# Ze-Ye-Lam — زيل (zyl)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** (with negatives ma, la, or lam) does not cease, to continue, still yet. to put or set apart/aside, to separate/remove/disperse.
- **Derived forms:** تَزَيَّلُ (1) · زَالَت (8) · زَيَّلْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 217

- **Form in this verse:** يَزَالُونَ — yazālūna · "they will cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الشَّهْرِ الْحَرَامِ قِتَالٍ ف۪يهِۜ قُلْ قِتَالٌ ف۪يهِ كَب۪يرٌۜ وَصَدٌّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَكُفْرٌ بِه۪ وَالْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَاِخْرَاجُ اَهْلِه۪ مِنْهُ اَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِۚ   وَالْفِتْنَةُ اَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْقَتْلِۜ  وَلَا يَزَالُونَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَنْ د۪ينِكُمْ اِنِ اسْتَطَاعُواۜ وَمَنْ يَرْتَدِدْ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ د۪ينِه۪ فَيَمُتْ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْاٰخِرَةِۚ وَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِۚ هُمْ ف۪يهَا خَـالِدُونَ

Yas-aloonaka AAani ashshahri alharamiqitalin feehi qul qitalun feehi kabeerun wasaddunAAan sabeeli Allahi wakufrun bihi walmasjidi alharamiwa-ikhraju ahlihi minhu akbaru AAinda Allahi walfitnatuakbaru mina alqatli wala yazaloona yuqatiloonakumhatta yaruddookum AAan deenikum ini istataAAoowaman yartadid minkum AAan deenihi fayamut wahuwa kafirunfaola-ika habitat aAAmaluhum fee addunyawal-akhirati waola-ika as-habuannari hum feeha khalidoon

They ask thee about the inviolable month, fighting therein; say thou: “Fighting therein is grave, but turning away from the path of God, and denial of Him and the inviolable place of worship, and the expulsion of its people therefrom is graver in the sight of God; and means of denial is worse than killing.” And they will not cease to fight you until they turn you from your doctrine, if they are able; and whoso among you turns from his doctrine, and dies a false claimer of guidance: those, their works are vain in the World and in the Hereafter; and those are the companions of the Fire; therein they abide eternally.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-217.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** تَزَالُ — tazālu · "will you cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ م۪يثَاقَهُمْ لَعَنَّاهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَاسِيَةًۚ يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِه۪ۙ وَنَسُوا حَظاًّ مِمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِه۪ۚ وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلٰى خَٓائِنَةٍ مِنْهُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاً مِنْهُمْ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاصْفَحْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Fabima naqdihim meethaqahumlaAAannahum wajaAAalna quloobahum qasiyatanyuharrifoona alkalima AAan mawadiAAihi wanasoo haththanmimma thukkiroo bihi wala tazalu tattaliAAuAAala kha-inatin minhum illa qaleelan minhumfaAAfu AAanhum wasfah inna Allahayuhibbu almuhsineen

So for their violation of their agreement We cursed them and made their hearts hard. They twist words from their places, and have forgotten a portion of that they were reminded of. And thou wilt not cease to find treachery among them save a few among them; but pardon thou them, and forbear thou; God loves the doers of good.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-13.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** يَزَالُ — yazālu · "(will) cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لَا يَزَالُ بُنْيَانُهُمُ الَّذ۪ي بَنَوْا ر۪يبَةً ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَقَطَّعَ قُلُوبُهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ۟

La yazalu bunyanuhumuallathee banaw reebatan fee quloobihim illa an taqattaAAaquloobuhum wallahu AAaleemun hakeem

Their building which they built will never cease to be a doubt in their hearts save that their hearts be cut off; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-110.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** فَزَيَّلْنَا — fazayyalnā · "Then We will separate"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَم۪يعاً ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اَشْرَكُوا مَكَانَكُمْ اَنْتُمْ وَشُرَكَٓاؤُ۬كُمْۚ فَزَيَّلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَقَالَ شُرَكَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ مَا كُنْتُمْ اِيَّانَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Wayawma nahshuruhum jameeAAan thummanaqoolu lillatheena ashrakoo makanakum antumwashurakaokum fazayyalna baynahum waqalashurakaohum ma kuntum iyyanataAAbudoon

And the day We gather them all together, then will We say to those who ascribe a partnership: “Your places — you and your partners!” Then We will separate them, and their partners will say: “It was not us you served.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-28.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 118

- **Form in this verse:** يَزَالُونَ — yazālūna · "they will cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِف۪ينَۙ

Walaw shaa rabbuka lajaAAala annasaommatan wahidatan wala yazaloonamukhtalifeen

And had thy Lord willed, He would have made mankind one community; but they will cease not to differ,

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-118.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** يَزَالُ — yazālu · "will cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَوْ اَنَّ قُرْاٰناً سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ اَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الْاَرْضُ اَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ بَلْ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ جَم۪يعاًۜ اَفَلَمْ يَايْـَٔسِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ لَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَهَدَى النَّاسَ جَم۪يعاًۜ وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا تُص۪يبُهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ اَوْ تَحُلُّ قَر۪يباً مِنْ دَارِهِمْ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْم۪يعَادَ۟

Walaw anna qur-anan suyyirat bihialjibalu aw quttiAAat bihi al-ardu awkullima bihi almawta bal lillahi al-amru jameeAAanafalam yay-asi allatheena amanoo an law yashaoAllahu lahada annasa jameeAAan walayazalu allatheena kafaroo tuseebuhum bimasanaAAoo qariAAatun aw tahullu qareeban mindarihim hatta ya/tiya waAAdu Allahiinna Allaha la yukhlifu almeeAAad

And were there a recitation whereby the mountains were set in motion, or the earth rent asunder, or the dead caused to speak[...]. The truth is, to God belongs the command altogether. Have not those who heed warning despaired that, had God willed, He would have guided mankind all together? And those who ignore warning: disaster will cease not to strike them for what they have wrought, or to descend near their abodes, until the promise of God comes; God will not break the appointment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-31.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** زَالَت — zālat · "ceased"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْكَ دَعْوٰيهُمْ حَتّٰى جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَص۪يداً خَامِد۪ينَ

Fama zalat tilka daAAwahumhatta jaAAalnahum haseedan khamideen

And that, their call, ceased not until We made them a harvest, extinguished.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-15.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** يَزَالُ — yazālu · "will cease"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا ف۪ي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْهُ حَتّٰى تَأْتِيَهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَق۪يمٍ

Wala yazalu allatheenakafaroo fee miryatin minhu hatta ta/tiyahumu assaAAatubaghtatan aw ya/tiyahum AAathabu yawmin AAaqeem

And those who ignore warning will not cease to be in doubt about it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly, or there comes to them the punishment of a barren day.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-55.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** زِلْتُمْ — zil'tum · "you ceased"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِنْ قَبْلُ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ ف۪ي شَكٍّ مِمَّا جَٓاءَكُمْ بِه۪ۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ رَسُولاًۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُرْتَابٌۚ

Walaqad jaakum yoosufu min qablu bilbayyinatifama ziltum fee shakkin mimma jaakum bihi hattaitha halaka qultum lan yabAAatha Allahu minbaAAdihi rasoolan kathalika yudillu Allahuman huwa musrifun murtab

“And Joseph brought you the clear signs before, but you ceased not to be in doubt about what he brought. When he had perished, you said: ‘Never will God raise up after him a messenger.’ Thus does God lead astray him who is a committer of excess and a baseless sceptic:

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-34.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** تَزَيَّلُوا۟ — tazayyalū · "they had been apart"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

هُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ وَالْهَدْيَ مَعْكُوفاً اَنْ يَبْلُغَ مَحِلَّهُۜ وَلَوْلَا رِجَالٌ مُؤْمِنُونَ وَنِسَٓاءٌ مُؤْمِنَاتٌ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوهُمْ اَنْ تَطَؤُ۫هُمْ فَتُص۪يبَكُمْ مِنْهُمْ مَعَرَّةٌ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۚ لِيُدْخِلَ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي رَحْمَتِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۚ لَوْ تَزَيَّلُوا لَعَذَّبْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَاباً اَل۪يماً

Humu allatheena kafaroo wasaddookumAAani almasjidi alharami walhadyamaAAkoofan an yablugha mahillahu walawla rijalunmu/minoona wanisaon mu/minatun lam taAAlamoohum antataoohum fatuseebakum minhum maAAarratun bighayriAAilmin liyudkhila Allahu fee rahmatihi man yashaolaw tazayyaloo laAAaththabna allatheenakafaroo minhum AAathaban aleema

Those are they who disbelieved, and turned you away from the inviolable place of worship, and the offering was prevented from reaching its place of sacrifice. And were it not for believing men and believing women whom you knew not whom you might have trampled[...] — then had dishonour befallen you on their account without knowledge — that God might make enter into His mercy whom He wills. Had they been separate, We would have punished those who ignore warning among them with a painful punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-25.md_

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