Rizwan Zubair

Root ھ ز ء h-z-ʾ

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ھ ز ءh-z-ʾ

(ف، س) هَزَاَ يَهْزَاُ وَهَزِئَ يَهْزَاُ هُزْءًا وَهُزُوًاhazaʾa yahzaʾu wa-haziʾa yahzaʾu huzʾan wa-huzuwan: to mock, to make fun of someone. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

هُزُوٌhuzuw (verbal noun, maṣdar, also a noun, ism dhāt): mockery, an object of mockery. ﴿قَالُوْٓا اَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:67); ﴿وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوْٓا اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ هُزُوًا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:231)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَهْزَاَ يَسْتَهْزِئُ اِسْتِهْزَآءًistahzaʾa yastahziʾu istihzāʾan: to mock someone (deliberately); مُسْتَهْزِئٌmustahziʾ pl. مُسْتَهْزِءُوْنَmustahziʾūna (active participle, ism fāʿil): mocker. ﴿اِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ ۝ اَللّٰهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:14–15)

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