# Ayn-Mim-he — عمه (Emh)

> Occurs in 7 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Emh

- **Meaning:** to be confounded/perplexed/confused, wander blindly, stumble to and fro, unable to find the right course, mental blindness
- **Derived forms:** يَعْمَهُ (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْمَهُونَ — yaʿmahūna · "they wander blindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اَللّٰهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Allahu yastahzi-o bihim wayamudduhumfee tughyanihim yaAAmahoon

God mocks them, and increases them in wandering blindly in their inordinacy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-15.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 110

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْمَهُونَ — yaʿmahūna · "wandering blindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَنُقَلِّبُ اَفْـِٔدَتَهُمْ وَاَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِه۪ٓ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَنَذَرُهُمْ ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ۟

Wanuqallibu af-idatahum waabsarahumkama lam yu/minoo bihi awwala marratin wanatharuhumfee tughyanihim yaAAmahoon

And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes, even as they believed not in it the first time; and We will leave them wandering blindly in their inordinacy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-110.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 186

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْمَهُونَ — yaʿmahūna · "wandering blindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللّٰهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُۜ وَيَذَرُهُمْ ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Man yudlili Allahu falahadiya lahu wayatharuhum fee tughyanihimyaAAmahoon

Whom God sends astray, there is no guide for him; and He leaves them wandering blindly in their inordinacy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-186.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْمَهُونَ — yaʿmahūna · "wandering blindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللّٰهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ اسْتِعْجَالَهُمْ بِالْخَيْرِ لَقُضِيَ اِلَيْهِمْ اَجَلُهُمْۜ فَنَذَرُ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَٓاءَنَا ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Walaw yuAAajjilu Allahu linnasiashsharra istiAAjalahum bilkhayri laqudiyailayhim ajaluhum fanatharu allatheena layarjoona liqaana fee tughyanihimyaAAmahoon

And were God to hasten for men the ill as they would hasten the good, their term would have been concluded for them. But We leave those who look not for the meeting with Us, wandering blindly in their inordinacy.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-11.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْمَهُونَ — yaʿmahūna · "wandering blindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَعَمْرُكَ اِنَّهُمْ لَف۪ي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

LaAAamruka innahum lafee sakratihimyaAAmahoona

By thy life, they were in their intoxication wandering blindly!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-72.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْمَهُونَ — yaʿmahūna · "wandering blindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَوْ رَحِمْنَاهُمْ وَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِمْ مِنْ ضُرٍّ لَلَجُّوا ف۪ي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Walaw rahimnahum wakashafnama bihim min durrin lalajjoo fee tughyanihimyaAAmahoon

And were We to have mercy on them, and to remove what is upon them of distress, they would persist in wandering blindly in their inordinacy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-75.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** يَعْمَهُونَ — yaʿmahūna · "wander blindly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ اَعْمَالَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَۜ

Inna allatheena la yu/minoonabil-akhirati zayyanna lahum aAAmalahumfahum yaAAmahoon

Those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds fair to them, so they wander blindly.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-4.md_

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