# Kef-Zay-Mim — كظم (kZm)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To shut, stop, abstract, suppress one's anger, choke, tight or fill something with a check, abstain from chewing the end.
- **Derived forms:** كَظِيم (3) · كَٰظِمِين (2) · مَكْظُوم (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 134

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْكَـٰظِمِينَ — wal-kāẓimīna · "and those who restrain"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ وَالْكَاظِم۪ينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَاف۪ينَ عَنِ النَّاسِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَۚ

Allatheena yunfiqoona fee assarra-iwaddarra-i walkathimeenaalghaytha walAAafeena AAani annasiwallahu yuhibbu almuhsineen

Those who spend in prosperity and in adversity, and who control their wrath, and forgive men; and God loves the doers of good;

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-134.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 84

- **Form in this verse:** كَظِيمٌۭ — kaẓīmun · "a suppressor"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَتَوَلّٰى عَنْهُمْ وَقَالَ يَٓا اَسَفٰى عَلٰى يُوسُفَ وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌ

Watawalla AAanhum waqala yaasafa AAala yoosufa wabyaddat AAaynahumina alhuzni fahuwa katheem

And he turned away from them and said: “O my grief for Joseph!” And his eyes became white from the sorrow he was suppressing.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-84.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** كَظِيمٌۭ — kaẓīmun · "suppresses grief"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِالْاُنْثٰى ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌۚ

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bilonthathalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

And when one of them receives tidings of a female, his face darkens and he suppresses grief.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-58.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** كَـٰظِمِينَ ۚ — kāẓimīna · "choked"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَاَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْاٰزِفَةِ اِذِ الْقُلُوبُ لَدَى الْحَنَاجِرِ كَاظِم۪ينَۜ مَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ مِنْ حَم۪يمٍ وَلَا شَف۪يعٍ يُطَاعُۜ

Waanthirhum yawma al-azifati ithialquloobu lada alhanajiri kathimeenama liththalimeena min hameeminwala shafeeAAin yutaAA

And warn thou them of the Day of the Drawing Near, when the hearts will choke in the throats: — No loyal friend for the wrongdoers! No intercessor who is obeyed!

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-18.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** كَظِيمٌ — kaẓīmun · "(is) filled with grief"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلاً ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظ۪يمٌ

Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bimadaraba lirrahmani mathalan thallawajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheem

(But when one of them is given glad tidings of that which he strikes for the Almighty as a similitude, his face turns black and he suppresses grief:

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-17.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** مَكْظُومٌۭ — makẓūmun · "(was) distressed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِۢ اِذْ نَادٰى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۜ

Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom

And be thou patient for the judgment of thy Lord; and be thou not like the companion of the fish when he called and was angry.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-48.md_

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