# Za-Ra-Ayn — زرع (zrE)

> Occurs in 14 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To sow seed, cast seed, till the ground, cause [the plants, children] to grow, give increase to, he who sows, reaps, what is raised by means of sowing, seed-produce, what is sown. (Zay Ra Waw 'Ayn offspring, children, a child)
- **Derived forms:** تَزْرَعُ (2) · زَرْع (10) · زُّرَّاع (1) · زَّٰرِعُون (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 141

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلزَّرْعَ — wal-zarʿa · "and the crops"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْشَاَ جَنَّاتٍ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَغَيْرَ مَعْرُوشَاتٍ وَالنَّخْلَ وَالزَّرْعَ مُخْتَلِفاً اُكُلُهُ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالرُّمَّانَ مُتَشَابِهاً وَغَيْرَ مُتَشَابِهٍۜ  كُلُوا مِنْ ثَمَرِه۪ٓ اِذَٓا اَثْمَرَ وَاٰتُوا حَقَّهُ يَوْمَ حَصَادِه۪ۘ وَلَا تُسْرِفُواۜ اِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْرِف۪ينَۙ

Wahuwa allathee anshaa jannatinmaAArooshatin waghayra maAArooshatin wannakhlawazzarAAa mukhtalifan okuluhu wazzaytoona warrummanamutashabihan waghayra mutashabihin kuloo minthamarihi itha athmara waatoo haqqahu yawma hasadihiwala tusrifoo innahu la yuhibbu almusrifeen

And He it is that produces gardens, trellised and untrellised, and the date-palms, and crops diverse in their food, and the olive and the pomegranate, similar yet different. Eat of the fruit thereof when it bears fruit, and render its due on the day of its harvest; and commit not excess, He loves not the committers of excess.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-141.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** تَزْرَعُونَ — tazraʿūna · "You will sow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالَ تَزْرَعُونَ سَبْعَ سِن۪ينَ دَاَباًۚ فَمَا حَصَدْتُمْ فَذَرُوهُ ف۪ي سُنْبُلِه۪ٓ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ

Qala tazraAAoona sabAAa sineenadaaban fama hasadtum fatharoohu feesunbulihi illa qaleelan mimma ta/kuloon

He said: “You will sow seven years as usual; what you have reaped, leave in the ear save a little whereof you will eat.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-47.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** وَزَرْعٌۭ — wazarʿun · "and crops"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَفِي الْاَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُتَجَاوِرَاتٌ وَجَنَّاتٌ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخ۪يلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقٰى بِمَٓاءٍ وَاحِدٍ۠ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فِي الْاُكُلِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

Wafee al-ardi qitaAAun mutajawiratunwajannatun min aAAnabin wazarAAun wanakheelun sinwanunwaghayru sinwanin yusqa bima-in wahidinwanufaddilu baAAdaha AAala baAAdinfee alokuli inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yaAAqiloon

And in the earth are tracts adjacent to one another; and gardens of grapevines, and crops, and date-palms with roots shared and independent — watered with one water; and some of them We make exceed in food others; in that are proofs for people who reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-4.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** زَرْعٍ — zarʿin · "cultivation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

رَبَّـنَٓا اِنّ۪ٓي اَسْكَنْتُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّت۪ي بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذ۪ي زَرْعٍ عِنْدَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِۙ رَبَّـنَا لِيُق۪يمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ فَاجْعَلْ اَفْـِٔدَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ تَهْو۪ٓي اِلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْهُمْ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ

Rabbana innee askantu min thurriyyateebiwadin ghayri thee zarAAin AAinda baytika almuharramirabbana liyuqeemoo assalata fajAAalaf-idatan mina annasi tahwee ilayhim warzuqhummina aththamarati laAAallahum yashkuroon

“Our Lord: I have settled some of my progeny in an uncultivated valley by Thy inviolable house, our Lord, that they uphold the duty; so make Thou hearts among men incline towards them, and provide Thou them some fruits, that they might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-37.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلزَّرْعَ — l-zarʿa · "the crops"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

يُنْبِتُ لَكُمْ بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخ۪يلَ وَالْاَعْنَابَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Yunbitu lakum bihi azzarAAa wazzaytoonawannakheela wal-aAAnaba wamin kulli aththamaratiinna fee thalika laayatan liqawmin yatafakkaroon

He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, and the olives, and the date-palms, and the grapevines, and every fruit. In that is a proof for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-11.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** زَرْعًۭا — zarʿan · "crops"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعاًۜ

Wadrib lahum mathalanrajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannataynimin aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlinwajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAa

And strike thou for them a similitude: — two men: We made for one of them two gardens of grapevines, and surrounded them with date-palms, and placed between them crops.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-32.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 148

- **Form in this verse:** وَزُرُوعٍۢ — wazurūʿin · "And cornfields"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَض۪يمٌۚ

WazurooAAin wanakhlin talAAuhahadeem

“And tilled fields, and date-palms with slender spathes,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-148.md_

### 32. Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** زَرْعًۭا — zarʿan · "crops"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّا نَسُوقُ الْمَٓاءَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ الْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ اَنْعَامُهُمْ وَاَنْفُسُهُمْۜ اَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ

Awa lam yaraw anna nasooqu almaaila al-ardi aljuruzi fanukhriju bihi zarAAanta-kulu minhu anAAamuhum waanfusuhum afala yubsiroon

Have they not considered that We drive the water to the barren land, and bring forth therewith crops whereof their cattle and they themselves eat? Will they then not see!

_https://quran.so/surah-as-sajdah/verse-27.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** زَرْعًۭا — zarʿan · "crops"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَاب۪يعَ فِي الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَه۪يجُ فَـتَرٰيهُ مُصْفَراًّ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَاماًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَذِكْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ۟

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan fasalakahu yanabeeAAa fee al-ardithumma yukhriju bihi zarAAan mukhtalifan alwanuhu thummayaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yajAAaluhu hutamaninna fee thalika lathikra li-olee al-albab

Dost thou not see that God sent down from the sky water, and inserted it as springs in the earth? Then He brings forth a crop differing in its hues; then it withers, and thou seest it turned to yellow; then He makes it debris. In that is a reminder for men of understanding.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-21.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** وَزُرُوعٍۢ — wazurūʿin · "And cornfields"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَر۪يمٍۙ

WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareem

And cornlands and noble station

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-26.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** كَزَرْعٍ — kazarʿin · "(is) like a seed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُٓ  اَشِدَّٓاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَٓاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ تَرٰيهُمْ رُكَّعاً سُجَّداً يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَاناًۘ س۪يمَاهُمْ ف۪ي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ اَثَرِ السُّجُودِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِۚۛ وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الْاِنْج۪يلِ۠ۛ   كَزَرْعٍ اَخْرَجَ شَطْـَٔهُ۫ فَاٰزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوٰى عَلٰى سُوقِه۪ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغ۪يظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَۜ وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَاَجْراً عَظ۪يماً

Muhammadun rasoolu Allahi wallatheenamaAAahu ashiddao AAala alkuffari ruhamaobaynahum tarahum rukkaAAan sujjadan yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan seemahum feewujoohihim min athari assujoodi thalika mathaluhumfee attawrati wamathaluhum fee al-injeelikazarAAin akhraja shat-ahu faazarahu fastaghlathafastawa AAala sooqihi yuAAjibu azzurraAAaliyagheetha bihimu alkuffara waAAada Allahuallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo assalihatiminhum maghfiratan waajran AAatheema

Muḥammad is the messenger of God. And those with him are hard against the atheists, merciful among themselves — thou seest them lowly, in submission, seeking favour from God and approval, their mark on their faces of the effects of the Submission — that is their likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is like a seed that put forth its shoot, and strengthens it, and established itself upon its stem pleasing the sowers, that by them He might enrage the atheists. God has promised those who heed warning and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-29.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلزُّرَّاعَ — l-zurāʿa · "the sowers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُٓ  اَشِدَّٓاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَٓاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ تَرٰيهُمْ رُكَّعاً سُجَّداً يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَاناًۘ س۪يمَاهُمْ ف۪ي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ اَثَرِ السُّجُودِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِۚۛ وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الْاِنْج۪يلِ۠ۛ   كَزَرْعٍ اَخْرَجَ شَطْـَٔهُ۫ فَاٰزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوٰى عَلٰى سُوقِه۪ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغ۪يظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَۜ وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَاَجْراً عَظ۪يماً

Muhammadun rasoolu Allahi wallatheenamaAAahu ashiddao AAala alkuffari ruhamaobaynahum tarahum rukkaAAan sujjadan yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan seemahum feewujoohihim min athari assujoodi thalika mathaluhumfee attawrati wamathaluhum fee al-injeelikazarAAin akhraja shat-ahu faazarahu fastaghlathafastawa AAala sooqihi yuAAjibu azzurraAAaliyagheetha bihimu alkuffara waAAada Allahuallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo assalihatiminhum maghfiratan waajran AAatheema

Muḥammad is the messenger of God. And those with him are hard against the atheists, merciful among themselves — thou seest them lowly, in submission, seeking favour from God and approval, their mark on their faces of the effects of the Submission — that is their likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is like a seed that put forth its shoot, and strengthens it, and established itself upon its stem pleasing the sowers, that by them He might enrage the atheists. God has promised those who heed warning and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-29.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** تَزْرَعُونَهُۥٓ — tazraʿūnahu · "cause it to grow"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُٓ  اَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُونَ

Aantum tazraAAoonahu am nahnu azzariAAoon

Is it you who cause it to grow or are We the growers?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-64.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلزَّٰرِعُونَ — l-zāriʿūna · "the Ones Who grow"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

ءَاَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُٓ  اَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُونَ

Aantum tazraAAoonahu am nahnu azzariAAoon

Is it you who cause it to grow or are We the growers?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-64.md_

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