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Arabic root

ن-ج-و

1 word from this root family

A2verb
نَجَّى
najjā

he saved / he rescued

Example
فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ إِلَّا امْرَأَتَهُ
fa-anjaynāhu wa-ahlahū illā imraʾatah
So We saved him and his family, except his wife (27:57)
Grammar

Form II verb (فَعَّلَ) for intensive meaning. Form IV أَنْجَى also used. Noun: نَجَاةٌ (salvation, rescue).

Culture

God saving the believers while destroying the disbelievers is a central Quranic narrative pattern across many prophetic stories.