# Ze-Ye-Gayn — زيغ (zyg)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Decline/deviate/swerve, turned aside, a doubting.
- **Derived forms:** أَزَاغَ (2) · زَاغَ (6) · زَيْغ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** زَيْغٌۭ — zayghun · "(is) perversity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ مِنْهُ اٰيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ هُنَّ اُمُّ الْكِتَابِ وَاُخَرُ مُتَشَابِهَاتٌۜ فَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَابَهَ مِنْهُ ابْتِغَٓاءَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَابْتِغَٓاءَ تَأْو۪يلِه۪ۚ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْو۪يلَهُٓ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۢ وَالرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ اٰمَنَّا بِه۪ۙ   كُلٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّنَاۚ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ اِلَّٓا اُو۬لُوا الْاَلْبَابِ

Huwa allathee anzala AAalayka alkitabaminhu ayatun muhkamatun hunna ommualkitabi waokharu mutashabihatun faammaallatheena fee quloobihim zayghun fayattabiAAoona matashabaha minhu ibtighaa alfitnati wabtighaata/weelihi wama yaAAlamu ta/weelahu illa Allahuwarrasikhoona fee alAAilmi yaqooloona amannabihi kullun min AAindi rabbina wama yaththakkaruilla oloo al-albab

He it is that sent down upon thee the Writ; among it are explicit proofs: they are the foundation of the Writ; and others are ambiguous. Then as for those in whose hearts is deviation: they follow what is ambiguous thereof, seeking the means of denial, and seeking its interpretation. And no one knows its interpretation save God, and those firm in knowledge; they say: “We believe in it; all is from our Lord.” But only those of insight take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-7.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** تُزِغْ — tuzigh · "deviate"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ اِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةًۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ

Rabbana la tuzigh quloobanabaAAda ith hadaytana wahab lana min ladunkarahmatan innaka anta alwahhab

“Our Lord: make Thou not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us; and bestow Thou upon us mercy from Thyself; Thou art the Bestower.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-8.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** يَزِيغُ — yazīghu · "deviated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَقَدْ تَابَ اللّٰهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ وَالْمُهَاجِر۪ينَ وَالْاَنْصَارِ الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ ف۪ي سَاعَةِ الْعُسْرَةِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا كَادَ يَز۪يغُ قُلُوبُ فَر۪يقٍ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْۜ اِنَّهُ بِهِمْ رَؤُ۫فٌ رَح۪يمٌۙ

Laqad taba Allahu AAalaannabiyyi walmuhajireena wal-ansariallatheena ittabaAAoohu fee saAAati alAAusrati minbaAAdi ma kada yazeeghu quloobu fareeqin minhumthumma taba AAalayhim innahu bihim raoofun raheem

God has turned towards the Prophet, and the émigrés, and the helpers who followed him in the hour of hardship, after the hearts of a faction among them had almost deviated; then turned He towards them — He is to them kind and merciful —

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-117.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** زَاغَتِ — zāghati · "grew wild"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اِذْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَاِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

Ith jaookum min fawqikum waminasfala minkum wa-ith zaghati al-absaruwabalaghati alquloobu alhanajira watathunnoonabillahi aththunoona

When they came to you from above you, and from beneath you, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts reached your throats, and you thought thoughts about God,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-10.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** يَزِغْ — yazigh · "deviated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلِسُلَيْمٰنَ الرّ۪يحَ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَرَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌۚ وَاَسَلْنَا لَهُ عَيْنَ الْقِطْرِۜ وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِاِذْنِ رَبِّه۪ۜ وَمَنْ يَزِغْ مِنْهُمْ عَنْ اَمْرِنَا نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ السَّع۪يرِ

Walisulaymana arreehaghuduwwuha shahrun warawahuha shahrunwaasalna lahu AAayna alqitri wamina aljinni manyaAAmalu bayna yadayhi bi-ithni rabbihi waman yazighminhum AAan amrina nuthiqhu min AAathabi assaAAeer

And to Solomon the wind: its morning course a month, and its evening course a month. And We made flow for him a spring of molten brass. And among the domini worked some before him, by the leave of his Lord; and who deviated among them from Our command — We will let him taste of the punishment of the Inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-12.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** زَاغَتْ — zāghat · "has turned away"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اَتَّخَذْنَاهُمْ سِخْرِياًّ اَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْاَبْصَارُ

Attakhathnahum sikhriyyan am zaghatAAanhumu al-absar

“Whom we took in derision — or does our sight miss them?”

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-63.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** زَاغَ — zāgha · "swerved"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغٰى

Ma zagha albasaru wamatagha

The vision did not deviate, nor did it transgress.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-17.md_

### 61. Surah As-Saf, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** زَاغُوٓا۟ — zāghū · "they deviated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ يَا قَوْمِ لِمَ تُؤْذُونَن۪ي وَقَدْ تَعْلَمُونَ اَنّ۪ي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ اِلَيْكُمْۜ فَلَمَّا زَاغُٓوا اَزَاغَ اللّٰهُ قُلُوبَهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi ya qawmi lima tu/thoonanee waqadtaAAlamoona annee rasoolu Allahi ilaykum falamma zaghooazagha Allahu quloobahum wallahu layahdee alqawma alfasiqeen

And when Moses said to his people: “O my people: why do you hinder me when you know that I am the messenger of God to you?” Then when they deviated, God caused their hearts to deviate; and God guides not the perfidious people.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saf/verse-5.md_

### 61. Surah As-Saf, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** أَزَاغَ — azāgha · "(was caused to) deviate"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ يَا قَوْمِ لِمَ تُؤْذُونَن۪ي وَقَدْ تَعْلَمُونَ اَنّ۪ي رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ اِلَيْكُمْۜ فَلَمَّا زَاغُٓوا اَزَاغَ اللّٰهُ قُلُوبَهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi ya qawmi lima tu/thoonanee waqadtaAAlamoona annee rasoolu Allahi ilaykum falamma zaghooazagha Allahu quloobahum wallahu layahdee alqawma alfasiqeen

And when Moses said to his people: “O my people: why do you hinder me when you know that I am the messenger of God to you?” Then when they deviated, God caused their hearts to deviate; and God guides not the perfidious people.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saf/verse-5.md_

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