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The triliteral root ʿayn zāy lām (ع ز ل) occurs 10 times in the Quran, in four derived forms:

once as the form I verb ʿazal (عَزَلْ)
seven times as the form VIII verb iʿ'tazala (ٱعْتَزَلَ)
once as the noun maʿzil (مَعْزِل)
once as the passive participle maʿzūlūn (مَعْزُولُون)

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Verb (form I) - to set aside

(33:51:12) ʿazalta

you (had) set aside

وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَ

Verb (form VIII) - to withdraw, to leave, to keep away

(2:222:7) fa-iʿ'tazilū	so keep away (from)	قُلْ هُوَ أَذًى فَاعْتَزِلُوا النِّسَاءَ فِي الْمَحِيضِ
(4:90:25) iʿ'tazalūkum	they withdraw from you	فَإِنِ اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ
(4:91:17) yaʿtazilūkum	they withdraw from you	فَإِنْ لَمْ يَعْتَزِلُوكُمْ وَيُلْقُوا إِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَ وَيَكُفُّوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَخُذُوهُمْ
(18:16:2) iʿ'tazaltumūhum	you withdraw from them	وَإِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ فَأْوُوا إِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ
(19:48:1) wa-aʿtazilukum	And I will leave you	وَأَعْتَزِلُكُمْ وَمَا تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَأَدْعُو رَبِّي
(19:49:2) iʿ'tazalahum	he left them	فَلَمَّا اعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَاقَ
(44:21:5) fa-iʿ'tazilūni	then leave me alone	وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُونِ

Noun

(11:42:12) maʿzilin

apart

وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ابْنَهُ وَكَانَ فِي مَعْزِلٍ يَا بُنَيَّ ارْكَبْ مَعَنَا

Passive participle

(26:212:4) lamaʿzūlūna

(are) surely banished

إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ

Quran Dictionary - ع ز ل

Verb (form I) - to set aside

Verb (form VIII) - to withdraw, to leave, to keep away

Noun

Passive participle

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