# Za-he-Kaf — زهق (zhq)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** went/passed forth, departed, perished, dying, came to naught, went swiftly.
- **Derived forms:** زَاهِق (1) · زَهَقَ (3) · زَهُوق (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَزْهَقَ — watazhaqa · "and should depart"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ اَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَوْلَادُهُمْۜ اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ اَنْفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ

Fala tuAAjibka amwaluhum walaawladuhum innama yureedu Allahu liyuAAaththibahumbiha fee alhayati addunyawatazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kafiroon

So let not their wealth or their children impress thee; God but intends to punish them thereby in the life of this world, and that their souls should depart while they are false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-55.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** وَتَزْهَقَ — watazhaqa · "and will depart"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ اَمْوَالُهُمْ وَاَوْلَادُهُمْۜ اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ اَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ اَنْفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ

Wala tuAAjibka amwaluhum waawladuhuminnama yureedu Allahu an yuAAaththibahum bihafee addunya watazhaqa anfusuhum wahum kafiroon

And let not their wealth or their children impress thee; God but intends to punish them thereby in the World, and that their souls should depart while they are false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-85.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** وَزَهَقَ — wazahaqa · "and perished"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَقُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُۜ اِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقاً

Waqul jaa alhaqqu wazahaqa albatiluinna albatila kana zahooqa

And say thou: “Truth has come, and vanity has passed away; vanity is to pass away.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-81.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** زَهُوقًۭا — zahūqan · "(bound) to perish"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَقُلْ جَٓاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُۜ اِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقاً

Waqul jaa alhaqqu wazahaqa albatiluinna albatila kana zahooqa

And say thou: “Truth has come, and vanity has passed away; vanity is to pass away.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-81.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** زَاهِقٌۭ ۚ — zāhiqun · "vanishing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَاِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌۜ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

Bal naqthifu bilhaqqiAAala albatili fayadmaghuhu fa-itha huwa zahiqunwalakumu alwaylu mimma tasifoon

But We hurl the truth against vanity and it triumphs over it, and then it passes away. And woe to you for what you describe!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-18.md_

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