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ع-ص-م

Ayn-Sad-Mim

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Ayn-Sad-Mim (ع-ص-م) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ʿiṣmah (protection / infallibility / divine safeguarding).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 13 times in 12 verses, across 10 of the 114 suras. The first is in 3:101.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
عِصْمَةٌ
ʿiṣmah
protection / infallibility / divine safeguardingnoun, B2Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology

In the Quran

وَكَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ وَأَنتُمْ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ وَفِيكُمْ رَسُولُهُۥ ۗ وَمَن يَعْتَصِم بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ هُدِىَ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

How can ye disbelieve, when it is ye unto whom Allah's revelations are recited, and His messenger is in your midst? He who holdeth fast to Allah, he indeed is guided unto a right path.

Quran 3:101
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

O Messenger! Make known that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord, for if thou do it not, thou wilt not have conveyed His message. Allah will protect thee from mankind. Lo! Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.

Quran 5:67
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَسَبُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ جَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍۭ بِمِثْلِهَا وَتَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ مَّا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ ۖ كَأَنَّمَآ أُغْشِيَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ قِطَعًا مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ مُظْلِمًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

And those who earn ill-deeds, (for them) requital of each ill-deed by the like thereof; and ignominy overtaketh them - They have no protector from Allah - as if their faces had been covered with a cloak of darkest night. Such are rightful owners of the Fire; they will abide therein.

Quran 10:27

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

B2noun
عِصْمَةٌ
ʿiṣmah

protection / infallibility / divine safeguarding

Example
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا
waʿtaṣimū biḥabli Allāhi jamīʿan wa-lā tafarraqū
And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided (3:103)
Grammar

Feminine noun. Verb: اِعْتَصَمَ (Form VIII, to hold firmly/seek protection). Related: عِصَامٌ (strap/bond). مَعْصُومٌ (protected/infallible).

Culture

The 'rope of God' is interpreted as the Quran, Islam, or Muslim unity. This verse is a powerful call against sectarianism.

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