Concordance
عوج (wj)
The root عوج (Ewj) primarily describes something becoming crooked or bent. It can refer to physical objects, like a stick, or abstract concepts, like an affair becoming difficult.
Concordance — 9 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root عوج appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (9 verses)
Hud 11:19
Noun
ٱلَّذِینَ یَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ وَیَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجࣰا وَهُم بِٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ هُمۡ كَـٰفِرُونَ ١٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they, concerning the Hereafter, were disbelievers
Abdel Haleem:
who hinder others from God’s path, trying to make it crooked, and deny the life to come
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Who debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter
Abraham 14:3
Noun
ٱلَّذِینَ یَسۡتَحِبُّونَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡیَا عَلَى ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ وَیَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ وَیَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجًاۚ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ فِی ضَلَـٰلِۭ بَعِیدࣲ ٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
The ones who prefer the worldly life over the Hereafter and avert [people] from the way of Allah , seeking to make it (seem) deviant. Those are in extreme error
Abdel Haleem:
those who prefer the life of this world over the life to come, who turn others from God’s way, trying to make it crooked: such people have gone far astray
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and debar (men) from the way of Allah and would have it crooked: such are far astray
The Cave 18:1
Noun
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ وَلَمۡ یَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَاۜ ١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[All] praise is [due] to Allah , who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance
Abdel Haleem:
Praise be to God, who sent down the Scripture to His servant and made it unerringly straight
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave, and hath not placed therein any crookedness
Ta Ha 20:107
Noun
لَّا تَرَىٰ فِیهَا عِوَجࣰا وَلَاۤ أَمۡتࣰا ١٠٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."
Abdel Haleem:
with no peak or trough to be seen
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Wherein thou seest neither curve nor ruggedness
Ta Ha 20:108
Noun
یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ یَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِیَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلۡأَصۡوَاتُ لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ فَلَا تَسۡمَعُ إِلَّا هَمۡسࣰا ١٠٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
That Day, everyone will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps]
Abdel Haleem:
On that Day, people will follow the summoner from whom there is no escape; every voice will be hushed for the Lord of Mercy; only whispers will be heard
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
On that day they follow the summoner who deceiveth not, and voices are hushed for the Beneficent, and thou hearest but a faint murmur
قُرۡءَانًا عَرَبِیًّا غَیۡرَ ذِی عِوَجࣲ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ یَتَّقُونَ ٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
[It is] an Arabic Qur'an, without any deviance that they might become righteous
Abdel Haleem:
an Arabic Quran, free from any distortion- so that people may be mindful
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
A Lecture in Arabic, containing no crookedness, that haply they may ward off (evil)
قُلۡ یَـٰۤأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ تَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجࣰا وَأَنتُمۡ شُهَدَاۤءُۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is not unaware of what you do."
Abdel Haleem:
Say, ‘People of the Book, why do you turn the believers away from God’s path and try to make it crooked, when you yourselves [should be] witnesses to the [truth]? God is not heedless of anything you do.’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Say: O People of the Scripture! Why drive ye back believers from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, when ye are witnesses (to Allah's guidance)? Allah is not unaware of what ye do
ٱلَّذِینَ یَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ وَیَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجࣰا وَهُم بِٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ كَـٰفِرُونَ ٤٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers
Abdel Haleem:
those who turned others away from God’s path and tried to make it crooked, those who denied the Hereafter.’
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and would have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day
وَلَا تَقۡعُدُوا۟ بِكُلِّ صِرَ ٰطࣲ تُوعِدُونَ وَتَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِیلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ بِهِۦ وَتَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجࣰاۚ وَٱذۡكُرُوۤا۟ إِذۡ كُنتُمۡ قَلِیلࣰا فَكَثَّرَكُمۡۖ وَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِینَ ٨٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting from the way of Allah those who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And see how was the end of the corrupters
Abdel Haleem:
Do not sit in every pathway, threatening and barring those who believe in God from His way, trying to make it crooked. Remember how you used to be few and He made you multiply. Think about the fate of those who used to spread corruption
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Lurk not on every road to threaten (wayfarers), and to turn away from Allah's path him who believeth in Him, and to seek to make it crooked. And remember, when ye were but few, how He did multiply you. And see the nature of the consequence for the corrupters