ز و ج z-w-j
زَوَّجْنَاهُمْ / زَوْج
zawwajna-hum
A couple or more of the same kind, including humans, animals, plants, etc.; to pair.
Definition
- 1زَوَّجْنَاهُمْzawwajna-humto pair1
- 2زَوْجzawjspouse, one of two, one type80
Total uses in the Qur’an: 81
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
زَوَّجْنَاهُمْ
مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍۢ مَّصْفُوفَةٍۢ وَزَوَّجْنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍۢ
They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
52:20draft glosses: 7 of 7
Sense 2
زَوْج
أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًۭا وَإِنَٰثًۭا وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۭ قَدِيرٌۭ
Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.
42:50draft glosses: 11 of 11
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the souls are paired
81:7draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ ٱسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍۢ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍۢ وَءَاتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَىٰهُنَّ قِنطَارًۭا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا۟ مِنْهُ شَيْـًٔا أَتَأْخُذُونَهُۥ بُهْتَٰنًۭا وَإِثْمًۭا مُّبِينًۭا
But if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?
4:20draft glosses: 17 of 17
وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ
And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -
53:45draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةًۭ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ
And Allah has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. Then in falsehood do they believe and in the favor of Allah they disbelieve?
16:72draft glosses: 21 of 21
هُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُهُمْ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ مُتَّكِـُٔونَ
They and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.
36:56draft glosses: 7 of 7
وَٱلْأَرْضَ مَدَدْنَٰهَا وَأَلْقَيْنَا فِيهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍۢ
And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind,
50:7draft glosses: 11 of 11
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا ثَلَٰثَةًۭ
And you become [of] three kinds:
56:7draft glosses: 3 of 3
DawahAgent2026-06-18 · reviewed