# Ra-Kef-Mim — ركم (rkm)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To gather (e.g. in a heap), heap up, accumulate. Rukam - heap, piled up, heaped clouds.
- **Derived forms:** رُكَام (1) · مَّرْكُوم (1) · يَرْكُمَ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** فَيَرْكُمَهُۥ — fayarkumahu · "and heap them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

لِيَم۪يزَ اللّٰهُ الْخَب۪يثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ وَيَجْعَلَ الْخَب۪يثَ بَعْضَهُ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فَيَرْكُمَهُ جَم۪يعاً فَيَجْعَلَهُ ف۪ي جَهَنَّمَۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ۟

Liyameeza Allahu alkhabeetha mina attayyibiwayajAAala alkhabeetha baAAdahu AAala baAAdinfayarkumahu jameeAAan fayajAAalahu fee jahannama ola-ikahumu alkhasiroon

That God might separate the bad from the good. And the bad will He place one upon another, and heap it all together, and place it in Gehenna; it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-37.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** رُكَامًۭا — rukāman · "(into) a mass"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُزْج۪ي سَحَاباً ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَاماً فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِه۪ۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ ف۪يهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُص۪يبُ بِه۪ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَٓاءُۜ  يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِه۪ يَذْهَبُ بِالْاَبْصَارِۜ

Alam tara anna Allaha yuzjee sahabanthumma yu-allifu baynahu thumma yajAAaluhu rukaman fataraalwadqa yakhruju min khilalihi wayunazzilu mina assama-imin jibalin feeha min baradin fayuseebu bihiman yashao wayasrifuhu AAan man yashao yakadusana barqihi yathhabu bil-absar

Dost thou not see that God drives the clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them a mass, and thou seest the rain come forth from the midst of it. And He sends down from the sky, from mountains therein of hail, and He strikes therewith whom He wills, and turns away therefrom whom He wills. The brilliance of His lightning almost takes away the sight.

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

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** مَّرْكُومٌۭ — markūmun · "heaped up"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَاِنْ يَرَوْا كِسْفاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ سَاقِطاً يَقُولُوا سَحَابٌ مَرْكُومٌ

Wa-in yaraw kisfan mina assama-isaqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoom

And were they to see pieces of the sky falling, they would say: “Clouds heaped up.”)

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-44.md_

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