ص م م Root ṣ-m-m in the Qur’an 15 occurrences in 14 verses

Words from this root

Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

أَصَمّ 12 times

• 2:18 · Al-Baqarahصُمٌّۢ DeafDeaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path].
• 2:171 · Al-Baqarahصُمٌّۢ deafThe example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries cattle or sheep - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand.
• 6:39 · Al-An'amصُمٌّۭ (are) deafBut those who deny Our verses are deaf and dumb within darknesses. Whomever Allah wills - He leaves astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path.
• 8:22 · Al-Anfalٱلصُّمُّ (are) the deafIndeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.
• 10:42 · Yunusٱلصُّمَّ cause the deaf to hearAnd among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear, although they will not use reason?
• 11:24 · Hudوَٱلْأَصَمِّ and the deafThe example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?
• 17:97 · Al-Israوَصُمًّۭا ۖ and deafAnd whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides We increase them in blazing fire.
• 21:45 · Al-Anbyaٱلصُّمُّ the deafSay, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
• 25:73 · Al-Furqanصُمًّۭا deafAnd those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind.
• 27:80 · An-Namlٱلصُّمَّ the deafIndeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they have turned their backs retreating.
• 30:52 · Ar-Rumٱلصُّمَّ make the deaf hearSo indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.
• 43:40 · Az-Zukhrufٱلصُّمَّ the deafThen will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

صَمُّ 2 times

• 5:71 · Al-Ma'idahوَصَمُّوا۟ and they became deafAnd they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allah turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allah is Seeing of what they do.
• 5:71 · Al-Ma'idahوَصَمُّوا۟ and they became deafAnd they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allah turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allah is Seeing of what they do.

أَصَمَّ 1 time

• 47:23 · Muhammadفَأَصَمَّهُمْ so He made them deafThose [who do so] are the ones that Allah has cursed, so He deafened them and blinded their vision.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.