# Gayn-Mim-Mim — غمم (gmm)

> Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Covered, veiled, concealed, confusedness, obscureness, calamity, misfortune, afflict, sorrow/sadness, vague, difficult. ghamaam - cloud, thin cloud, whitish cloud.
- **Derived forms:** غَمّ (6) · غُمَّة (1) · غَمَٰم (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَمَامَ — l-ghamāma · "(with) [the] clouds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ وَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰىۜ   كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Wathallalna AAalaykumualghamama waanzalna AAalaykumu almanna wassalwakuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum wamathalamoona walakin kanooanfusahum yathlimoon

And We caused the cloud to overshadow you; and We sent down upon you manna and quails: “Eat of the good things that We have provided you.” And they wronged Us not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-57.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 210

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَمَامِ — l-ghamāmi · "[the] clouds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي ظُلَلٍ مِنَ الْغَمَامِ وَالْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَقُضِيَ الْاَمْرُۜ وَاِلَى اللّٰهِ تُرْجَعُ الْاُمُورُ۟

Hal yanthuroona illaan ya/tiyahumu Allahu fee thulalin minaalghamami walmala-ikatu waqudiyaal-amru wa-ila Allahi turjaAAu al-omoor

Look they save for God to come to them in shadows of the clouds, and the angels? But the matter is concluded, and to God are matters returned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-210.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 153

- **Form in this verse:** غَمًّۢا — ghamman · "(with) distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَلَا تَلْوُ۫نَ عَلٰٓى اَحَدٍ وَالرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ ف۪ٓي اُخْرٰيكُمْ فَاَثَابَكُمْ غَماًّ بِغَمٍّ  لِكَيْلَا  تَحْزَنُوا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا مَٓا اَصَابَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Ith tusAAidoona walatalwoona AAala ahadin warrasooluyadAAookum fee okhrakum faathabakum ghammanbighammin likay la tahzanoo AAala mafatakum wala ma asabakum wallahukhabeerun bima taAAmaloon

When you were ascending, and paying no heed to anyone, and the Messenger calling you from your rear, so He requited you with grief upon grief, that you might not grieve for what eluded you or what befell you; and God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-153.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 153

- **Form in this verse:** بِغَمٍّۢ — bighammin · "on distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

اِذْ تُصْعِدُونَ وَلَا تَلْوُ۫نَ عَلٰٓى اَحَدٍ وَالرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ ف۪ٓي اُخْرٰيكُمْ فَاَثَابَكُمْ غَماًّ بِغَمٍّ  لِكَيْلَا  تَحْزَنُوا عَلٰى مَا فَاتَكُمْ وَلَا مَٓا اَصَابَكُمْۜ  وَاللّٰهُ خَب۪يرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Ith tusAAidoona walatalwoona AAala ahadin warrasooluyadAAookum fee okhrakum faathabakum ghammanbighammin likay la tahzanoo AAala mafatakum wala ma asabakum wallahukhabeerun bima taAAmaloon

When you were ascending, and paying no heed to anyone, and the Messenger calling you from your rear, so He requited you with grief upon grief, that you might not grieve for what eluded you or what befell you; and God is aware of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-153.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَمِّ — l-ghami · "the distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

ثُمَّ اَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمِّ اَمَنَةً نُعَاساً يَغْشٰى طَٓائِفَةً مِنْكُمْۙ وَطَٓائِفَةٌ قَدْ اَهَمَّتْهُمْ اَنْفُسُهُمْ يَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ ظَنَّ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِۜ يَقُولُونَ هَلْ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ مِنْ شَيْءٍۜ قُلْ اِنَّ الْاَمْرَ كُلَّهُ لِلّٰهِۜ يُخْفُونَ ف۪ٓي اَنْفُسِهِمْ مَا لَا يُبْدُونَ لَكَۜ يَقُولُونَ لَوْ كَانَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَمْرِ شَيْءٌ مَا قُتِلْنَا هٰهُنَاۜ قُلْ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ ف۪ي بُيُوتِكُمْ لَبَرَزَ الَّذ۪ينَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَتْلُ اِلٰى مَضَاجِعِهِمْۚ وَلِيَبْتَلِيَ اللّٰهُ مَا ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ وَلِيُمَحِّصَ مَا ف۪ي قُلُوبِكُمْۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Thumma anzala AAalaykum min baAAdi alghammiamanatan nuAAasan yaghsha ta-ifatan minkumwata-ifatun qad ahammat-hum anfusuhum yathunnoonabillahi ghayra alhaqqi thannaaljahiliyyati yaqooloona hal lana mina al-amri minshay-in qul inna al-amra kullahu lillahi yukhfoona feeanfusihim ma la yubdoona laka yaqooloona law kanalana mina al-amri shay-on ma qutilna hahunaqul law kuntum fee buyootikum labaraza allatheena kutibaAAalayhimu alqatlu ila madajiAAihim waliyabtaliyaAllahu ma fee sudoorikum waliyumahhisama fee quloobikum wallahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

Then He sent down upon you, after distress, security, slumber overcoming a number of you; and a number had grieved themselves thinking about God other than the truth — the thought of ignorance — saying: “Have we any part in the affair?” Say thou: “The affair belongs entirely to God.” They hide within themselves what they reveal not to thee, saying: “Had we any part in the affair, we would not have been slain here.” Say thou: “Had you been in your houses, those for whom killing was decreed would have gone forth to their resting places”; and: “That God might try what is in your breasts”; and: “That He might refine what is in your hearts.” And God knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-154.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 160

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَمَـٰمَ — l-ghamāma · "(with) the clouds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ اَسْبَاطاً اُمَماًۜ وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اِذِ اسْتَسْقٰيهُ قَوْمُهُٓ اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۚ فَانْبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمَامَ وَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰىۜ  كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

WaqattaAAnahumu ithnatayAAashrata asbatan omaman waawhayna ilamoosa ithi istasqahu qawmuhu ani idribbiAAasaka alhajara fanbajasat minhu ithnataAAashrata AAaynan qad AAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum wathallalnaAAalayhimu alghamama waanzalna AAalayhimu almannawassalwa kuloo min tayyibati marazaqnakum wama thalamoona walakinkanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

And We divided them into twelve tribes as communities. And We instructed Moses when his people sought water of him: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock”; and there gushed therefrom twelve springs — each people knew its drinking-place. And We caused the cloud to overshadow them, and sent down upon them manna and quails: “Eat of the good things that We provided you.” And they wronged Us not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-160.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** غُمَّةًۭ — ghummatan · "any doubt"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَاَ نُوحٍۢ اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِه۪ يَا قَوْمِ اِنْ كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَقَام۪ي وَتَذْك۪ير۪ي بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ فَعَلَى اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ فَاَجْمِعُٓوا اَمْرَكُمْ وَشُرَكَٓاءَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُنْ اَمْرُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ غُمَّةً ثُمَّ اقْضُٓوا اِلَيَّ وَلَا تُنْظِرُونِ

Watlu AAalayhim nabaa noohinith qala liqawmihi ya qawmi in kanakabura AAalaykum maqamee watathkeeree bi-ayatiAllahi faAAala Allahi tawakkaltu faajmiAAooamrakum washurakaakum thumma la yakun amrukumAAalaykum ghummatan thumma iqdoo ilayya wala tunthiroon

And recite thou to them the report of Noah, when he said to his people: “O my people: if my presence and my reminding you of the proofs of God be grievous to you, then in God have I placed my trust; so resolve upon your plan and your partners; then let not your plan be unclear to you; then move decisively against me, and grant me no respite.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-71.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَمِّ — l-ghami · "the distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِذْ تَمْش۪ٓي اُخْتُكَ فَتَقُولُ هَلْ اَدُلُّكُمْ عَلٰى مَنْ يَكْفُلُهُۜ فَرَجَعْنَاكَ اِلٰٓى اُمِّكَ كَيْ تَقَرَّ عَيْنُهَا وَلَا تَحْزَنَۜ وَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً فَنَجَّيْنَاكَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَفَتَنَّاكَ فُتُوناً۠ فَلَبِثْتَ سِن۪ينَ ف۪ٓي اَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ ثُمَّ جِئْتَ عَلٰى قَدَرٍ يَا مُوسٰى

Ith tamshee okhtuka fataqoolu haladullukum AAala man yakfuluhu farajaAAnaka ilaommika kay taqarra AAaynuha wala tahzanawaqatalta nafsan fanajjaynaka mina alghammi wafatannakafutoonan falabithta sineena fee ahli madyana thumma ji/ta AAalaqadarin ya moosa

“When thy sister went and said: ‘Shall I direct you to one who will take care of him?’ So We returned thee to thy mother, that her eye might be comforted and grieve not. And thou didst kill a soul; and We delivered thee from distress, and subjected thee to means of denial by a trial. And thou didst tarry years among the people of Madyan; then camest thou as ordained, O Moses.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-40.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ — l-ghami · "the distress"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۙ وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نُنْجِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Fastajabna lahu wanajjaynahumina alghammi wakathalika nunjee almu/mineen

So We responded to him, and delivered him from distress. And thus do We deliver the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-88.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** غَمٍّ — ghammin · "anguish"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

كُلَّمَٓا اَرَادُٓوا اَنْ يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ اُع۪يدُوا ف۪يهَا وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَر۪يقِ۟

Kullama aradoo an yakhrujoominha min ghammin oAAeedoo feeha wathooqooAAathaba alhareeq

Whenever they desire to come out therefrom — from anguish — they will be returned thereto: “And taste the punishment of the consuming fire!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-22.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْغَمَـٰمِ — bil-ghamāmi · "with the clouds"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَٓاءُ بِالْغَمَامِ وَنُزِّلَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ تَنْز۪يلاً

Wayawma tashaqqaqu assamao bilghamamiwanuzzila almala-ikatu tanzeela

And the day the sky is rent asunder with the clouds, and the angels are sent down in successive descent,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-25.md_

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