# Ha-Lam-Mim — حلم (Hlm)

> Occurs in 21 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To dream, have a vision. Attain to puberty. Experience an emission of seminal fluid (whether awake or in sleep), dream of copulation in sleep. To be forbearing or clement, to forgive and conceal offences, to be moderate/gentle/deliberate/leisurely in manner, patient.
- **Derived forms:** حُلُم (6) · حَلِيم (15)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 225

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "Most Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

لَا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللّٰهُ بِاللَّغْوِ ف۪ٓي اَيْمَانِكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ يُؤَاخِذُكُمْ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ

La yu-akhithukumu Allahubillaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yu-akhithukumbima kasabat quloobukum wallahu ghafoorun haleem

God will not take you to task for the vain speech in your oaths, but He will take you to task for what your hearts earned. And God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-225.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 235

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "Most Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ ف۪يمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِه۪ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَٓاءِ اَوْ اَكْنَنْتُمْ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْۜ عَلِمَ اللّٰهُ اَنَّكُمْ سَتَذْكُرُونَهُنَّ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تُوَاعِدُوهُنَّ سِراًّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَقُولُوا قَوْلاً مَعْرُوفاًۜ وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا عُقْدَةَ النِّكَاحِ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْكِتَابُ اَجَلَهُۜ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِكُمْ فَاحْذَرُوهُۚ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Wala junaha AAalaykum feemaAAarradtum bihi min khitbati annisa-iaw aknantum fee anfusikum AAalima Allahu annakum satathkuroonahunnawalakin la tuwaAAidoohunna sirran illaan taqooloo qawlan maAAroofan wala taAAzimoo AAuqdata annikahihatta yablugha alkitabu ajalahu waAAlamooanna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee anfusikum fahtharoohuwaAAlamoo anna Allaha ghafoorun haleem

And you do no wrong in what you intimate to women of proposal, or hide within yourselves; God knows that you will remember them. But make not nor take an oath with them secretly save that you speak a fitting word. And do not decide upon the knot of marriage until the writ reaches its term. And know that God knows what is within your souls, so fear Him. And know that God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-235.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 263

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "All-Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

قَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَٓا اَذًىۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَنِيٌّ حَل۪يمٌ

Qawlun maAAroofun wamaghfiratun khayrun minsadaqatin yatbaAAuha athan wallahughaniyyun haleem

Fitting speech and blindness to deficiency are better than charity followed by hindrance; and God is free from need and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-263.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 155

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "All-Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ تَوَلَّوْا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِۙ اِنَّمَا اسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُواۚ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ۟

Inna allatheena tawallaw minkumyawma iltaqa aljamAAani innama istazallahumuashshaytanu bibaAAdi ma kasaboowalaqad AAafa Allahu AAanhum inna Allahaghafoorun haleem

Those who turned back among you the day the two hosts met: the satan caused them to slip only for some of what they earned. But God has pardoned them; God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-155.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "All-Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَكُمْ نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ اَزْوَاجُكُمْ اِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌۚ فَاِنْ كَانَ لَهُنَّ وَلَدٌ فَلَكُمُ الرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوص۪ينَ بِهَٓا اَوْ دَيْنٍۜ وَلَهُنَّ الرُّبُعُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ اِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌۚ فَاِنْ كَانَ لَكُمْ وَلَدٌ فَلَهُنَّ الثُّمُنُ مِمَّا تَرَكْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ تُوصُونَ بِهَٓا اَوْ دَيْنٍۜ وَاِنْ كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُورَثُ كَلَالَةً اَوِ امْرَاَةٌ وَلَهُٓ اَخٌ اَوْ اُخْتٌ فَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا السُّدُسُۚ فَاِنْ كَانُٓوا اَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذٰلِكَ فَهُمْ شُرَكَٓاءُ فِي الثُّلُثِ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصٰى بِهَٓا اَوْ دَيْنٍۙ غَيْرَ مُضَٓارٍّۚ وَصِيَّةً مِنَ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَل۪يمٌۜ

Walakum nisfu ma taraka azwajukumin lam yakun lahunna waladun fa-in kana lahunna waladunfalakumu arrubuAAu mimma tarakna min baAAdi wasiyyatinyooseena biha aw daynin walahunna arrubuAAumimma taraktum in lam yakun lakum waladun fa-in kanalakum waladun falahunna aththumunu mimma taraktummin baAAdi wasiyyatin toosoona biha awdaynin wa-in kana rajulun yoorathu kalalatan awiimraatun walahu akhun aw okhtun falikulli wahidin minhumaassudusu fa-in kanoo akthara min thalikafahum shurakao fee aththuluthi min baAAdi wasiyyatinyoosa biha aw daynin ghayra mudarrin wasiyyatanmina Allahi wallahu AAaleemun haleem

And for you is half of what your wives left if they have not a child; but if they have a child, then for you is one-fourth of what they left, after a bequest they have made, or debt. And for them: one-fourth of what you left, if you have not a child; but if you have a child: for them is one-eighth of what you left, after a bequest you have made, or debt. And if a man or a woman be inherited with no immediate heir but has a brother or sister, for each of them is one-sixth; but if they are more than that, then are they partners in one-third, after a bequest he has made, or debt, without harm, as a bequest from God; and God is knowing and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-12.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "All-Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَسْـَٔلُوا عَنْ اَشْيَٓاءَ اِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْۚ وَاِنْ تَسْـَٔلُوا عَنْهَا ح۪ينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْاٰنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْۜ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَنْهَاۜ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُورٌ حَل۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tas-aloo AAan ashyaa in tubda lakum tasu/kumwa-in tas-aloo AAanha heena yunazzalu alqur-anutubda lakum AAafa Allahu AAanha wallahughafoorun haleem

O you who heed warning: ask not about things which, if made clear to you, would distress you; but if you ask about them while the Qur’an is being sent down, they will be made clear to you. God has pardoned that; and God is forgiving and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-101.md_

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 114

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ لِاَب۪يهِ اِلَّا عَنْ مَوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَٓا اِيَّاهُۚ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَـهُٓ اَنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ لِلّٰهِ تَبَرَّاَ مِنْهُۜ اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ لَاَوَّاهٌ حَل۪يمٌ

Wama kana istighfaruibraheema li-abeehi illa AAan mawAAidatin waAAadahaiyyahu falamma tabayyana lahu annahu AAaduwwun lillahitabarraa minhu inna ibraheema laawwahun haleem

And the request for forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had promised him; but when it had become clear to him that he was an enemy to God, he declared himself quit of him; Abraham was compassionate and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-114.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** لَحَلِيمٌ — laḥalīmun · "(was) certainly forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ لَحَل۪يمٌ اَوَّاهٌ مُن۪يبٌ

Inna ibraheema lahaleemun awwahunmuneeb

Abraham was clement, compassionate, penitent.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-75.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَلِيمُ — l-ḥalīmu · "(are) the forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case

قَالُوا يَا شُعَيْبُ اَصَلٰوتُكَ تَأْمُرُكَ اَنْ نَتْرُكَ مَا يَعْبُدُ اٰبَٓاؤُ۬نَٓا اَوْ اَنْ نَفْعَلَ ف۪ٓي اَمْوَالِنَا مَا نَشٰٓؤُ۬اۜ اِنَّكَ لَاَنْتَ الْحَل۪يمُ الرَّش۪يدُ

Qaloo ya shuAAaybu asalatukata/muruka an natruka ma yaAAbudu abaonaaw an nafAAala fee amwalina ma nashaoinnaka laanta alhaleemu arrasheed

They said: “O Shuʿayb: does thy duty command thee that we leave what our fathers served, or that we do not with our wealth what we will? Thou art the clement, the right-minded!”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-87.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** أَحْلَـٰمٍۢ ۖ — aḥlāmin · "dreams"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

قَالُٓوا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍۚ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْو۪يلِ الْاَحْلَامِ بِعَالِم۪ينَ

Qaloo adghathu ahlaminwama nahnu bita/weeli al-ahlami biAAalimeen

They said: “Confused, false dreams! And we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-44.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَحْلَـٰمِ — l-aḥlāmi · "(of) the dreams"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالُٓوا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍۚ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِتَأْو۪يلِ الْاَحْلَامِ بِعَالِم۪ينَ

Qaloo adghathu ahlaminwama nahnu bita/weeli al-ahlami biAAalimeen

They said: “Confused, false dreams! And we are not learned in the interpretation of dreams.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-44.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمًا — ḥalīman · "Ever-Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمٰوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ ف۪يهِنَّۜ وَاِنْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِه۪ وَلٰكِنْ لَا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْب۪يحَهُمْۜ اِنَّهُ كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Tusabbihu lahu assamawatuassabAAu wal-ardu waman feehinna wa-in minshay-in illa yusabbihu bihamdihi walakinla tafqahoona tasbeehahum innahu kana haleemanghafoora

The seven heavens and the earth and whoso is in them glorify Him; nothing is save that gives glory with His praise, but you understand not their glorification; He is clement and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-44.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** أَحْلَـٰمٍۭ — aḥlāmin · "dreams"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

بَلْ قَالُٓوا اَضْغَاثُ اَحْلَامٍ بَلِ افْتَرٰيهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌۚ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِاٰيَةٍ كَمَٓا اُرْسِلَ الْاَوَّلُونَ

Bal qaloo adghathu ahlaminbali iftarahu bal huwa shaAAirun falya/tinabi-ayatin kama orsila al-awwaloon

“But,” — they say — “a confused medley of dreams; but he has invented it; but he is a poet. So let him bring us a proof like that sent to the former peoples!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-5.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌۭ — ḥalīmun · "Most Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

لَيُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ مُدْخَلاً يَرْضَوْنَهُۜ وَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَعَل۪يمٌ حَل۪يمٌ

Layudkhilannahum mudkhalan yardawnahuwa-inna Allaha laAAaleemun haleem

He will make them enter by an entrance with which they will be satisfied; and God is knowing and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-59.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحُلُمَ — l-ḥuluma · "puberty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُكُمْ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُمَ مِنْكُمْ ثَلٰثَ مَرَّاتٍۜ مِنْ قَبْلِ صَلٰوةِ الْفَجْرِ وَح۪ينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُمْ مِنَ الظَّه۪يرَةِ وَمِنْ بَعْدِ صَلٰوةِ الْعِشَٓاءِ۠ ثَلٰثُ عَوْرَاتٍ لَكُمْۜ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا عَلَيْهِمْ جُنَاحٌ بَعْدَهُنَّۜ طَوَّافُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooliyasta/thinkumu allatheena malakat aymanukumwallatheena lam yablughoo alhuluma minkumthalatha marratin min qabli salatialfajri waheena tadaAAoona thiyabakum mina aththaheeratiwamin baAAdi salati alAAisha-i thalathuAAawratin lakum laysa AAalaykum wala AAalayhim junahunbaAAdahunna tawwafoona AAalaykum baAAdukumAAala baAAdin kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakumu al-ayati wallahu AAaleemun hakeem

O you who heed warning: let ask leave of you those whom your right hands possess and those who have not reached puberty among you at three times: before the duty of the dawn, and when you lay aside your garments at noon, and after the duty of the night: three times of nakedness for you; you and they do no wrong beyond them, some of you moving about among others of you. Thus God makes plain to you the proofs; and God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-58.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحُلُمَ — l-ḥuluma · "the puberty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذَا بَلَغَ الْاَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ  كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ اٰيَاتِه۪ۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ حَك۪يمٌ

Wa-itha balagha al-atfaluminkumu alhuluma falyasta/thinoo kama ista/thanaallatheena min qablihim kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakum ayatihi wallahu AAaleemun hakeem

And when the children among you reach puberty, then let them ask leave even as those before them asked; thus God makes plain to you His proofs. And God is knowing and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-59.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمًۭا — ḥalīman · "Most Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

تُرْج۪ي مَنْ تَشَٓاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُــْٔـو۪ٓي اِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَٓاءُۜ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكَۜ  ذٰلِكَ اَدْنٰٓى اَنْ تَقَرَّ اَعْيُنُهُنَّ وَلَا يَحْزَنَّ وَيَرْضَيْنَ بِمَٓا اٰتَيْتَهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَل۪يماً حَل۪يماً

Turjee man tashao minhunna watu/weeilayka man tashao wamani ibtaghayta mimman AAazalta falajunaha AAalayka thalika adna an taqarraaAAyunuhunna wala yahzanna wayardayna bimaataytahunna kulluhunna wallahu yaAAlamu mafee quloobikum wakana Allahu AAaleeman haleema

Thou deferest whom thou wilt of them, and thou takest to thee whom thou wilt; and whom thou desirest of those thou hast set aside: there is no blame upon thee. That tends to the comfort of their eyes, and that they grieve not, and that they be pleased with what thou givest them; and God knows what is in your hearts, and God is knowing and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-51.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمًا — ḥalīman · "Most Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ اَنْ تَزُولَاۚ وَلَئِنْ زَالَتَٓا اِنْ اَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ اَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ  كَانَ حَل۪يماً غَفُوراً

Inna Allaha yumsiku assamawatiwal-arda an tazoola wala-in zalatain amsakahuma min ahadin min baAAdihi innahu kanahaleeman ghafoora

God holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them after Him. He is clement and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-41.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٍۢ — ḥalīmin · "forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِغُلَامٍ حَل۪يمٍ

Fabashsharnahu bighulamin haleem

So We gave him glad tidings of a clement lad;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-101.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** أَحْلَـٰمُهُم — aḥlāmuhum · "their minds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَمْ تَأْمُرُهُمْ اَحْلَامُهُمْ بِهٰذَٓا اَمْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَۚ

Am ta/muruhum ahlamuhum bihathaam hum qawmun taghoon

If their reason commands them this: or if they are a people transgressing all bounds:

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-32.md_

### 64. Surah At-Taghabun, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** حَلِيمٌ — ḥalīmun · "Most Forbearing"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اِنْ تُقْرِضُوا اللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً يُضَاعِفْهُ لَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ شَكُورٌ حَل۪يمٌۙ

In tuqridoo Allaha qardanhasanan yudaAAifhu lakum wayaghfir lakum wallahushakoorun haleem

If you lend to God a goodly loan, He will double it for you, and will forgive you; and God is appreciative and clement,

_https://quran.so/surah-at-taghabun/verse-17.md_

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