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عوج

ʿ-w-j

The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Root

ع-و-ج

16

Total uses

14

Verses

11

Surahs

7

Forms

Root

ع-و-ج

Root Meaning

The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Derived forms

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Surah distribution

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (9)

Aal-Imran 3:99

عِوَجًاMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Say: O People of the Scripture! Why drive ye back believers from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, when ye are witnesses (to Allah's guidance)? Allah is not unaware of what ye do

Al-A'raf 7:45

عِوَجًاMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day

Al-A'raf 7:86

عِوَجًاMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Lurk not on every road to threaten (wayfarers), and to turn away from Allah's path him who believeth in Him, and to seek to make it crooked. And remember, when ye were but few, how He did multiply you. And see the nature of the consequence for the corrupters

Hud 11:19

عِوَجًاMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Who debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter

Ibrahim 14:3

عِوَجًاMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray

Al-Kahf 18:1

عِوَجَاMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave, and hath not placed therein any crookedness

Ta-Ha 20:107

عِوَجًاMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness

Ta-Ha 20:108

عِوَجَMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur

Az-Zumar 39:28

عِوَجٍMeaning here: The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.

A Lecture in Arabic, containing no crookedness, that haply they may ward off (evil)

🔎 Across the Quran (5)

An-Nahl 16:103

وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّهُمۡ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرࣱۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِي يُلۡحِدُونَ إِلَيۡهِ وَهَٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيࣱّ مُّبِينٌ

Surely We know well that they say about you: "It is only a human being who teaches him," (notwithstanding) that he whom they maliciously hint at is of foreign tongue, while this (Qur'an) is plain Arabic speech

Ash-Shu'ara 26:198

وَلَوۡ نَزَّلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضِ

(But such is their adamance) that had We revealed it to one of the non-Arabs and even if he had recited (this clear Arabic discourse) to them

Sad 38:23

إِنَّ هَٰذَآ أَخِي لَهُۥ تِسۡعࣱ وَتِسۡعُونَ وَلِيَ وَٰحِدَةࣱ فَقَالَ أَكۡفِلۡنِيهَا وَعَزَّنِي فِي ٱلۡخِطَابِ

Behold, this is my brother; he has ninety-nine ewes and I have only one ewe.” And yet he said: “Give her into my charge,” and he got the better of me in argument

Sad 38:24

قَالَ لَقَدۡ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦۖ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرࣰ ا مِّنَ ٱلۡخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبۡغِي بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلࣱ مَّا هُمۡۗ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسۡتَغۡفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّۤ رَاكِعࣰ اۤ وَأَنَابَ۩

David said: “He has certainly wronged you in seeking to add your ewe to his ewes; and indeed many who live together commit excesses, one to the other, except those that believe and act righteously; and they are but few.” (While so saying) David realized that it is We Who have put him to test; therefore, he sought the forgiveness of his Lord, and fell down, bowing and penitently turning (to Him)

Fussilat 41:44

وَلَوۡ جَعَلۡنَٰهُ قُرۡءَانًا ا لَّقَالُواْ لَوۡلَا فُصِّلَتۡ ءَايَٰتُهُۥٓۖ ءَا۬عۡجَمِيࣱّ وَعَرَبِيࣱّۗ قُلۡ هُوَ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ هُدࣰ ى وَشِفَآءࣱۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرࣱ وَهُوَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ عَمًىۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوۡنَ مِن مَّكَانِۭ بَعِيدࣲ‏

Had We revealed this as a non-Arabic Qur'an they would have said: “Why were its verses not clearly expounded? How strange, a non-Arabic scripture and an Arab audience!” Tell them: “It is a guidance and a healing to the believers. But to those who do not believe, it serves as a plug in their ears and a covering over their eyes. It is as if they are being called from a place far away