Quranic root
مزن
m · z · n
The root is cloud-centered: مُزْن denotes cloud, while related branches develop through cloud imagery and several distinct lexical uses.
The cloud is proposed as the likely primary image. Related usages include a piece of cloud, a crescent seen through clouds, generosity modeled on cloud-like munificence, ant eggs, the ant, and filling a water-skin.
- Maqāyīs · row 4364
- Mufradāt · row 1363
- Lane · entry 5692
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مُزْن
muzn
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Cloud; in the Quranic occurrence, the bright or rain-bearing cloud associated with the sending down of water.
Occurs in the expression مِنَ الْمُزْنِ, “from the clouds,” in 56:69. The lexical range includes clouds generally, including white clouds and clouds containing water.
- Lane · entry 5691
- Mufradāt · row 1363
Selected Quran examples
Quran 56:69word 4
“the rain clouds”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 56:69ٱلْمُزْنِthe rain clouds
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 6 Classical meanings
ابْنُ مُزْنَةٍ
The crescent moon seen through a cloud.
A conventional expression for the crescent appearing through clouds.
- Maqāyīs · row 4364
- Mufradāt · row 1363
المازِن
Ant eggs.
A reported lexical use of المازن.
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ابْنُ مَازِنٍ
The ant.
A conventional compound expression.
- Lane · entry 5692
مَزَنَ
To fill a water-skin.
Attested in the transitive construction مَزَنَ قِرْبَتَهُ.
- Maqāyīs · row 4364
تَمَزَّنَ
To act generously toward others, emulating the munificence of a cloud.
A derived use describing generous conduct modeled on the cloud.
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- Mufradāt · row 1363
مَزَّنَ
To liken someone to a cloud.
A causative construction meaning to compare or liken a person to the cloud.
- Mufradāt · row 1363
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic surface form is the genitive مُزْنِ; the public headword is normalized to مُزْن. The additional branches are Classical Arabic uses of related forms or compounds, not additional Quranic senses of مُزْن.