w-z-'

Description

The Arabic root وزع (w-z-ʿ) carries the core meaning of organizing, arranging, or distributing things in an orderly manner, often in rows or formations. In the Quranic context, it appears both in reference to organized ranks of angels or armies standing in ordered rows, and in Prophet Solomon's famous supplication asking Allah to grant him the power or ability to be grateful and righteous, suggesting a sense of proper arrangement and management of one's faculties and actions. The root thus conveys themes of divine order, structured assembly, and the proper distribution or channeling of capabilities toward worship and obedience.