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ع-ظ-م

Ayn-Zah-Mim

2 words from this root family

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Ayn-Zah-Mim (ع-ظ-م) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: ʿaẓīm (great / magnificent / tremendous), ʿaẓm (bone).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 128 times in 127 verses, across 50 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:7. The form عَظِيمٌ (great / magnificent / tremendous) accounts for 107 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Health, Body

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
عَظِيمٌ
ʿaẓīm
great / magnificent / tremendousadjective, A2107×Creation and Nature
عَظْم
ʿaẓm
bonenoun, A22×Staying Healthy

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

In the Quran

خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ غِشَـٰوَةٌ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

Allah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be an awful doom.

Quran 2:7
وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍ ۖ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَآ أَوِ ٱلْحَوَايَآ أَوْ مَا ٱخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَـٰهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ

Unto those who are Jews We forbade every animal with claws. And of the oxen and the sheep forbade We unto them the fat thereof save that upon the backs or the entrails, or that which is mixed with the bone. That we awarded them for their rebellion. And lo! we verily are truthful.

Quran 6:146
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهَاجَرُوا۟ وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَآئِزُونَ

Those who believe, and have left their homes and striven with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way are of much greater worth in Allah's sight. These are they who are triumphant.

Quran 9:20

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

A2adjective
عَظِيمٌ
ʿaẓīm

great / magnificent / tremendous

Example
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
wa-innaka laʿalā khuluqin ʿaẓīm
And indeed, you are of a great moral character (68:4)
Grammar

Adjective (فَعِيل pattern). Related: عِظَمٌ (greatness), أَعْظَمُ (greater/greatest), تَعْظِيمٌ (glorification). Used for God, the Quran, punishment, and reward.

Culture

This verse praises Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ noble character. It is cited as evidence that the Prophet's character itself is a model for humanity.

A2noun
عَظْم
ʿaẓm

bone

Example
الحَليب يُقَوّي العِظام.
al-ḥalīb yuqawwī al-ʿiẓām.
Milk strengthens bones.

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