to be interested / to care about
Form VIII doubled verb (اِفْتَعَلَ). Past: ihtamma, Present: yahtammu. Takes bi- (بِ).
Heh-Mim-Mim
3 words from this root family
Heh-Mim-Mim (ه-م-م) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: ihtamma (to be interested / to care about), muhimm (important), mahamma (task / mission).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 9 times in 8 verses, across 6 of the 114 suras. The first is in 3:122.
Themes: Verbs, Cognition, Advanced Verbs, Adjectives, Basics, Work
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
اِهْتَمَّ ihtamma | to be interested / to care about | verb, A1 | Action Verbs - Miscellaneous |
مُهِمّ muhimm | important | adjective, A1 | Adjectives - States & Conditions |
مَهَمّة mahamma | task / mission | noun, A2 | Work Skills & Technology |
إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَWhen two parties of you almost fell away, and Allah was their Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ هَمَّ قَوْمٌ أَن يَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَكَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَO ye who believe! Remember Allah's favour unto you, how a people were minded to stretch out their hands against you but He withheld their hands from you; and keep your duty to Allah. In Allah let believers put their trust.
أَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَWill ye not fight a folk who broke their solemn pledges, and purposed to drive out the messenger and did attack you first? What! Fear ye them? Now Allah hath more right that ye should fear Him, if ye are believers.
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).
Form VIII doubled verb (اِفْتَعَلَ). Past: ihtamma, Present: yahtammu. Takes bi- (بِ).
Feminine form: muhimma (مُهِمَّة). Active participle from ahamma (أَهَمَّ, to be important).