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ل-ز-م

Lam-Zay-Mim

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Lam-Zay-Mim (ل-ز-م) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: iltazama (to commit to / to adhere to (Form VIII)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 5 times in 5 verses, across 5 of the 114 suras. The first is in 11:28.

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Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
اِلْتَزَمَ
iltazama
to commit to / to adhere to (Form VIII)verb, B1Verbs of Communication

In the Quran

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَـٰرِهُونَ

He said: O my people! Bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof from my Lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from His presence, and it hath been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when ye are averse thereto?

Quran 11:28
وَكُلَّ إِنسَـٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ كِتَـٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا

And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open.

Quran 17:13
وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

And but for a decree that had already gone forth from thy Lord, and a term already fixed, the judgment would have been inevitable (in this world).

Quran 20:129

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1verb
اِلْتَزَمَ
iltazama

to commit to / to adhere to (Form VIII)

Example
اِلتَزَمَ بِالقَواعِدِ وَالقَوانين.
iltazama bi-l-qawāʿidi wa-l-qawānīn.
He adhered to the rules and laws.

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