# Za-Ayn-Mim — زعم (zEm) > Occurs in 17 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/zEm - **Meaning:** To assert/claim/allege, the conveyor, to convey, to promise, assertion, responsible/answerable/amenable, to make covet or eagerly desire - **Derived forms:** زَعَمَ (13) · زَعْم (2) · زَعِيم (2) ## Verses containing this root ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 60 - **Form in this verse:** يَزْعُمُونَ — yazʿumūna · "claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذ۪ينَ يَزْعُمُونَ اَنَّهُمْ اٰمَنُوا بِمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ يُر۪يدُونَ اَنْ يَتَحَاكَمُٓوا اِلَى الطَّاغُوتِ وَقَدْ اُمِرُٓوا اَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِه۪ۜ وَيُر۪يدُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَالاً بَع۪يداً Alam tara ila allatheenayazAAumoona annahum amanoo bima onzila ilayka wamaonzila min qablika yureedoona an yatahakamoo ila attaghootiwaqad omiroo an yakfuroo bihi wayureedu ashshaytanuan yudillahum dalalan baAAeeda Hast thou not considered those who claim to believe in what is sent down to thee, and what was sent down before thee, desiring to go for judgment to idols when they were commanded to reject it? And the satan desires to lead them far astray. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-60.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 22 - **Form in this verse:** تَزْعُمُونَ — tazʿumūna · "claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَم۪يعاً ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُٓوا اَيْنَ شُرَكَٓاؤُ۬كُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ Wayawma nahshuruhum jameeAAan thummanaqoolu lillatheena ashrakoo ayna shurakaokumu allatheenakuntum tazAAumoon And the day We gather them all together, then will We say to those who ascribe a partnership: “Where are your partners that you claimed?” _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-22.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 94 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمْتُمْ — zaʿamtum · "you claimed" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَادٰى كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُمْ مَا خَوَّلْنَاكُمْ وَرَٓاءَ ظُهُورِكُمْۚ وَمَا نَرٰى مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَٓاءَكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ اَنَّهُمْ ف۪يكُمْ شُرَكٰٓؤُ۬اۜ لَقَدْ تَقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْكُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ۟ Walaqad ji/tumoona furadakama khalaqnakum awwala marratin wataraktum makhawwalnakum waraa thuhoorikum wamanara maAAakum shufaAAaakumu allatheenazaAAamtum annahum feekum shurakao laqad taqattaAAabaynakum wadalla AAankum ma kuntum tazAAumoon “And now have you come to Us alone, as We created you the first time; and you have left all that We conferred upon you behind your backs; and We see not with you your intercessors which you claimed were among you as partners; it is cut off between you, and strayed from you is what you claimed.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-94.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 94 - **Form in this verse:** تَزْعُمُونَ — tazʿumūna · "claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَادٰى كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُمْ مَا خَوَّلْنَاكُمْ وَرَٓاءَ ظُهُورِكُمْۚ وَمَا نَرٰى مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَٓاءَكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ اَنَّهُمْ ف۪يكُمْ شُرَكٰٓؤُ۬اۜ لَقَدْ تَقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْكُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ۟ Walaqad ji/tumoona furadakama khalaqnakum awwala marratin wataraktum makhawwalnakum waraa thuhoorikum wamanara maAAakum shufaAAaakumu allatheenazaAAamtum annahum feekum shurakao laqad taqattaAAabaynakum wadalla AAankum ma kuntum tazAAumoon “And now have you come to Us alone, as We created you the first time; and you have left all that We conferred upon you behind your backs; and We see not with you your intercessors which you claimed were among you as partners; it is cut off between you, and strayed from you is what you claimed.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-94.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 136 - **Form in this verse:** بِزَعْمِهِمْ — bizaʿmihim · "by their claim" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case وَجَعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ مِمَّا ذَرَاَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ نَص۪يباً فَقَالُوا هٰذَا لِلّٰهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهٰذَا لِشُرَكَٓائِنَاۚ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَٓائِهِمْ فَلَا يَصِلُ اِلَى اللّٰهِۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِلّٰهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ اِلٰى شُرَكَٓائِهِمْۜ سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ WajaAAaloo lillahi mimma tharaamina alharthi wal-anAAami naseebanfaqaloo hatha lillahi bizaAAmihim wahathalishuraka-ina fama kana lishuraka-ihimfala yasilu ila Allahi wama kanalillahi fahuwa yasilu ila shuraka-ihimsaa ma yahkumoon And they make for God, of what He creates of tilth and cattle, a portion; they say: “This is for God,” — according to their claim — “and this is for our partners”. And what is for their partners, it does not reach God; and what is for God, it reaches their partners. Evil is what they judge. _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-136.md_ ### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 138 - **Form in this verse:** بِزَعْمِهِمْ — bizaʿmihim · "by their claim" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case وَقَالُوا هٰذِه۪ٓ اَنْعَامٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌۘ لَا يَطْعَمُهَٓا اِلَّا مَنْ نَشَٓاءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَاَنْعَامٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَاَنْعَامٌ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اسْمَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهَا افْتِرَٓاءً عَلَيْهِۜ سَيَجْز۪يهِمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ Waqaloo hathihi anAAamunwaharthun hijrun la yatAAamuhailla man nashao bizaAAmihim waanAAamun hurrimatthuhooruha waanAAamun la yathkuroonaisma Allahi AAalayha iftiraan AAalayhisayajzeehim bima kanoo yaftaroon And they say: “These cattle and tilth are taboo; none is to eat them save whom we will,” — according to their claim — “and cattle whose backs are made unlawful,” and cattle over which they remember not the name of God, as an invention against Him; He will requite them for what they invented. _https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-138.md_ ### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 72 - **Form in this verse:** زَعِيمٌۭ — zaʿīmun · "(is) responsible" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite قَالُوا نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ الْمَلِكِ وَلِمَنْ جَٓاءَ بِه۪ حِمْلُ بَع۪يرٍ وَاَنَا۬ بِه۪ زَع۪يمٌ Qaloo nafqidu suwaAAaalmaliki waliman jaa bihi himlu baAAeerin waanabihi zaAAeem They said: “We do miss the King’s goblet; and for him who brings it is a camel-load; and I guarantee it.” _https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-72.md_ ### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 56 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمْتُم — zaʿamtum · "you claimed" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِه۪ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا تَحْو۪يلاً Quli odAAu allatheena zaAAamtum mindoonihi fala yamlikoona kashfa addurriAAankum wala tahweela Say thou: “Call to those whom you claim besides Him — they have no power over the removal of affliction from you, or of alteration.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-56.md_ ### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 92 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمْتَ — zaʿamta · "you have claimed" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense اَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَٓاءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفاً اَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ قَب۪يلاًۙ Aw tusqita assamaa kamazaAAamta AAalayna kisafan aw ta/tiya billahiwalmala-ikati qabeela “Or thou cause the sky to fall — as thou hast claimed — upon us in pieces, or thou bring God and the angels before us face to face, _https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-92.md_ ### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 48 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمْتُمْ — zaʿamtum · "you claimed" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense وَعُرِضُوا عَلٰى رَبِّكَ صَفاًّۜ لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۘ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَلَّنْ نَجْعَلَ لَكُمْ مَوْعِداً WaAAuridoo AAala rabbika saffanlaqad ji/tumoona kama khalaqnakum awwalamarratin bal zaAAamtum allan najAAala lakum mawAAida And they will be set before thy Lord in ranks: “You have come to Us as We created you the first time; yet you claimed that We would never make an appointment for you!” _https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-48.md_ ### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 52 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمْتُمْ — zaʿamtum · "you claimed" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَج۪يبُوا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَوْبِقاً Wayawma yaqoolu nadoo shuraka-iyaallatheena zaAAamtum fadaAAawhum falam yastajeeboo lahumwajaAAalna baynahum mawbiqa And the day He says: “Call My partners whom you claimed,” then they will call them, but they will not respond to them; and We will make between them a place of ruin. _https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-52.md_ ### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 62 - **Form in this verse:** تَزْعُمُونَ — tazʿumūna · "claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense وَيَوْمَ يُنَاد۪يهِمْ فَيَقُولُ اَيْنَ شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ Wayawma yunadeehim fayaqoolu aynashuraka-iya allatheena kuntum tazAAumoon And the day He calls them, then will He say: “Where are My partners whom you claimed?” _https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-62.md_ ### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 74 - **Form in this verse:** تَزْعُمُونَ — tazʿumūna · "claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense وَيَوْمَ يُنَاد۪يهِمْ فَيَقُولُ اَيْنَ شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ Wayawma yunadeehim fayaqoolu aynashuraka-iya allatheena kuntum tazAAumoon And the day He calls them, He will say: “Where are My partners whom you claimed?” _https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-74.md_ ### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 22 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمْتُم — zaʿamtum · "you claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذ۪ينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِۚ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْاَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ ف۪يهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ ظَه۪يرٍ Quli odAAoo allatheena zaAAamtum mindooni Allahi la yamlikoona mithqala tharratinfee assamawati wala fee al-ardiwama lahum feehima min shirkin wama lahuminhum min thaheer Say thou: “Call to those whom you claim besides God.” They possess not the weight of an atom in the heavens or in the earth, and they have not in them any partnership, nor has He among them any helper. _https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-22.md_ ### 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Verse 6 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمْتُمْ — zaʿamtum · "you claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense قُلْ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ هَادُٓوا اِنْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءُ لِلّٰهِ مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا الْمَوْتَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِق۪ينَ Qul ya ayyuha allatheenahadoo in zaAAamtum annakum awliyao lillahimin dooni annasi fatamannawoo almawta in kuntum sadiqeen Say thou: “O you who hold to Judaism: if you claim that you are the allies of God to the exclusion of other men, then wish for death, if you be truthful.” _https://quran.so/surah-al-jumuah/verse-6.md_ ### 64. Surah At-Taghabun, Verse 7 - **Form in this verse:** زَعَمَ — zaʿama · "Claim" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense زَعَمَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَنْ لَنْ يُبْعَثُواۜ قُلْ بَلٰى وَرَبّ۪ي لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْۜ وَذٰلِكَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ يَس۪يرٌ ZaAAama allatheena kafaroo an lanyubAAathoo qul bala warabbee latubAAathunna thummalatunabbaonna bima AAamiltum wathalika AAalaAllahi yaseer Those who ignore warning claim that they will never be raised. Say thou: “Verily, by my Lord, you will be raised! Then will you be informed of what you did; and that is easy for God.” _https://quran.so/surah-at-taghabun/verse-7.md_ ### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 40 - **Form in this verse:** زَعِيمٌ — zaʿīmun · "(is) responsible" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite سَلْهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ زَع۪يمٌۚۛ Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem Ask thou them which of them is, for that, guarantor! _https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-40.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-24 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.