# Ayn-Kaf-Mim — عقم (Eqm)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be barren (womb), become dry, be unproductive, be gloomy, distressing, grievous (day), be childless, destructive.
- **Derived forms:** عَقِيم (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 55

- **Form in this verse:** عَقِيمٍ — ʿaqīmin · "barren"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا ف۪ي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْهُ حَتّٰى تَأْتِيَهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَق۪يمٍ

Wala yazalu allatheenakafaroo fee miryatin minhu hatta ta/tiyahumu assaAAatubaghtatan aw ya/tiyahum AAathabu yawmin AAaqeem

And those who ignore warning will not cease to be in doubt about it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly, or there comes to them the punishment of a barren day.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-55.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** عَقِيمًا ۚ — ʿaqīman · "barren"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَاناً وَاِنَاثاًۚ وَيَجْعَلُ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ عَق۪يماًۜ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw yuzawwijuhum thukrananwa-inathan wayajAAalu man yashao AAaqeeman innahuAAaleemun qadeer

Or He couples them, males and females; and He makes whom He wills barren. He is knowing and powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-50.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** عَقِيمٌۭ — ʿaqīmun · "barren"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

فَاَقْبَلَتِ امْرَاَتُهُ ف۪ي صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَق۪يمٌ

Faaqbalati imraatuhu fee sarratin fasakkatwajhaha waqalat AAajoozun AAaqeem

And his wife came forward, crying out, and struck her face, and said: “A barren old woman!”

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-29.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْعَقِيمَ — l-ʿaqīma · "the barren"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case

وَف۪ي عَادٍ اِذْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرّ۪يحَ الْعَق۪يمَۚ

Wafee AAadin ith arsalnaAAalayhimu arreeha alAAaqeem

And in ʿĀd: when We sent upon them the barren wind: —

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-41.md_

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