# Nun-Be-Za — نبز (nbz)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to call names, give nickname, defame, change name, name of reproach
- **Derived forms:** تَنَابَزُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

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

- **Form in this verse:** تَنَابَزُوا۟ — tanābazū · "call each other"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 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_

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