# Ra-Mim-Dal — رمد (rmd)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to starve from cold, destroy, put in ashes, become dirty. ramad (pl. of armidatun) - ashes, fine and copious ashes
- **Derived forms:** رَمَاد (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** كَرَمَادٍ — karamādin · "(are) like ashes"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍۨ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرّ۪يحُ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍۜ لَا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا عَلٰى شَيْءٍۜ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَع۪يدُ

Mathalu allatheena kafaroo birabbihimaAAmaluhum karamadin ishtaddat bihi arreehufee yawmin AAasifin la yaqdiroona mimmakasaboo AAala shay-in thalika huwa addalalualbaAAeed

The likeness of those who deny their Lord: their works are as ashes the wind scatters on a day of tempest; they possess nothing of what they earned — that is the extreme error.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-18.md_

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