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ه-م-م

Heh-Mim-Mim

3 words from this root family

About this root

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

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
اِهْتَمَّ
ihtamma
to be interested / to care aboutverb, A1Action Verbs - Miscellaneous
مُهِمّ
muhimm
importantadjective, A1Adjectives - States & Conditions
مَهَمّة
mahamma
task / missionnoun, A2Work Skills & Technology

In the Quran

إِذْ هَمَّت طَّآئِفَتَانِ مِنكُمْ أَن تَفْشَلَا وَٱللَّهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

When two parties of you almost fell away, and Allah was their Protecting Friend. In Allah let believers put their trust.

Quran 3:122
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ هَمَّ قَوْمٌ أَن يَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فَكَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

O 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.

Quran 5:11
أَلَا تُقَـٰتِلُونَ قَوْمًا نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُمْ وَهَمُّوا۟ بِإِخْرَاجِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَهُم بَدَءُوكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ أَتَخْشَوْنَهُمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَن تَخْشَوْهُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Will 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.

Quran 9:13

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

A1verb
اِهْتَمَّ
ihtamma

to be interested / to care about

Example
اهتمَّ الطالبُ بدروسِهِ
ihtamma aṭ-ṭālibu bidurūsihi
The student cared about his lessons
Grammar

Form VIII doubled verb (اِفْتَعَلَ). Past: ihtamma, Present: yahtammu. Takes bi- (بِ).

A1adjective
مُهِمّ
muhimm

important

Example
هٰذا اجتِماعٌ مُهِمّ
hādhā ijtimāʿun muhimm
This is an important meeting
Grammar

Feminine form: muhimma (مُهِمَّة). Active participle from ahamma (أَهَمَّ, to be important).

A2noun
مَهَمّة
mahamma

task / mission

Example
أَنْهَيْتُ المَهَمّة بِنَجاح.
anhaytu al-mahamma binajāḥ.
I completed the task successfully.

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