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Arabic root

ا-م-م

Alif-Mim-Mim

3 words from this root family

About this root

Alif-Mim-Mim (ا-م-م) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: umm (mother), ummah (nation / community / people), amām (in front of / ahead).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 119 times in 108 verses, across 42 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:78. The form أُمَّةٌ (nation / community / people) accounts for 64 of them.

Themes: Family, Basics, Quranic, Travel, Directions

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
أُمّ
umm
mothernoun, A135×Immediate Family
أُمَّةٌ
ummah
nation / community / peoplenoun, A164×Character, Community, and Worship
أَمام
amām
in front of / aheadadverb, A21×Train & Bus Travel

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Our Lord! And make us submissive unto Thee and of our seed a nation submissive unto Thee, and show us our ways of worship, and relent toward us. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Relenting, the Merciful.

Quran 2:128
مَّا ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُۥ صِدِّيقَةٌ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ ٱلطَّعَامَ ۗ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!

Quran 5:75
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥ

But man would fain deny what is before him.

Quran 75:5

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1noun
أُمّ
umm

mother

Example
أُمّي تَطبُخُ الطَّعام
ummī tatbukhu aṭ-ṭaʿām
My mother cooks the food
A1noun
أُمَّةٌ
ummah

nation / community / people

Example
كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ
kuntum khayra ummatin ukhrijat lin-nās
You are the best nation produced for mankind (3:110)
Grammar

Feminine noun. Plural: أُمَمٌ (umam). Can mean a nation, a religious community, or even a single exemplary person (16:120 about Abraham).

Culture

The concept of ummah unifies all Muslims worldwide as one community bound by faith, regardless of nationality or ethnicity.

A2adverb
أَمام
amām

in front of / ahead

Example
المَسْجِد أَمام المَدْرَسة.
al-masjid amām al-madrasa.
The mosque is in front of the school.

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