Rizwan Zubair

Root ن ظ ر n-ẓ-r

Quranic citations in this entry: 6 · اردو

ن ظ رn-ẓ-r

(ن) نَظَرَ يَنْظُرُ نَظْرًاnaẓara yanẓuru naẓran: (1) to look at someone, to look attentively (2) to wait. ﴿اَفَلَا يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَي الْاِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ﴾ (Al-Ghāshiyah 88:17); ﴿هَلْ يَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ﴾ (Az-Zukhruf 43:66)

نَاظِرٌnāẓir, feminine نَاظِرَةٌnāẓirah pl. نٰظِرُوْنَnāẓirūna (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who looks; one who waits. ﴿اِلٰى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ﴾ (Al-Qiyāmah 75:23); ﴿فَنٰظِرَةٌۢ بِمَ يَرْجِعُ الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ﴾ (An-Naml 27:35)

Form III (mufāʿalah) نَاظَرَ يُنَاظِرُ مُنَاظَرَةًnāẓara yunāẓiru munāẓaratan: to debate with someone; to counter argument with argument (this verb is not used in the Quran).

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَنْظَرَ يُنْظِرُ اِنْظَارًاanẓara yunẓiru inẓāran: to grant someone respite; مُنْظَرٌmunẓar (passive participle, ism mafʿūl): granted respite. ﴿قَالَ اَنْظِرْنِيْٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُوْنَ ۝ قَالَ اِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنْظَرِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:14–15) — Note: the passive imperfect «يُنْظَرُyunẓaru» is the same for both the bare triliteral and the verb form (bāb) ifʿāl.

Form VI (tafāʿul) تَنَاظَرَ يَتَنَاظَرُ تَنَاظُرًاtanāẓara yatanāẓaru tanāẓuran: to debate with one another; to face each other (this verb is not used in the Quran).

Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِنْتَظَرَ يَنْتَظِرُ اِنْتِظَارًاintaẓara yantaẓiru intiẓāran: to wait deliberately; مُنْتَظِرٌmuntaẓir (active participle, ism fāʿil): one who waits. ﴿فَانْتَظِرُوْٓا اِنِّيْ مَعَكُمْ مِّنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:71)

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