مزق

Core meaning

To shred until the dispersal is complete: a body undone, a people scattered.

Uses

1. مُزِّقْتُمْ, مَزَّقْنَٰهُمْ, كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ → "utterly disintegrated", "We disintegrated them utterly" : the verb followed by its own noun: dispersal carried to its end.

   • «إِذَا مُزِّقْتُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ» — "once you have been utterly disintegrated" (34:7)
   • «وَمَزَّقْنَٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ» — "and We disintegrated them utterly" (34:19)

Evidence from the text

Both uses double the root: the verb, then كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ, "every dispersal". In 34:7 those who disown use it to mock the new creation: could a body undone to the end come back? In 34:19 God applies it to the people who had asked that the stages of their journeys be lengthened: they are scattered until they are no more than topics of discourse.

Distinctions

• فرق — to separate into parts; مزق scatters until nothing is left together