# Be-Kef-Mim — بكم (bkm)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** foolish (either by natural conformation or from an inability to find words to express himself), no understanding to reply, no ability to frame speech well though possessing the faculty of speech, refrain/cease speaking intentionally or from ignorance, impeded speech, unable to speak freely
- **Derived forms:** أَبْكَم (6)

## Verses containing this root

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

- **Form in this verse:** بُكْمٌ — buk'mun · "dumb"
  - **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:** بُكْمٌ — buk'mun · "dumb"
  - **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_

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

- **Form in this verse:** وَبُكْمٌۭ — wabuk'mun · "and dumb"
  - **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:** ٱلْبُكْمُ — l-buk'mu · "the dumb"
  - **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_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 76

- **Form in this verse:** أَبْكَمُ — abkamu · "(is) dumb"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اَبْكَمُ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلٰى شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلٰى مَوْلٰيهُۙ اَيْنَمَا يُوَجِّهْهُ لَا يَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍۜ هَلْ يَسْتَو۪ي هُوَۙ وَمَنْ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِۙ وَهُوَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ۟

Wadaraba Allahu mathalanrajulayni ahaduhuma abkamu la yaqdiru AAalashay-in wahuwa kallun AAala mawlahu aynamayuwajjihhu la ya/ti bikhayrin hal yastawee huwa wamanya/muru bilAAadli wahuwa AAala siratinmustaqeem

And God strikes a similitude: — two men: one of them dumb, not having power over anything, and a burden on his master: wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal with one who enjoins justice, and is on a straight path?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-76.md_

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

- **Form in this verse:** وَبُكْمًۭا — wabuk'man · "and dumb"
  - **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_

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