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14 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 477
The Quran root ل و م l-w-m
Words built from the root ل و م ([l-w-m]) appear 14 times in the Quran. The most common is مَلُوم, “blameworthy”, which comes 5 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مَلُوم | maluum | blameworthy · be blamed | 5 | |
| لُمْ | lum | you blamed me · blame me | 3 | |
| مُلِيم | muliim | blameworthy | 2 | |
| لَوْمَة | lawma | blame | 1 | |
| لائِم | laa’im | critic | 1 | |
| يَتَلاوَمُ | yatalaawamu | blaming each other | 1 | |
| لَوّامَة | lawwaama | self-accusing | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا ٢٩
مَلُومًا malūman · blameworthy
And do not make your hand [as] chained to your neck or extend it completely and [thereby] become blamed and insolvent. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:29)
ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّا أَوْحَىٰ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًا مَّدْحُورًا ٣٩
مَلُومًا malūman · blameworthy
That is from what your Lord has revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], of wisdom. And, [O mankind], do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished. (Surah Al-Isra, 17:39)
قَالَتْ فَذَٰلِكُنَّ الَّذِي لُمْتُنَّنِي فِيهِ وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ فَاسْتَعْصَمَ وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّ وَلَيَكُونًا مِّنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ ٣٢
لُمْتُنَّنِي lum'tunnanī · you blamed me
She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased." (Surah Yusuf, 12:32)
فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ١٤٢
مُلِيمٌ mulīmun · (was) blameworthy
Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy. (Surah As-Saffat, 37:142)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِي اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ يُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ٥٤
لَوْمَةَ lawmata · the blame
O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion - Allāh will bring forth [in place of them] a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers, strong against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allāh and do not fear the blame of a critic. That is the favor of Allāh; He bestows it upon whom He wills. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:54)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Isra · 2×
- Surah Adh-Dhariyat · 2×
- Surah Ibrahim · 2×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 2×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 1×
- Surah Al-Ma'arij · 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.