# Ra-Mim-Mim — رمم (rmm)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to be decayed, become rotten and worn out (bone), like ashes.
- **Derived forms:** رَمِيم (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** رَمِيمٌۭ — ramīmun · "(are) decomposed"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِيَ خَلْقَهُۜ قَالَ مَنْ يُحْـيِ الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَم۪يمٌ

Wadaraba lana mathalanwanasiya khalqahu qala man yuhyee alAAithamawahiya rameem

And he strikes for Us a similitude, and forgets his creation; he says: “Who will give life to the bones when they are rotted away?”

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-78.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** كَٱلرَّمِيمِ — kal-ramīmi · "like disintegrated ruins"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

مَا تَذَرُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ اِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ  كَالرَّم۪يمِۜ

Ma tatharu min shay-in atatAAalayhi illa jaAAalat-hu karrameem

It left nothing it came upon save it made it as decayed ruins.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-42.md_

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