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33 times in the Quran · 5 word forms · rank 271
The Quran root ع م ي ʿ-m-y
Words built from the root ع م ي ([ʿ-m-y]) appear 33 times in the Quran. The most common is أَعْمَى, “blind”, which comes 21 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَعْمَى | aʿmaa | blind · like the blind | 21 | |
| عَمِيَ | ʿamiya | blinded · they became blind | 7 | |
| عَمي | ʿamy | blind | 2 | |
| عَمًى | ʿamana | blindness | 2 | |
| عُمِّيَتْ | ʿummiyat | has been obscured | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ١٨
عُمْيٌ ʿum'yun · blind
Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path]. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:18)
وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ إِلَّا دُعَاءً وَنِدَاءً صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ ١٧١
عُمْيٌ ʿum'yun · (and) blind
The example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at what hears nothing but calls and cries [i.e., cattle or sheep] - deaf, dumb and blind, so they do not understand. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:171)
وَحَسِبُوا أَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُوا وَصَمُّوا ثُمَّ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا وَصَمُّوا كَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ ٧١
فَعَمُوا faʿamū · so they became blind
And they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allāh turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:71)
فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَأَغْرَقْنَا الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا عَمِينَ ٦٤
عَمِينَ ʿamīna · blind
But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:64)
وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّوا الْعَمَىٰ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ صَاعِقَةُ الْعَذَابِ الْهُونِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ ١٧
الْعَمَىٰ l-ʿamā · [the] blindness
And as for Thamūd, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance, so the thunderbolt of humiliating punishment seized them for what they used to earn. (Surah Fussilat, 41:17)
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّي وَآتَانِي رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَارِهُونَ ٢٨
فَعُمِّيَتْ faʿummiyat · but (it) has been obscured
He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it? (Surah Hud, 11:28)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Isra · 3×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 2×
- Surah Al-An'am · 2×
- Surah Hud · 2×
- Surah Ar-Ra'd · 2×
- Surah Taha · 2×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.