# Sad-Nun-Mim — صنم (Snm)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be offensive (smell), become strong. Sanama - to shape out idols for worship. Sanam (pl. asnaam) - idol, everything that is worshipped other than Allah.
- **Derived forms:** أَصْنَام (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** أَصْنَامًا — aṣnāman · "idols"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ لِاَب۪يهِ اٰزَرَ اَتَـتَّخِذُ اَصْنَاماً اٰلِهَةًۚ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰيكَ وَقَوْمَكَ ف۪ي ضَلَالٍ مُب۪ينٍ

Wa-ith qala ibraheemuli-abeehi azara atattakhithu asnaman alihataninnee araka waqawmaka fee dalalin mubeen

And when Abraham said to his father Āzar: “Takest thou idols as gods? I see thee and thy people in manifest error.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-74.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 138

- **Form in this verse:** أَصْنَامٍۢ — aṣnāmin · "idols"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ الْبَحْرَ فَاَتَوْا عَلٰى قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلٰٓى اَصْنَامٍ لَهُمْۚ قَالُوا يَا مُوسَى اجْعَلْ لَـنَٓا اِلٰهاً كَمَا لَهُمْ اٰلِهَةٌۜ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Wajawazna bibanee isra-eelaalbahra faataw AAala qawmin yaAAkufoona AAalaasnamin lahum qaloo ya moosaijAAal lana ilahan kama lahum alihatunqala innakum qawmun tajhaloon

And We passed the children of Israel through the sea; and they came upon a people devoted to idols which they had. They said: “O Moses: make thou for us a god, just as they have gods.” He said: “You are a people in ignorance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-138.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَصْنَامَ — l-aṣnāma · "the idols"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰه۪يمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هٰذَا الْبَلَدَ اٰمِناً وَاجْنُبْن۪ي وَبَنِيَّ اَنْ نَعْبُدَ الْاَصْنَامَۜ

Wa-ith qala ibraheemurabbi ijAAal hatha albalada aminan wajnubneewabaniyya an naAAbuda al-asnam

(And when Abraham said: “My Lord: make Thou this land secure; and preserve Thou me and my sons from serving idols.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-35.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** أَصْنَـٰمَكُم — aṣnāmakum · "(against) your idols"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَتَاللّٰهِ لَاَك۪يدَنَّ اَصْنَامَكُمْ بَعْدَ اَنْ تُوَلُّوا مُدْبِر۪ينَ

Watallahi laakeedanna asnamakumbaAAda an tuwalloo mudbireen

“And, by God, I will plan against your idols, after you have turned and gone!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-57.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** أَصْنَامًۭا — aṣnāman · "idols"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ اَصْنَاماً فَنَظَلُّ لَهَا عَاكِف۪ينَ

Qaloo naAAbudu asnamanfanathallu laha AAakifeen

They said: “We serve idols, and remain to them devoted.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-71.md_

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