# Be-Lam-Sin — بلس (bls)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Despair, give up hope, become broken (in spirit), mournful, become silent/confounded/perplexed unable to see right way or course, repent/grieve
- **Derived forms:** مُبْلِسُون (4) · يُبْلِسُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** مُّبْلِسُونَ — mub'lisūna · "(were) dumbfounded"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِه۪ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ اَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَٓا اُو۫تُٓوا اَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَةً فَاِذَا هُمْ مُبْلِسُونَ

Falamma nasoo ma thukkiroobihi fatahna AAalayhim abwaba kulli shay-in hattaitha farihoo bima ootoo akhathnahumbaghtatan fa-itha hum mublisoon

So when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We opened upon them the gates of all things; when they had exulted in what they were given, We took them suddenly; and then were they in despair,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-44.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** مُبْلِسُونَ — mub'lisūna · "(will be in) despair"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَاباً ذَا عَذَابٍ شَد۪يدٍ اِذَا هُمْ ف۪يهِ مُبْلِسُونَ۟

Hatta itha fatahnaAAalayhim baban tha AAathabin shadeedin ithahum feehi mublisoon

When We have opened against them a gate of severe punishment, then are they therein in despair.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-77.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** يُبْلِسُ — yub'lisu · "will (be in) despair"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

Wayawma taqoomu assaAAatuyublisu almujrimoon

And the day the Hour strikes, the lawbreakers will despair,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-12.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** لَمُبْلِسِينَ — lamub'lisīna · "surely in despair"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاِنْ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلِه۪ لَمُبْلِس۪ينَ

Wa-in kanoo min qabli an yunazzalaAAalayhim min qablihi lamubliseen

Though they were, before it was sent down upon them — before that — in despair!

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-49.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** مُبْلِسُونَ — mub'lisūna · "(will) despair"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ ف۪يهِ مُبْلِسُونَۚ

La yufattaru AAanhum wahum feehimublisoon

It will not be abated for them, and they are therein in despair;

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-75.md_

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