Sad-Mim-Dal
1 word from this root family
Sad-Mim-Dal (ص-م-د) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ṣamad (The Eternal Refuge / The Self-Sufficient / The Absolute).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 1 time in 1 verse, across 1 of the 114 suras. The first is in 112:2. The form صَمَدٌ (The Eternal Refuge / The Self-Sufficient / The Absolute) accounts for all of them.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
صَمَدٌ ṣamad | The Eternal Refuge / The Self-Sufficient / The Absolute | noun, B1 | 1× | Advanced Quranic & Islamic Terminology |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُAllah, the eternally Besought of all!
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).
Adjective/noun unique to God. Appears only once in the Quran (112:2). Means: the one everything depends on, who depends on nothing. Has no exact English equivalent.
Aṣ-Ṣamad is one of God's most profound names - it means the eternal, self-sufficient being to whom all creation turns in need, while He needs nothing.