# Gayn-Lam-Mim — غلم (glm)

> Occurs in 13 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** excited with lust, stirred up, tumultuous, period from birth to the seventeenth year, youth, young man, boy.
- **Derived forms:** غُلَٰم (13)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** غُلَـٰمٌۭ — ghulāmun · "a son"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِيَ الْكِبَرُ وَامْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِرٌۜ قَالَ كَذٰلِكَ اللّٰهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun waqad balaghaniya alkibaru wamraatee AAaqirunqala kathalika Allahu yafAAalu mayasha/

Said he: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when old age has reached me and my wife is barren?” He said: “Thus is God; He does what He wills.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-40.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** غُلَـٰمٌۭ ۚ — ghulāmun · "(is) a boy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَجَٓاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَاَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَاَدْلٰى دَلْوَهُۜ قَالَ يَا بُشْرٰى هٰذَا غُلَامٌۜ وَاَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wajaat sayyaratun faarsaloo waridahumfaadla dalwahu qala ya bushra hathaghulamun waasarroohu bidaAAatan wallahuAAaleemun bima yaAAmaloon

And there came a caravan; and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his pail. He said: “O glad tidings: here is a lad!” And they hid him as merchandise; and God knows what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-19.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** بِغُلَـٰمٍ — bighulāmin · "of a boy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

قَالُوا لَا تَوْجَلْ اِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَامٍ عَل۪يمٍ

Qaloo la tawjal innanubashshiruka bighulamin AAaleem

They said: “Fear thou not, we bring thee glad tidings of a learned lad.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-53.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** غُلَـٰمًۭا — ghulāman · "a boy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَاماً فَقَتَلَهُۙ قَالَ اَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍۜ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً نُكْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha laqiya ghulaman faqatalahu qalaaqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji/ta shay-annukra

So they went forth. When they had met a lad, he killed him. He said: “Hast thou killed a pure soul for other than a soul? Thou hast done a terrible thing.”

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

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ — l-ghulāmu · "the boy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَاَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ اَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَش۪ينَٓا اَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۚ

Waamma alghulamu fakanaabawahu mu/minayni fakhasheena an yurhiqahumatughyanan wakufra

“And as for the lad: his parents were believers, and we feared he would burden them with inordinacy and denial.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-80.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ — lighulāmayni · "for two orphan boys"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · genitive case

وَاَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَت۪يمَيْنِ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوهُمَا صَالِحاًۚ فَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ يَبْلُغَٓا اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَاۗ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ اَمْر۪يۜ ذٰلِكَ تَأْو۪يلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِـعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْراًۜ۟

Waamma aljidaru fakanalighulamayni yateemayni fee almadeenati wakana tahtahukanzun lahuma wakana aboohuma salihanfaarada rabbuka an yablugha ashuddahumawayastakhrija kanzahuma rahmatan min rabbikawama faAAaltuhu AAan amree thalika ta/weelu malam tastiAA AAalayhi sabra

“And as for the wall: it belonged to two fatherless lads in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them. And their father had been righteous, and thy Lord desired that they should reach maturity, and to bring forth their treasure as a mercy from thy Lord; and I did it not by my command. That is the interpretation of what thou couldst not be patient in.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-82.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** بِغُلَـٰمٍ — bighulāmin · "of a boy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يَا زَكَرِيَّٓا اِنَّـا نُـبَشِّرُكَ بِغُـلَامٍۨ اسْـمُهُ يَحْيٰىۙ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ سَمِياًّ

Ya zakariyya innanubashshiruka bighulamin ismuhu yahya lamnajAAal lahu min qablu samiyya

“O Zachariah: We bring thee glad tidings of a lad whose name is John. We have not made a namesake for him before.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-7.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** غُلَـٰمٌۭ — ghulāmun · "a boy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَ رَبِّ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَاَت۪ي عَاقِراً وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِياًّ

Qala rabbi anna yakoonu leeghulamun wakanati imraatee AAaqiran waqadbalaghtu mina alkibari AAitiyya

He said: “My Lord: how will I have a lad when my wife is barren and I have reached extreme old age?”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-8.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** غُلَـٰمًۭا — ghulāman · "a son"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ رَسُولُ رَبِّكِۗ لِاَهَبَ لَكِ غُلَاماً زَكِياًّ

Qala innama ana rasoolurabbiki li-ahaba laki ghulaman zakiyya

He said: “I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I might give thee a pure lad.”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-19.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** غُلَـٰمٌۭ — ghulāmun · "a son"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

قَالَتْ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ ل۪ي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْن۪ي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ اَكُ بَغِياًّ

Qalat anna yakoonu lee ghulamunwalam yamsasnee basharun walam aku baghiyya

She said: “How can I have a lad, when no mortal has touched me, neither have I been unchaste?”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-20.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** بِغُلَـٰمٍ — bighulāmin · "of a boy"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَبَشَّرْنَاهُ بِغُلَامٍ حَل۪يمٍ

Fabashsharnahu bighulamin haleem

So We gave him glad tidings of a clement lad;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-101.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** بِغُلَـٰمٍ — bighulāmin · "of a son"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

فَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خ۪يفَةًۜ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْۜ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَل۪يمٍ

Faawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloo latakhaf wabashsharoohu bighulamin AAaleem

And he sensed fear from them. They said: “Fear thou not!” And they gave him glad tidings of a learned lad.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-28.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** غِلْمَانٌۭ — ghil'mānun · "boys"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case · indefinite

وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَهُمْ كَاَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ۬ مَكْنُونٌ

Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanunlahum kaannahum lu/luon maknoon

And there will circulate among them youths of their own, like hidden pearls.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-24.md_

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