وَامْتَازُوا الْيَوْمَ اَيُّهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ

Wamtazoo alyawma ayyuhaalmujrimoon

“But separate yourselves this day, O you lawbreakers!

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-59.md_

### 67. Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** تَمَيَّزُ — tamayyazu · "bursts"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِۜ  كُلَّمَٓا اُلْقِيَ ف۪يهَا فَوْجٌ سَاَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَٓا اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذ۪يرٌ

Takadu tamayyazu mina alghaythikullama olqiya feeha fawjun saalahum khazanatuhaalam ya/tikum natheer

Almost bursting with rage. Whenever a crowd is cast therein, the keepers thereof ask them: “Came there not to you a warner?”

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

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