# Za-Ha-Za-Ha — زحزح (zHzH)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To remove, to push away, to thrust away, to become distant, far, remote
- **Derived forms:** زُحْزِحَ (1) · مُزَحْزِح (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ — bimuzaḥziḥihi · "(will) remove him"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · active · masculine · genitive case

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ اَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلٰى حَيٰوةٍۚ وَمِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا يَوَدُّ اَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِه۪ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ اَنْ يُعَمَّرَۜ وَاللّٰهُ بَص۪يرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ۟

Walatajidannahum ahrasa annasiAAala hayatin wamina allatheenaashrakoo yawaddu ahaduhum law yuAAammaru alfa sanatin wamahuwa bimuzahzihihi mina alAAathabi anyuAAammara wallahu baseerun bimayaAAmaloon

And thou wilt find them the greediest of men for life. And of those who ascribe a partnership: one of them wishes to be granted life of a thousand years, but it will not remove him from the punishment were he to be granted life; and God sees what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-96.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 185

- **Form in this verse:** زُحْزِحَ — zuḥ'ziḥa · "is drawn away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَٓائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِۜ وَاِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ اُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ فَمَنْ زُحْزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَاُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَۜ وَمَا الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَٓا اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ

Kullu nafsin tha-iqatu almawtiwa-innama tuwaffawna ojoorakum yawma alqiyamatifaman zuhziha AAani annari waodkhilaaljannata faqad faza wama alhayatu addunyailla mataAAu alghuroor

Every soul will taste death; and you will but be paid in full your rewards on the Day of Resurrection. And whoso is removed from the Fire and made to enter the Garden: he has attained; and the life of this world is only the enjoyment of delusion.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-185.md_

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