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21 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 397
The Quran root ح م م ḥ-m-m
Words built from the root ح م م ([ḥ-m-m]) appear 21 times in the Quran. The most common is حَمِيم, “scalding water”, which comes 20 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| حَمِيم | ḥamiim | scalding water · boiling water | 20 | |
| يَحْمُوم | yaḥmuum | black smoke | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَذَرِ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا دِينَهُمْ لَعِبًا وَلَهْوًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا وَذَكِّرْ بِهِ أَن تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيٌّ وَلَا شَفِيعٌ وَإِن تَعْدِلْ كُلَّ عَدْلٍ لَّا يُؤْخَذْ مِنْهَا أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ أُبْسِلُوا بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ ٧٠
حَمِيمٍ ḥamīmin · boiling water
And leave those who take their religion as amusement and diversion and whom the worldly life has deluded. But remind with it [i.e., the Qur’ān], lest a soul be given up to destruction for what it earned; it will have other than Allāh no protector and no intercessor. And if it should offer every compensation, it would not be taken from it [i.e., that soul]. Those are the ones who are given to destruction for what they have earned. For them will be a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:70)
إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقًّا إِنَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ بِالْقِسْطِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ ٤
حَمِيمٍ ḥamīmin · boiling fluids
To Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allāh [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny. (Surah Yunus, 10:4)
وَظِلٍّ مِّن يَحْمُومٍ ٤٣
يَحْمُومٍ yaḥmūmin · black smoke
And a shade of black smoke, (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:43)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 4×
- Surah Ghafir · 2×
- Surah Ad-Dukhan · 2×
- Surah Al-Ma'arij · 2×
- Surah Al-An'am · 1×
- Surah Yunus · 1×
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.