# Cim-Se-Mim — جثم (jvm)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To cleave to the ground, to fall upon one's breast, lay prostrate upon the ground, to be motionless, to be dead or extinct.
- **Derived forms:** جَٰثِمِين (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** جَـٰثِمِينَ — jāthimīna · "fallen prone"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَ

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

So the earthquake seized them; and morning found them lying prone in their home,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-78.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** جَـٰثِمِينَ — jāthimīna · "fallen prone"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۚۛ

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

So the earthquake seized them; and morning found them lying prone in their home,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-91.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** جَـٰثِمِينَ — jāthimīna · "fallen prone"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاَخَذَ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۙ

Waakhatha allatheena thalamooassayhatu faasbahoo fee diyarihimjathimeen

And the Blast seized those who did wrong; and morning found them lying prone in their homes

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-67.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** جَـٰثِمِينَ — jāthimīna · "fallen prone"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْباً وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِنَّا وَاَخَذَتِ الَّذ۪ينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۙ

Walamma jaa amrunanajjayna shuAAayban wallatheena amanoomaAAahu birahmatin minna waakhathati allatheenathalamoo assayhatu faasbahoofee diyarihim jathimeen

And when Our command came, We saved Shuʿayb and those who heeded warning with him, by mercy from Us. And the Blast seized those who were doing wrong; and morning found them lying prone in their homes

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-94.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** جَـٰثِمِينَ — jāthimīna · "fallen prone"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۘ

Fakaththaboohu faakhathat-humuarrajfatu faasbahoo fee darihim jathimeen

Then they denied him, and the earthquake seized them, and morning found them lying prone in their home.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-37.md_

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