# Mim-Ha-Vav — محو (mHw)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To efface or erase a thing, to obliterate/cancel/remove/do away with a thing, to dispell a thing.
- **Derived forms:** مَحَوْ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** يَمْحُوا۟ — yamḥū · "(Is) eliminated"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

يَمْحُوا اللّٰهُ مَا يَشَٓاءُ وَيُثْبِتُۚ وَعِنْدَهُٓ اُمُّ الْكِتَابِ

Yamhoo Allahu ma yashaowayuthbitu waAAindahu ommu alkitab

God eliminates what He wills, and He confirms; and with Him is the foundation of the Writ.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-39.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 12

- **Form in this verse:** فَمَحَوْنَآ — famaḥawnā · "Then We erased"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ اٰيَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَٓا اٰيَةَ الَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْـنَٓا اٰيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِتَبْتَغُوا فَضْلاً مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّن۪ينَ وَالْحِسَابَۜ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَصَّلْنَاهُ تَفْص۪يلاً

WajaAAalna allayla wannaharaayatayni famahawna ayata allayliwajaAAalna ayata annahari mubsiratanlitabtaghoo fadlan min rabbikum walitaAAlamoo AAadada assineenawalhisaba wakulla shay-in fassalnahutafseela

And We appointed the night and the day as two proofs; and We erase the proof of the night and make the proof of day sight-giving, that you might seek favour of your Lord, and that you might know the number of years and the reckoning; and everything have We set out and detailed with full explanation.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-12.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَيَمْحُ — wayamḥu · "And Allah eliminates"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۚ فَاِنْ يَشَأِ اللّٰهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلٰى قَلْبِكَۜ وَيَمْحُ اللّٰهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Am yaqooloona iftara AAala Allahikathiban fa-in yasha-i Allahu yakhtim AAalaqalbika wayamhu Allahu albatila wayuhiqqualhaqqa bikalimatihi innahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

If they say: “He has invented a lie about God,” — but if God wills, He will seal thy heart; and God eliminates vanity and establishes truth by His words; He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-24.md_

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