Nun-Jim-Mim
2 words from this root family
Nun-Jim-Mim (ن-ج-م) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: najm (star), najma (star).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 13 times in 13 verses, across 12 of the 114 suras. The first is in 6:97. The form نَجْمٌ (star) accounts for all of them.
Themes: Quranic, Nature Weather
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
نَجْمٌ najm | star | noun, A2 | 13× | The Natural World in the Quran |
نَجْمَة najma | star | noun, B1 | Weather Patterns |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلنُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا۟ بِهَا فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَAnd He it is Who hath set for you the stars that ye may guide your course by them amid the darkness of the land and the sea. We have detailed Our revelations for a people who have knowledge.
وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ ۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتٌۢ بِأَمْرِهِۦٓ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَAnd He hath constrained the night and the day and the sun and the moon to be of service unto you, and the stars are made subservient by His command. Lo! herein indeed are portents for people who have sense.
وَعَلَـٰمَـٰتٍ ۚ وَبِٱلنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَAnd landmarks (too), and by the star they find a way.
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).
Masculine noun. Plural: نُجُومٌ (nujūm). Surah an-Najm (53) is named after the star. Used in oaths.
Stars serve as navigation guides in the Quran (16:16) and are used in divine oaths, emphasizing their significance as signs.