# Kh-Ze-Nun — خزن (xzn)

> Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To store/deposit/preserve/guard something in a place, to hide or conceal something from someone, to become rich/sufficient after poverty, to take the nearest of something.
- **Derived forms:** خَزَائِن (8) · خَزَنَت (4) · خَٰزِنِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنُ — khazāinu · "(are the) treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

قُلْ لَٓا اَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْد۪ي خَزَٓائِنُ اللّٰهِ وَلَٓا اَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَٓا اَقُولُ لَكُمْ اِنّ۪ي مَلَكٌۚ اِنْ اَتَّبِعُ اِلَّا مَا يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّۜ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الْاَعْمٰى وَالْبَص۪يرُۜ اَفَلَا تَتَفَكَّرُونَ۟

Qul la aqoolu lakum AAindee khaza-inuAllahi wala aAAlamu alghayba wala aqoolulakum innee malakun in attabiAAu illa ma yoohailayya qul hal yastawee al-aAAma walbaseeruafala tatafakkaroon

Say thou: “I say not to you: ‘I possess the treasuries of God,’ or: ‘I know the Unseen,’ nor do I say to you: ‘I am an angel.’ I follow only what is revealed to me.” Say thou: “Are the blind and the seeing equal?” Will you then not take thought!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-50.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنُ — khazāinu · "(are the) treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَلَٓا اَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْد۪ي خَزَٓائِنُ اللّٰهِ وَلَٓا اَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَٓا اَقُولُ اِنّ۪ي مَلَكٌ وَلَٓا اَقُولُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ تَزْدَر۪ٓي اَعْيُنُكُمْ لَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُمُ اللّٰهُ خَيْراًۜ اَللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْۚ اِنّ۪ٓي اِذاً لَمِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Wala aqoolu lakum AAindee khaza-inuAllahi wala aAAlamu alghayba wala aqooluinnee malakun wala aqoolu lillatheena tazdareeaAAyunukum lan yu/tiyahumu Allahu khayran AllahuaAAlamu bima fee anfusihim innee ithan lamina aththalimeen

And: “I say not to you: ‘I have the treasuries of God,’ or: ‘I have knowledge of the Unseen,’ nor do I say: ‘I am an angel,’ nor say I to those whom your eyes disdain: ‘God will not give them good.’” — God best knows what is in their souls — “Indeed, I would then be of the wrongdoers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-31.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنِ — khazāini · "(the) treasuries"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ اجْعَلْن۪ي عَلٰى خَزَٓائِنِ الْاَرْضِۚ اِنّ۪ي حَف۪يظٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Qala ijAAalnee AAala khaza-inial-ardi innee hafeethun AAaleem

Said he: “Appoint thou me over the storehouses of the land; I am a knowledgeable custodian.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-55.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنُهُۥ — khazāinuhu · "(are) its treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَاِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا عِنْدَنَا خَزَٓائِنُهُۘ وَمَا نُنَزِّلُـهُٓ اِلَّا بِقَدَرٍ مَعْلُومٍ

Wa-in min shay-in illa AAindanakhaza-inuhu wama nunazziluhu illa biqadarinmaAAloom

And of any thing, with Us only are the treasuries thereof; and We send it down only in known measure.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-21.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** بِخَـٰزِنِينَ — bikhāzinīna · "(are) retainers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاَرْسَلْنَا الرِّيَاحَ لَوَاقِـحَ فَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُۚ وَمَٓا اَنْتُمْ لَهُ بِخَازِن۪ينَ

Waarsalna arriyaha lawaqihafaanzalna mina assama-i maanfaasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineen

And We sent the fecundating winds, and sent down water from the sky, and gave it to you to drink; and it is not you who are its treasurers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-22.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنَ — khazāina · "the treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

قُلْ لَوْ اَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَٓائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبّ۪ٓي اِذاً لَاَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْاِنْفَاقِۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ قَتُوراً۟

Qul law antum tamlikoona khaza-inarahmati rabbee ithan laamsaktum khashyata al-infaqiwakana al-insanu qatoora

Say thou: “If you possessed the treasuries of the mercy of my Lord, then would you hold them back for fear of spending”; and man is miserly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-100.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنُ — khazāinu · "(the) treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ الْعَز۪يزِ الْوَهَّابِۚ

Am AAindahum khaza-inu rahmatirabbika alAAazeezi alwahhab

If they have the treasuries of the mercy of thy Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower: —

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-9.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَنَتُهَآ — khazanatuhā · "its keepers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَس۪يقَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِلٰى جَهَنَّمَ زُمَراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫هَا فُتِحَتْ اَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُـهَٓا اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْكُمْ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ اٰيَاتِ رَبِّكُمْ وَيُنْذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَٓاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هٰذَاۜ قَالُوا بَلٰى وَلٰكِنْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ عَلَى الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Waseeqa allatheena kafaroo ilajahannama zumaran hatta itha jaoohafutihat abwabuha waqala lahumkhazanatuha alam ya/tikum rusulun minkum yatloonaAAalaykum ayati rabbikum wayunthiroonakumliqaa yawmikum hatha qaloo bala walakinhaqqat kalimatu alAAathabi AAala alkafireen

And those who ignore warning will be driven into Gehenna in companies. When they have come to it, the gates thereof will be opened, and the keepers thereof will say to them: “Came there not to you messengers from among you, reciting to you the proofs of your Lord, and warning you of the meeting of this day of yours?” They will say: “Verily.” But the word of punishment is binding upon the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-71.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَنَتُهَا — khazanatuhā · "its keepers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَس۪يقَ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَى الْجَنَّةِ زُمَراًۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاؤُ۫هَا وَفُتِحَتْ اَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِد۪ينَ

Waseeqa allatheena ittaqaw rabbahumila aljannati zumaran hatta itha jaoohawafutihat abwabuha waqala lahumkhazanatuha salamun AAalaykum tibtum fadkhuloohakhalideen

And those who were in prudent fear of their Lord will be driven towards the Garden in companies. When they have come to it and the gates thereof have been opened[...]. And the keepers thereof will say to them: “Peace be upon you! You did well; so enter it, abiding eternally.”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-73.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** لِخَزَنَةِ — likhazanati · "to (the) keepers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ فِي النَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْماً مِنَ الْعَذَابِ

Waqala allatheena fee annarilikhazanati jahannama odAAoo rabbakum yukhaffif AAannayawman mina alAAathab

And those in the Fire will say to the keepers of Gehenna: “Call to your Lord, to lighten for us a day of the punishment.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-49.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنُ — khazāinu · "(are the) treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَٓائِنُ رَبِّكَ اَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَيْطِرُونَۜ

Am AAindahum khaza-inu rabbika amhumu almusaytiroon

If the treasuries of thy Lord are with them: or if they are the overseers:

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-37.md_

### 63. Surah Al-Munafiqun, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَآئِنُ — khazāinu · "(are the) treasures"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

هُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ لَا تُنْفِقُوا عَلٰى مَنْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللّٰهِ حَتّٰى يَنْفَضُّواۜ وَلِلّٰهِ خَزَٓائِنُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِق۪ينَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Humu allatheena yaqooloona latunfiqoo AAala man AAinda rasooli Allahi hattayanfaddoo walillahi khaza-inu assamawatiwal-ardi walakinna almunafiqeena layafqahoon

Those are they who say: “Spend not on those with the messenger of God until they disband.” And to God belong the treasuries of the heavens and the earth; but the waverers understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-munafiqun/verse-7.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** خَزَنَتُهَآ — khazanatuhā · "its keepers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

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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