# he-Dal-Mim — هدم (hdm)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To overturn, break, demolish, put down, fall down into pieces.
- **Derived forms:** هُدِّمَتْ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** لَّهُدِّمَتْ — lahuddimat · "surely (would) have been demolished"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ اُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَقُولُوا رَبُّنَا اللّٰهُۜ وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ اللّٰهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِــعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَصَلَوَاتٌ وَمَسَاجِدُ يُذْكَرُ ف۪يهَا اسْمُ اللّٰهِ كَث۪يراًۜ وَلَيَنْصُرَنَّ اللّٰهُ مَنْ يَنْصُرُهُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَقَوِيٌّ عَز۪يزٌ

Allatheena okhrijoo min diyarihimbighayri haqqin illa an yaqooloo rabbuna Allahuwalawla dafAAu Allahi annasa baAAdahumbibaAAdin lahuddimat sawamiAAu wabiyaAAun wasalawatunwamasajidu yuthkaru feeha ismu Allahikatheeran walayansuranna Allahu man yansuruhuinna Allaha laqawiyyun AAazeez

Those who have been turned out of their homes without cause save that they said: “Our Lord is God.” And were God not to repel some people by means of others, pious communities would be destroyed, and trade, and duties, and places of worship wherein the name of God is remembered much[...]. But God will help him who helps Him: — God is strong and exalted in might —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-40.md_

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