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
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
أُمّ umm | mother | noun, A1 | 35× | Immediate Family |
أُمَّةٌ ummah | nation / community / people | noun, A1 | 64× | Character, Community, and Worship |
أَمام amām | in front of / ahead | adverb, A2 | 1× | 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 ٱلرَّحِيمُOur 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.
مَّا ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُۥ صِدِّيقَةٌ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ ٱلطَّعَامَ ۗ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَThe 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!
بَلْ يُرِيدُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ لِيَفْجُرَ أَمَامَهُۥBut man would fain deny what is before him.
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
nation / community / people
Feminine noun. Plural: أُمَمٌ (umam). Can mean a nation, a religious community, or even a single exemplary person (16:120 about Abraham).
The concept of ummah unifies all Muslims worldwide as one community bound by faith, regardless of nationality or ethnicity.