# Dal-Vav-Mim — دوم (dwm)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To continue, endure, persist, remain, persevere, last, stand still, keep alive.
- **Derived forms:** دَائِم (2) · دَامُ (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** دُمْتَ — dum'ta · "you keep constantly"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَمِنْ اَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ اِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنْطَارٍ يُؤَدِّه۪ٓ اِلَيْكَۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اِنْ تَأْمَنْهُ بِد۪ينَارٍ لَا يُؤَدِّه۪ٓ اِلَيْكَ اِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَٓائِماًۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَيْسَ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْاُمِّيّ۪نَ سَب۪يلٌۚ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Wamin ahli alkitabi man in ta/manhubiqintarin yu-addihi ilayka waminhum man in ta/manhubideenarin la yu-addihi ilayka illa madumta AAalayhi qa-iman thalika bi-annahum qaloolaysa AAalayna fee al-ommiyyeena sabeelun wayaqooloonaAAala Allahi alkathiba wahum yaAAlamoon

And among the doctors of the Law is he who, if thou entrust him with a fortune, will deliver it to thee. And among them is he who, if thou entrust him with a dinar, will not return it to thee unless thou stand over him. For it is that they say: “We owe nothing to the unschooled”; and they ascribe the lie to God, when they know!

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-75.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** دَامُوا۟ — dāmū · "as long as they are"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

قَالُوا يَا مُوسٰٓى اِنَّا لَنْ نَدْخُلَـهَٓا اَبَداً مَا دَامُوا ف۪يهَا فَاذْهَبْ اَنْتَ وَرَبُّكَ فَقَاتِلَٓا اِنَّا هٰهُنَا قَاعِدُونَ

Qaloo ya moosa innalan nadkhulaha abadan ma damoo feehafa-ithhab anta warabbuka faqatila innahahuna qaAAidoon

They said: “O Moses: we will not enter it ever, so long as they remain therein. So go thou, thou and thy Lord, and fight; we will sit here.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-24.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** دُمْتُمْ — dum'tum · "long as you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعاً لَكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِۚ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُماًۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Ohilla lakum saydu albahriwataAAamuhu mataAAan lakum walissayyaratiwahurrima AAalaykum saydu albarri ma dumtum hurumanwattaqoo Allaha allathee ilayhi tuhsharoon

Made lawful for you is the game of the sea and the food thereof, as a provision for you and for those who travel; but forbidden to you is the game of the land so long as you are forbidden; and be in prudent fear of God to whom you will be gathered.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-96.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** دُمْتُ — dum'tu · "as long as I"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ اِلَّا مَٓا اَمَرْتَن۪ي بِه۪ٓ  اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ رَبّ۪ي وَرَبَّكُمْۚ وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَه۪يداً مَا دُمْتُ ف۪يهِمْۚ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَن۪ي كُنْتَ اَنْتَ الرَّق۪يبَ عَلَيْهِمْۜ وَاَنْتَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَه۪يدٌ

Ma qultu lahum illa maamartanee bihi ani oAAbudoo Allaha rabbee warabbakumwakuntu AAalayhim shaheedan ma dumtu feehim falammatawaffaytanee kunta anta arraqeeba AAalayhim waanta AAalakulli shay-in shaheed

“I said not to them but what Thou commandedst me: ‘Serve God, my Lord and your Lord.’ And I was a witness to them while I was among them; but when Thou tookest me, Thou wast the watcher over them; and Thou art witness to all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-117.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 107

- **Form in this verse:** دَامَتِ — dāmati · "as long as remain"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمٰوَاتُ وَالْاَرْضُ اِلَّا مَا شَٓاءَ رَبُّكَۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُر۪يدُ

Khalideena feeha ma damatiassamawatu wal-ardu illama shaa rabbuka inna rabbaka faAAAAalun limayureed

They abiding eternally therein so long as the heavens and the earth endure save that thy Lord should will; thy Lord is doer of what He wills.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-107.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 108

- **Form in this verse:** دَامَتِ — dāmati · "as long as remains"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

وَاَمَّا الَّذ۪ينَ سُعِدُوا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِد۪ينَ ف۪يهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمٰوَاتُ وَالْاَرْضُ اِلَّا مَا شَٓاءَ رَبُّكَۜ عَطَٓاءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍ

Waamma allatheena suAAidoofafee aljannati khalideena feeha ma damatiassamawatu wal-ardu illama shaa rabbuka AAataan ghayra majthooth

And as for those glad — then in the Garden! — they abiding eternally therein so long as the heavens and the earth endure save that thy Lord should will; a gift without end.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-108.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** دَآئِمٌۭ — dāimun · "(is) everlasting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

مَثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّت۪ي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَۜ تَجْر۪ي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهَارُۜ اُكُلُهَا دَٓائِمٌ وَظِلُّهَاۜ تِلْكَ عُقْبَى الَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْاۗ وَعُقْبَى الْكَافِر۪ينَ النَّارُ

Mathalu aljannati allatee wuAAidaalmuttaqoona tajree min tahtiha al-anharuokuluha da-imun wathilluhatilka AAuqba allatheena ittaqaw waAAuqba alkafireenaannar

The likeness of the Garden, which is promised to those of prudent fear: beneath it rivers flow, its food constant and its shade. That is the final outcome of those who are in prudent fear; and the final outcome of the false claimers of guidance is the Fire.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-35.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** دُمْتُ — dum'tu · "as long as I am"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, singular · past tense

وَجَعَلَن۪ي مُبَارَكاً اَيْنَ مَا كُنْتُۖ وَاَوْصَان۪ي بِالصَّلٰوةِ وَالزَّكٰوةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَياًّۖ

WajaAAalanee mubarakan aynamakuntu waawsanee bissalati wazzakatima dumtu hayya

“And made me blessed wherever I be — and enjoined upon me the duty and the purity as long as I live —

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-31.md_

### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** دَآئِمُونَ — dāimūna · "(are) constant"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَلٰى صَلَاتِهِمْ دَٓائِمُونَۖ

Allatheena hum AAala salatihimda-imoon

Those who are constant in their duty,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-23.md_

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