# Za-he-Dal — زهد (zhd)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** he abstained from it (meaning from something that would gratify the passions or senses), relinquished it, forsook it, shunned it or avoided it, did not desire it, he computed or determined its quantity/measure/size/bulk/proportion/amount/sum/number or computed by conjecture its quantity/amount, become undesired due to littleness/worth, he reckoned it little, to despise, a small quantity, a narrow valley that receives little water.
- **Derived forms:** زَّٰهِدِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلزَّٰهِدِينَ — l-zāhidīna · "those keen to give up"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍ بَخْسٍ دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍۚ وَكَانُوا ف۪يهِ مِنَ الزَّاهِد۪ينَ۟

Washarawhu bithamanin bakhsin darahimamaAAdoodatin wakanoo feehi mina azzahideen

And they sold him for a low price — a few dirhams — and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-20.md_

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