# Za-Ra-Ye — زري (zry)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** he blamed, found fault with, despised, reproved him or his deed, become angry at him, mock/scoff/ridicule/deride, held it in little/light estimation or in contempt.
- **Derived forms:** تَزْدَرِى (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** تَزْدَرِىٓ — tazdarī · "look down upon"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَلَٓا اَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْد۪ي خَزَٓائِنُ اللّٰهِ وَلَٓا اَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَٓا اَقُولُ اِنّ۪ي مَلَكٌ وَلَٓا اَقُولُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ تَزْدَر۪ٓي اَعْيُنُكُمْ لَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُمُ اللّٰهُ خَيْراًۜ اَللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْۚ اِنّ۪ٓي اِذاً لَمِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Wala aqoolu lakum AAindee khaza-inuAllahi wala aAAlamu alghayba wala aqooluinnee malakun wala aqoolu lillatheena tazdareeaAAyunukum lan yu/tiyahumu Allahu khayran AllahuaAAlamu bima fee anfusihim innee ithan lamina aththalimeen

And: “I say not to you: ‘I have the treasuries of God,’ or: ‘I have knowledge of the Unseen,’ nor do I say: ‘I am an angel,’ nor say I to those whom your eyes disdain: ‘God will not give them good.’” — God best knows what is in their souls — “Indeed, I would then be of the wrongdoers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-31.md_

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