# Ha-Mim-Ra — حمر (Hmr)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To excoriate, to par a thing, flay/skin (sheep), strip off superficial part (e.g. peel, bark, etc.). ahmar - the colour red. hamr - cattle of camels/asses/sheep/mules.
- **Derived forms:** حِمَار (5) · حُمْر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** حِمَارِكَ — ḥimārika · "your donkey"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْحَمِيرَ — wal-ḥamīra · "and donkeys"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَالْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَم۪يرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَز۪ينَةًۜ وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Walkhayla walbighalawalhameera litarkabooha wazeenatanwayakhluqu ma la taAAlamoon

And horses, and mules, and donkeys for you to ride, and as adornment; and He creates what you know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-8.md_

### 31. Surah Luqman, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَمِيرِ — l-ḥamīri · "(of) the donkeys"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاقْصِدْ ف۪ي مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَۜ اِنَّ اَنْكَرَ الْاَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَم۪يرِ۟

Waqsid fee mashyika waghdudmin sawtika inna ankara al-aswati lasawtualhameer

“And be thou modest in thy walk, and lower thou thy voice; the most loathsome of voices is the voice of the donkey.”

_https://quran.so/surah-luqman/verse-19.md_

### 35. Surah Fatir, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** وَحُمْرٌۭ — waḥum'run · "and red"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءًۚ فَاَخْرَجْنَا بِه۪ ثَمَرَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهَاۜ وَمِنَ الْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌ ب۪يضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ اَلْوَانُهَا وَغَرَاب۪يبُ سُودٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan faakhrajna bihi thamaratin mukhtalifanalwanuha wamina aljibali judadun beedunwahumrun mukhtalifun alwanuha wagharabeebusood

Dost thou not see that God sends down from the sky water? And We bring forth therewith fruit differing in its hues; and among the mountains are streaks, white and red — differing in their hues — and deep black,

_https://quran.so/surah-fatir/verse-27.md_

### 62. Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحِمَارِ — l-ḥimāri · "the donkey"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ حُمِّلُوا التَّوْرٰيةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ الْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ اَسْفَاراًۜ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Mathalu allatheena hummiloo attawratathumma lam yahmilooha kamathali alhimariyahmilu asfaran bi/sa mathalu alqawmi allatheenakaththaboo bi-ayati Allahi wallahula yahdee alqawma aththalimeen

The likeness of those given to bear the Torah then have borne it not, is as the likeness of a donkey bearing books: evil is the example of the people who deny the proofs of God. And God guides not the wrongdoing people.

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

### 74. Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** حُمُرٌۭ — ḥumurun · "donkeys"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

كَاَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُسْتَنْفِرَةٌۙ

Kaannahum humurun mustanfira

As if they were startled donkeys

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muddaththir/verse-50.md_

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