# Mim-Elif-Ye — ماي (mAy)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Hundred.
- **Derived forms:** مِائَة (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** مِا۟ئَةَ — mi-ata · "(for) a hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** مِا۟ئَةَ — mi-ata · "one hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 261

- **Form in this verse:** مِّا۟ئَةُ — mi-atu · "hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ يُنْفِقُونَ اَمْوَالَهُمْ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ اَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ ف۪ي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍۜ وَاللّٰهُ يُضَاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ وَاللّٰهُ وَاسِعٌ عَل۪يمٌ

Mathalu allatheena yunfiqoona amwalahumfee sabeeli Allahi kamathali habbatin anbatatsabAAa sanabila fee kulli sunbulatin mi-atu habbatinwallahu yudaAAifu liman yashao wallahuwasiAAun AAaleem

The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the cause of God is as the likeness of a grain which grows seven ears, in each ear a hundred grains. And God increases manifold to whom He wills; and God is encompassing and knowing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-261.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚ — mi-atayni · "two hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, dual · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِۜ اِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِۚ وَاِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ يَغْلِبُٓوا اَلْفاً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Ya ayyuha annabiyyu harridialmu/mineena AAala alqitali in yakun minkumAAishroona sabiroona yaghliboo mi-atayni wa-in yakunminkum mi-atun yaghliboo alfan mina allatheena kafaroobi-annahum qawmun la yafqahoon

O Prophet: rouse thou the believers to fight: if there be of you twenty patient, they will defeat two hundred; and if there be of you a hundred, they will defeat a thousand of those who ignore warning, because they are people who understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-65.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** مِّا۟ئَةٌۭ — mi-atun · "a hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ عَلَى الْقِتَالِۜ اِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ عِشْرُونَ صَابِرُونَ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِۚ وَاِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ يَغْلِبُٓوا اَلْفاً مِنَ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ

Ya ayyuha annabiyyu harridialmu/mineena AAala alqitali in yakun minkumAAishroona sabiroona yaghliboo mi-atayni wa-in yakunminkum mi-atun yaghliboo alfan mina allatheena kafaroobi-annahum qawmun la yafqahoon

O Prophet: rouse thou the believers to fight: if there be of you twenty patient, they will defeat two hundred; and if there be of you a hundred, they will defeat a thousand of those who ignore warning, because they are people who understand not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-65.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** مِّا۟ئَةٌۭ — mi-atun · "a hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

اَلْـٰٔنَ خَفَّفَ اللّٰهُ عَنْكُمْ وَعَلِمَ اَنَّ ف۪يكُمْ ضَعْفاًۜ فَاِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِۚ وَاِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ اَلْفٌ يَغْلِبُٓوا اَلْفَيْنِ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Al-ana khaffafa Allahu AAankumwaAAalima anna feekum daAAfan fa-in yakun minkum mi-atun sabiratunyaghliboo mi-atayni wa-in yakun minkum alfun yaghliboo alfaynibi-ithni Allahi wallahu maAAa assabireen

Now has God lightened for you — and He knows there is weakness in you — so if there be of you a hundred patient, they will defeat two hundred; and if there be of you a thousand, they will defeat two thousand, by the leave of God; and God is with the patient.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-66.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 66

- **Form in this verse:** مِا۟ئَتَيْنِ ۚ — mi-atayni · "two hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, dual · accusative case

اَلْـٰٔنَ خَفَّفَ اللّٰهُ عَنْكُمْ وَعَلِمَ اَنَّ ف۪يكُمْ ضَعْفاًۜ فَاِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ مِائَةٌ صَابِرَةٌ يَغْلِبُوا مِائَتَيْنِۚ وَاِنْ يَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ اَلْفٌ يَغْلِبُٓوا اَلْفَيْنِ بِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِۜ وَاللّٰهُ مَعَ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Al-ana khaffafa Allahu AAankumwaAAalima anna feekum daAAfan fa-in yakun minkum mi-atun sabiratunyaghliboo mi-atayni wa-in yakun minkum alfun yaghliboo alfaynibi-ithni Allahi wallahu maAAa assabireen

Now has God lightened for you — and He knows there is weakness in you — so if there be of you a hundred patient, they will defeat two hundred; and if there be of you a thousand, they will defeat two thousand, by the leave of God; and God is with the patient.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-66.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** مِا۟ئَةٍۢ — mi-atin · "hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَبِثُوا ف۪ي كَـهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِن۪ينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً

Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalathami-atin sineena wazdadoo tisAAa

“And they tarried in their cave three hundred years!” And they increased by nine.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-25.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** مِا۟ئَةَ — mi-ata · "(with) hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

اَلزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّان۪ي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُمْ بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ ف۪ي د۪ينِ اللّٰهِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۚ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَٓائِفَةٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Azzaniyatu wazzaneefajlidoo kulla wahidin minhuma mi-atajaldatin wala ta/khuthkum bihima ra/fatunfee deeni Allahi in kuntum tu/minoona billahiwalyawmi al-akhiri walyashhad AAathabahumata-ifatun mina almu/mineen

The unchaste woman and the unchaste man: lash each one of the two with a hundred lashes, and let not pity for them take you concerning the doctrine of God if you believe in God and the Last Day. And let witness their punishment a number of the believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-2.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 147

- **Form in this verse:** مِا۟ئَةِ — mi-ati · "a hundred"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَاَرْسَلْنَاهُ اِلٰى مِائَةِ اَلْفٍ اَوْ يَز۪يدُونَۚ

Waarsalnahu ila mi-ati alfinaw yazeedoon

And We sent him to a hundred thousand or more;

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-147.md_

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