# Nun-Za-Gayn — نزغ (nzg)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To incite to evil, to provoke, to foment discord between, to make strife, to move/shake something with the slightest touch, to slander, provocation, to sow, to disseminate, to blacken someone's character, to wound with words, to set people against each other, to stir up discord.
- **Derived forms:** نَزْغ (2) · نَّزَغَ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 200

- **Form in this verse:** يَنزَغَنَّكَ — yanzaghannaka · "an evil suggestion comes to you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahusameeAAun AAaleem

And if there provoke thee a provocation from the satan, seek thou refuge in God; He is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-200.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 200

- **Form in this verse:** نَزْغٌۭ — nazghun · "[an evil suggestion]"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ سَم۪يعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahusameeAAun AAaleem

And if there provoke thee a provocation from the satan, seek thou refuge in God; He is hearing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-200.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** نَّزَغَ — nazagha · "had caused discord"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَرَفَعَ اَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا لَهُ سُجَّداًۚ وَقَالَ يَٓا اَبَتِ هٰذَا تَأْو۪يلُ رُءْيَايَ مِنْ قَبْلُۘ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبّ۪ي حَقاًّۜ وَقَدْ اَحْسَنَ ب۪ٓي اِذْ اَخْرَجَن۪ي مِنَ السِّجْنِ وَجَٓاءَ بِكُمْ مِنَ الْبَدْوِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اَنْ نَزَغَ الشَّيْطَانُ بَيْن۪ي وَبَيْنَ اِخْوَت۪يۜ اِنَّ رَبّ۪ي لَط۪يفٌ لِمَا يَشَٓاءُۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ الْعَل۪يمُ الْحَك۪يمُ

WarafaAAa abawayhi AAala alAAarshiwakharroo lahu sujjadan waqala ya abati hathata/weelu ru/yaya min qablu qad jaAAalaha rabbee haqqanwaqad ahsana bee ith akhrajanee mina assijniwajaa bikum mina albadwi min baAAdi an nazagha ashshaytanubaynee wabayna ikhwatee inna rabbee lateefun limayashao innahu huwa alAAaleemu alhakeem

And he raised his parents upon the throne. And they fell down to him in submission, and he said: “O my father: this is the fulfilment of my dream before. My Lord has made it true. And He did good to me when He took me out of the prison, and brought you from the desert after the satan had provoked to evil between me and my brothers. My Lord is subtle in what He wills; He is the Knowing, the Wise.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-100.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** يَنزَغُ — yanzaghu · "sows discord"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَقُلْ لِعِبَاد۪ي يَقُولُوا الَّت۪ي هِيَ اَحْسَنُۜ اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْۜ اِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ كَانَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُواًّ مُب۪يناً

Waqul liAAibadee yaqooloo allateehiya ahsanu inna ashshaytana yanzaghubaynahum inna ashshaytana kana lil-insaniAAaduwwan mubeena

And say thou to My servants, that they say that which is best. The satan provokes to evil between them; the satan is to man an open enemy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-53.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** يَنزَغَنَّكَ — yanzaghannaka · "whisper comes to you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahuhuwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

And if there provoke thee a provocation from the satan, seek thou refuge in God; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-36.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** نَزْغٌۭ — nazghun · "an evil suggestion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللّٰهِۜ اِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّم۪يعُ الْعَل۪يمُ

Wa-imma yanzaghannaka mina ashshaytaninazghun fastaAAith billahi innahuhuwa assameeAAu alAAaleem

And if there provoke thee a provocation from the satan, seek thou refuge in God; He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-36.md_

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