# Kaf-Ha-Mim — قحم (qHm)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to rush, enter, undertake, attempt (the uphill path), make haste, try, plunge, invade, jump, impel, embark boldly.
- **Derived forms:** مُّقْتَحِم (1) · ٱقْتَحَمَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** مُّقْتَحِمٌۭ — muq'taḥimun · "bursting"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of ifti'al · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

هٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْۚ لَا مَرْحَباً بِهِمْۜ  اِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا النَّارِ

Hatha fawjun muqtahimunmaAAakum la marhaban bihim innahum saloo annar

“This is a crowd rushing headlong with you!” — No welcome for them — they will burn in the Fire.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-59.md_

### 90. Surah Al-Balad, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** ٱقْتَحَمَ — iq'taḥama · "he has attempted"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَۘ

Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba

But he has not attempted the steep path.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-balad/verse-11.md_

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