# Lam-Mim-Sin — لمس (lms)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To touch, feel with the hand, to stretch towards, seek, inquire after, have intercourse.
- **Derived forms:** لَمَسُ (4) · ٱلْتَمِسُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** لَـٰمَسْتُمُ — lāmastumu · "you have touched"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْتُمْ سُكَارٰى حَتّٰى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُباً اِلَّا عَابِر۪ي سَب۪يلٍ حَتّٰى تَغْتَسِلُواۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَٓائِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَٓاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُواًّ غَفُوراً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqraboo assalata waantum sukarahatta taAAlamoo ma taqooloona walajunuban illa AAabiree sabeelin hattataghtasiloo wa-in kuntum marda aw AAala safarin awjaa ahadun minkum mina algha-iti aw lamastumuannisaa falam tajidoo maan fatayammamoo saAAeedantayyiban famsahoo biwujoohikum waaydeekuminna Allaha kana AAafuwwan ghafoora

O you who heed warning: approach not the duty when you are intoxicated until you understand what you say; nor when you are unclean (save passing by upon the path), until you wash. And if you were ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes from the privy, or you have lain with women, then find not water: resort to clean soil, and wipe your faces and your hands; God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-43.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** لَـٰمَسْتُمُ — lāmastumu · "has (had) contact"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا قُمْتُمْ اِلَى الصَّلٰوةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ اِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُ۫سِكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ اِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ جُنُباً فَاطَّهَّرُواۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَٓائِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَٓاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْ مِنْهُۜ مَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلٰكِنْ يُر۪يدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha qumtum ila assalati faghsiloowujoohakum waaydiyakum ila almarafiqi wamsahoobiruoosikum waarjulakum ila alkaAAbayni wa-in kuntumjunuban fattahharoo wa-in kuntum marda awAAala safarin aw jaa ahadun minkum mina algha-itiaw lamastumu annisaa falam tajidoo maanfatayammamoo saAAeedan tayyiban famsahoobiwujoohikum waaydeekum minhu ma yureedu AllahuliyajAAala AAalaykum min harajin walakin yureeduliyutahhirakum waliyutimma niAAmatahu AAalaykumlaAAallakum tashkuroon

O you who heed warning: when you rise up for the duty: wash your faces, and your hands to the elbows, and wipe your heads, and your feet to the ankles. And if you are unclean, purify yourselves. And if you were ill, or on a journey, or one of you came from the privy, or you have lain with women, then find not water: resort to clean soil, and wipe your faces and your hands with it. God wishes not to place any distress upon you; but He wishes to purify you and to complete His favour upon you, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-6.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** فَلَمَسُوهُ — falamasūhu · "and they touched it"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَاباً ف۪ي قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِاَيْد۪يهِمْ لَقَالَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُٓوا اِنْ هٰذَٓا اِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Walaw nazzalna AAalayka kitabanfee qirtasin falamasoohu bi-aydeehim laqala allatheenakafaroo in hatha illa sihrun mubeen

And had We sent down upon thee a Writ upon parchment, then they had touched it with their hands, those who ignore warning would have said: “This is only obvious sorcery.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-7.md_

### 57. Surah Al-Hadid, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** فَٱلْتَمِسُوا۟ — fal-tamisū · "and seek"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَوْمَ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتُ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا انْظُرُونَا نَقْتَبِسْ مِنْ نُورِكُمْ ق۪يلَ ارْجِعُوا وَرَٓاءَكُمْ فَالْتَمِسُوا نُوراًۜ فَضُرِبَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِسُورٍ لَهُ بَابٌۜ بَاطِنُهُ ف۪يهِ الرَّحْمَةُ وَظَاهِرُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ الْعَذَابُۜ

Yawma yaqoolu almunafiqoona walmunafiqatulillatheena amanoo onthuroonanaqtabis min noorikum qeela irjiAAoo waraakum faltamisoonooran faduriba baynahum bisoorin lahu babun batinuhufeehi arrahmatu wathahiruhumin qibalihi alAAathab

The day the wavering men and the wavering women will say to those who heeded warning: “Wait for us, that we may acquire some of your light,” it will be said: “Go back behind you, and seek light.” And a wall will be set up between them having a door, the inward of which is Mercy, and the outward, to the fore thereof, is Punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hadid/verse-13.md_

### 72. Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** لَمَسْنَا — lamasnā · "sought to touch"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَاَنَّا لَمَسْنَا السَّمَٓاءَ فَوَجَدْنَاهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَساً شَد۪يداً وَشُهُباًۙ

Waanna lamasna assamaafawajadnaha muli-at harasan shadeedanwashuhuba

“And that: ‘We touched the heaven, but found it filled with strong guards and flames.’

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jinn/verse-8.md_

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