# Sad-Mim-Mim — صمم (Smm)

> Occurs in 15 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to be deaf, to cork (a bottle), to stop (a flask), to be obstructed (ear-hole)
- **Derived forms:** أَصَمّ (12) · أَصَمَّ (1) · صَمُّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** صُمٌّۢ — ṣummun · "Deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case · indefinite

صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَۙ

Summun bukmun AAumyun fahum layarjiAAoon

Deaf, dumb, blind; so they will not return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-18.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 171

- **Form in this verse:** صُمٌّۢ — ṣummun · "deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا كَمَثَلِ الَّذ۪ي يَنْعِقُ بِمَا لَا يَسْمَعُ اِلَّا دُعَٓاءً وَنِدَٓاءًۜ صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Wamathalu allatheena kafarookamathali allathee yanAAiqu bima la yasmaAAuilla duAAaan wanidaan summun bukmunAAumyun fahum la yaAAqiloon

And the likeness of those who ignore warning is as the likeness of one who yells to what hears not save a call and a shout: deaf, dumb, blind, so they do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-171.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَمُّوا۟ — waṣammū · "and they became deaf"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَحَسِبُٓوا اَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُوا وَصَمُّوا ثُمَّ تَابَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا وَصَمُّوا كَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بَص۪يرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wahasiboo alla takoonafitnatun faAAamoo wasammoo thumma taba AllahuAAalayhim thumma AAamoo wasammoo katheerun minhum wallahubaseerun bima yaAAmaloon

And considered there would be no means of denial, so they became blind and deaf. Then turned God towards them; then became many among them blind and deaf; and God sees what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-71.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَمُّوا۟ — waṣammū · "and they became deaf"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَحَسِبُٓوا اَلَّا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ فَعَمُوا وَصَمُّوا ثُمَّ تَابَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ عَمُوا وَصَمُّوا كَث۪يرٌ مِنْهُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ بَص۪يرٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wahasiboo alla takoonafitnatun faAAamoo wasammoo thumma taba AllahuAAalayhim thumma AAamoo wasammoo katheerun minhum wallahubaseerun bima yaAAmaloon

And considered there would be no means of denial, so they became blind and deaf. Then turned God towards them; then became many among them blind and deaf; and God sees what they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-71.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** صُمٌّۭ — ṣummun · "(are) deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا صُمٌّ وَبُكْمٌ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِۜ مَنْ يَشَأِ اللّٰهُ يُضْلِلْهُۜ وَمَنْ يَشَأْ يَجْعَلْهُ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

Wallatheena kaththaboobi-ayatina summun wabukmun fee aththulumatiman yasha-i Allahu yudlilhu waman yasha/ yajAAalhuAAala siratin mustaqeem

And those who deny Our proofs are deaf and dumb, in darkness. Whom God wills, He leads him astray; and whom He wills, He sets him on a straight path.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-39.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّمُّ — l-ṣumu · "(are) the deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case

اِنَّ شَرَّ الدَّوَٓابِّ عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ الصُّمُّ الْبُكْمُ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna sharra addawabbi AAindaAllahi assummu albukmu allatheena layaAAqiloon

The worst of beasts in the sight of God are the deaf, the dumb — those who do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-22.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّمَّ — l-ṣuma · "cause the deaf to hear"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ اِلَيْكَۜ اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِـعُ الصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Waminhum man yastamiAAoona ilayka afaantatusmiAAu assumma walaw kanoo layaAAqiloon

And among them are some who listen to thee — canst thou make the deaf to hear, though they do not reason?

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-42.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْأَصَمِّ — wal-aṣami · "and the deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

مَثَلُ الْفَر۪يقَيْنِ كَالْاَعْمٰى وَالْاَصَمِّ وَالْبَص۪يرِ وَالسَّم۪يعِۜ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلاًۜ اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ۟

Mathalu alfareeqayni kalaAAmawal-asammi walbaseeri wassameeAAihal yastawiyani mathalan afala tathakkaroon

The likeness of the two factions is like the blind and the deaf, and the seeing and the hearer: are they equal in likeness? Will you then not take heed!

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-24.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** وَصُمًّۭا ۖ — waṣumman · "and deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ مِنْ دُونِه۪ۜ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عَلٰى وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْياً وَبُكْماً وَصُماًّۜ مَأْوٰيهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۜ  كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَاهُمْ سَع۪يراً

Waman yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadiwaman yudlil falan tajida lahum awliyaa min doonihiwanahshuruhum yawma alqiyamati AAalawujoohihim AAumyan wabukman wasumman ma/wahumjahannamu kullama khabat zidnahum saAAeera

And whom God guides, he is guided; and whom He sends astray, for them thou wilt find no allies besides Him. And We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection on their faces — blind and dumb and deaf — their shelter is Gehenna; whenever it subsides, We will increase for them an inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-97.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّمُّ — l-ṣumu · "the deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case

قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اُنْذِرُكُمْ بِالْوَحْيِۘ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ الصُّمُّ الدُّعَٓاءَ اِذَا مَا يُنْذَرُونَ

Qul innama onthirukum bilwahyiwala yasmaAAu assummu adduAAaaitha ma yuntharoon

Say thou: “I but warn you by revelation.” But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-45.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 73

- **Form in this verse:** صُمًّۭا — ṣumman · "deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ اِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا عَلَـيْـهَا صُـماًّ وَعُمْيَـاناً

Wallatheena itha thukkiroobi-ayati rabbihim lam yakhirroo AAalayha summanwaAAumyana

And who when they are reminded of the proofs of their Lord, fall not down upon them deaf and blind;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-73.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّمَّ — l-ṣuma · "the deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case

اِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِــعُ الْمَوْتٰى وَلَا تُسْمِــعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَٓاءَ اِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِر۪ينَ

Innaka la tusmiAAu almawta walatusmiAAu assumma adduAAaa ithawallaw mudbireen

Thou wilt not make the dead to hear, nor wilt thou make the deaf to hear the call when they turn and go.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-80.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّمَّ — l-ṣuma · "make the deaf hear"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case

فَاِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتٰى وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَٓاءَ اِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِر۪ينَ

Fa-innaka la tusmiAAu almawtawala tusmiAAu assumma adduAAaaitha wallaw mudbireen

And thou wilt not make the dead to hear, nor wilt thou make the deaf hear the call, when they turn and go.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-52.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلصُّمَّ — l-ṣuma · "the deaf"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · accusative case

اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِــعُ الصُّمَّ اَوْ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ وَمَنْ كَانَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Afaanta tusmiAAu assumma awtahdee alAAumya waman kana fee dalalinmubeen

Wilt thou make the deaf to hear, or wilt thou guide the blind or him who is in manifest error?

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-40.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَصَمَّهُمْ — fa-aṣammahum · "so He made them deaf"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللّٰهُ فَاَصَمَّهُمْ وَاَعْمٰٓى اَبْصَارَهُمْ

Ola-ika allatheena laAAanahumuAllahu faasammahum waaAAma absarahum

Those are they whom God has cursed; so He made them deaf, and blinded their sight.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-23.md_

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