# Nun-Vav-Mim — نوم (nwm)

> Occurs in 9 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to sleep, slumber, become calm, abate, dull, be numbed, dose
- **Derived forms:** مَنَام (4) · نَائِمُون (2) · نَوْم (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 255

- **Form in this verse:** نَوْمٌۭ ۚ — nawmun · "sleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اَللّٰهُ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّا هُوَۚ اَلْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌۜ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ مَنْ ذَا الَّذ۪ي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُٓ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِه۪ۜ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْۚ وَلَا يُح۪يطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّا بِمَا شَٓاءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَۚ وَلَا يَؤُ۫دُهُ حِفْظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظ۪يمُ

Allahu la ilaha illahuwa alhayyu alqayyoomu la ta/khuthuhusinatun wala nawmun lahu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi man tha allatheeyashfaAAu AAindahu illa bi-ithnihi yaAAlamu mabayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yuheetoonabishay-in min AAilmihi illa bima shaawasiAAa kursiyyuhu assamawati wal-ardawala yaooduhu hifthuhumawahuwa alAAaliyyu alAAatheem

God, there is no god save He, the Living, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him; to Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth — who will intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what is before them and what is after them, and they encompass not anything of His knowledge save what He wills. His Throne overspreads the heavens and the earth, and the preservation thereof wearies Him not; and He is the Exalted, the Great.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-255.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** نَآئِمُونَ — nāimūna · "(were) asleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَفَاَمِنَ اَهْلُ الْقُرٰٓى اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتاً وَهُمْ نَٓائِمُونَۜ

Afaamina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahumba/suna bayatan wahum na-imoon

Did then the people of the cities feel secure from Our might coming upon them by night while they slept?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-97.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** مَنَامِكَ — manāmika · "your dream"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِذْ يُر۪يكَهُمُ اللّٰهُ ف۪ي مَنَامِكَ قَل۪يلاًۜ وَلَوْ اَرٰيكَهُمْ كَث۪يراً لَفَشِلْتُمْ وَلَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْاَمْرِ وَلٰكِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَلَّمَۜ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Ith yureekahumu Allahu fee manamikaqaleelan walaw arakahum katheeran lafashiltum walatanazaAAtumfee al-amri walakinna Allaha sallama innahuAAaleemun bithati assudoor

When God showed them in thy dream as few; and had He shown them as many you would have lost heart and disputed together over the matter; but God delivered. He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-43.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلنَّوْمَ — wal-nawma · "and the sleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ لِبَاساً وَالنَّوْمَ سُبَاتاً وَجَعَلَ النَّهَارَ نُشُوراً

Wahuwa allathee jaAAala lakumuallayla libasan wannawma subatan wajaAAalaannahara nushoora

And He it is that appointed for you the night as a covering, and sleep as a rest, and appointed the day as a resurrection.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-47.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** مَنَامُكُم — manāmukum · "(is) your sleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَمِنْ اٰيَاتِه۪ مَنَامُكُمْ بِالَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَابْتِغَٓاؤُ۬كُمْ مِنْ فَضْلِه۪ۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

Wamin ayatihi manamukumbillayli wannahari wabtighaokummin fadlihi inna fee thalika laayatinliqawmin yasmaAAoon

And among His proofs is your sleep by night and day, and your seeking of His bounty; in that are proofs for people who hear.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-23.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمَنَامِ — l-manāmi · "the dream"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰى فِي الْمَنَامِ اَنّ۪ٓي اَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرٰىۜ قَالَ يَٓا اَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُۘ سَتَجِدُن۪ٓي اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ مِنَ الصَّابِر۪ينَ

Falamma balagha maAAahu assaAAyaqala ya bunayya innee ara fee almanamiannee athbahuka fanthur mathatara qala ya abati ifAAal ma tu/marusatajidunee in shaa Allahu mina assabireen

And when he reached the age of working with him, he said: “O my son: I saw in a dream, that I was sacrificing thee. So look thou — what seest thou?” He said: “O my father: do thou what thou art commanded; thou wilt find me, if God wills, of the patient.”

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-102.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** مَنَامِهَا ۖ — manāmihā · "their sleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَللّٰهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْاَنْفُسَ ح۪ينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّت۪ي لَمْ تَمُتْ ف۪ي مَنَامِهَاۚ فَيُمْسِكُ الَّت۪ي قَضٰى عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْاُخْرٰٓى اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُسَمًّىۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَاتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

Allahu yatawaffa al-anfusa heenamawtiha wallatee lam tamut fee manamihafayumsiku allatee qada AAalayha almawta wayursilual-okhra ila ajalin musamman inna fee thalikalaayatin liqawmin yatafakkaroon

God takes the souls at the time of their death, and that which has not died, in its sleep. Then He keeps that for which He has ordained death, and sends down the other to a stated term. In that are proofs for people who reflect.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-42.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** نَآئِمُونَ — nāimūna · "were asleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَٓائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَٓائِمُونَ

Fatafa AAalayha ta-ifunmin rabbika wahum na-imoon

Then an itinerant from thy Lord went about it while they slept,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-19.md_

### 78. Surah An-Naba, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** نَوْمَكُمْ — nawmakum · "your sleep"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتاًۙ

WajaAAalna nawmakum subata

And We made your sleep rest,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naba/verse-9.md_

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