# Ta-Mim-Sin — طمس (Tms)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be effaced, disappear, go far away, destroy, be corrupted, wipe out, obliterate, alter, put out, lose brightness, be remote, blot out the trace of.
- **Derived forms:** طُمِسَتْ (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** نَّطْمِسَ — naṭmisa · "We efface"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اُو۫تُوا الْكِتَابَ اٰمِنُوا بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقاً لِمَا مَعَكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ نَطْمِسَ وُجُوهاً فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهَٓا اَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّٓا اَصْحَابَ السَّبْتِۜ وَكَانَ اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ مَفْعُولاً

Ya ayyuha allatheenaootoo alkitaba aminoo bima nazzalnamusaddiqan lima maAAakum min qabli an natmisawujoohan fanaruddaha AAala adbarihaaw nalAAanahum kama laAAanna as-habaassabti wakana amru Allahi mafAAoola

O those given the Writ: believe in what We sent down confirming what is with you before We erase faces and turn them towards their backs, or curse them as We cursed the companions of the Sabbath; and the command of God is carried out.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-47.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** ٱطْمِسْ — iṭ'mis · "Destroy"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · imperative mood

وَقَالَ مُوسٰى رَبَّـنَٓا اِنَّكَ اٰتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَاَهُ ز۪ينَةً وَاَمْوَالاً فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۙ رَبَّـنَا لِيُضِلُّوا عَنْ سَب۪يلِكَۚ رَبَّـنَا اطْمِسْ عَلٰٓى اَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاشْدُدْ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا حَتّٰى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الْاَل۪يمَ

Waqala moosa rabbanainnaka atayta firAAawna wamalaahu zeenatan waamwalanfee alhayati addunya rabbanaliyudilloo AAan sabeelika rabbana itmis AAalaamwalihim washdud AAala quloobihim falayu/minoo hatta yarawoo alAAathaba al-aleem

And Moses said: “Our Lord: Thou hast given Pharaoh and his eminent ones adornment and wealth in the life of this world, our Lord, that they might lead astray from Thy path. Our Lord: destroy Thou their wealth, and harden Thou their hearts, so that they believe not until they see the painful punishment.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-88.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** لَطَمَسْنَا — laṭamasnā · "We (would have) surely obliterated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَوْ نَشَٓاءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلٰٓى اَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَاَنّٰى يُبْصِرُونَ

Walaw nashao latamasnaAAala aAAyunihim fastabaqoo assiratafaanna yubsiroon

And had We willed, We would have blinded their eyes; then would they compete for the path, but how would they see?

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-66.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** فَطَمَسْنَآ — faṭamasnā · "so We blinded"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِه۪ فَطَمَسْنَٓا اَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَاب۪ي وَنُذُرِ

Walaqad rawadoohu AAan dayfihifatamasna aAAyunahum fathooqoo AAathabeewanuthur

And they demanded of him his guests, so We put out their eyes: “Then taste My punishment and My warnings!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-37.md_

### 77. Surah Al-Mursalat, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** طُمِسَتْ — ṭumisat · "are obliterated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

فَاِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْۙ

Fa-itha annujoomu tumisat

Then when the stars are put out,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mursalat/verse-8.md_

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