# Ze-Vav-Lam — زول (zwl)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** It went away, passed away, departed/removed/shifted, ceased to exist, came to naught, become remote, to turn/swerve, quit, motion/commotion.
- **Derived forms:** زَالَ (3) · زَوَال (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** زَوَالٍۢ — zawālin · "end"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاَنْذِرِ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْت۪يهِمُ الْعَذَابُۙ فَيَقُولُ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا رَبَّـنَٓا اَخِّرْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ قَر۪يبٍۙ نُجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِـعِ الرُّسُلَۜ اَوَلَمْ تَكُونُٓوا اَقْسَمْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ زَوَالٍۙ

Waanthiri annasa yawmaya/teehimu alAAathabu fayaqoolu allatheena thalamoorabbana akhkhirna ila ajalin qareebin nujibdaAAwataka wanattabiAAi arrusula awa lam takoonooaqsamtum min qablu ma lakum min zawal

And warn thou mankind of a day the punishment will come upon them, and those who did wrong will say: “Our Lord: delay Thou us for a short term: we will respond to Thy call and follow the messengers.” — “Did you not swear before that there would be no end for you?

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-44.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** لِتَزُولَ — litazūla · "that should be moved"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

وَقَدْ مَكَرُوا مَكْرَهُمْ وَعِنْدَ اللّٰهِ مَكْرُهُمْۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لِتَزُولَ مِنْهُ الْجِبَالُ

Waqad makaroo makrahum waAAinda Allahimakruhum wa-in kana makruhum litazoola minhu aljibal

And they have schemed their scheme, but their scheme is with God; and though their scheme be that the mountains should vanish

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-46.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** تَزُولَا ۚ — tazūlā · "they cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, dual · present tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ اَنْ تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَٓا اِنْ اَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ  كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Inna Allaha yumsiku assamawatiwal-arda an tazoola wala-in zalatain amsakahuma min ahadin min baAAdihi innahu kanahaleeman ghafoora

God holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them after Him. He is clement and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-41.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** زَالَتَآ — zālatā · "they should cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, dual · past tense

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ اَنْ تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَٓا اِنْ اَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ  كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Inna Allaha yumsiku assamawatiwal-arda an tazoola wala-in zalatain amsakahuma min ahadin min baAAdihi innahu kanahaleeman ghafoora

God holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them after Him. He is clement and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-41.md_

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