# Lam-Mim-Ha — لمح (lmH)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To shine, glister, give a glance with the eye, twinkling (of an eye)
- **Derived forms:** لَمْح (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** كَلَمْحِ — kalamḥi · "as a twinkling"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلِلّٰهِ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ وَمَٓا اَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ اِلَّا كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ اَوْ هُوَ اَقْرَبُۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Walillahi ghaybu assamawatiwal-ardi wama amru assaAAatiilla kalamhi albasari aw huwa aqrabu innaAllaha AAala kulli shay-in qadeer

And to God belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth. And the matter of the Hour is only as the twinkling of the eye, or even nearer; God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-77.md_

### 54. Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** كَلَمْحٍۭ — kalamḥin · "like the twinkling"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَٓا اَمْرُنَٓا اِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ  كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ

Wama amruna illa wahidatunkalamhin bilbasar

And Our command is but one — as the twinkling of an eye[...].

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qamar/verse-50.md_

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