# Za-Lam-Lam — زلل (zll)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** it moved away or aside, slipped, make a mistake, deficient, pass along / transfer
- **Derived forms:** أَزَلَّ (1) · زَلَلْ (2) · ٱسْتَزَلَّ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَزَلَّهُمَا — fa-azallahumā · "Then made [both of] them slip"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَاَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَاَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا ف۪يهِۖ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۚ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ اِلٰى ح۪ينٍ

Faazallahuma ashshaytanuAAanha faakhrajahuma mimma kanafeehi waqulna ihbitoo baAAdukum libaAAdinAAaduwwun walakum fee al-ardi mustaqarrun wamataAAunila heen

But the satan caused them to fall therefrom, and turned them out of what they were in; and We said: “Get you all down, an enemy to one another; and for you in the earth are a dwelling-place and provision for a time.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-36.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 209

- **Form in this verse:** زَلَلْتُم — zalaltum · "you slip"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

فَاِنْ زَلَلْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَٓاءَتْكُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَز۪يزٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Fa-in zalaltum min baAAdi ma jaatkumualbayyinatu faAAlamoo anna Allaha AAazeezunhakeem

But if you slip after the clear signs have come to you, then know that God is exalted in might and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-209.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 155

- **Form in this verse:** ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ — is'tazallahumu · "made them slip"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of istif'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِۙ اِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُواۚ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Inna allatheena tawallaw minkumyawma iltaqa aljamAAani innama istazallahumuashshaytanu bibaAAdi ma kasaboowalaqad AAafa Allahu AAanhum inna Allahaghafoorun haleem

Those who turned back among you the day the two hosts met: the satan caused them to slip only for some of what they earned. But God has pardoned them; God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-155.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَزِلَّ — fatazilla · "lest, should slip"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُٓوا اَيْمَانَكُمْ دَخَلاً بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا السُّٓوءَ بِمَا صَدَدْتُمْ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِۚ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Wala tattakhithoo aymanakumdakhalan baynakum fatazilla qadamun baAAda thubootiha watathooqooassoo-a bima sadadtum AAan sabeeli Allahiwalakum AAathabun AAatheem

And take not your oaths as a deception between you lest a foot slip after its being firm and you taste evil for turning away from the path of God, and for you there be a great punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-94.md_

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