# Sin-he-Vav — سهو (shw)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To forget, absent-mindedness, to make a mistake, to err, carelessness, negligence, to be caught off guard, to do something by mistake
- **Derived forms:** سَاهُون (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** سَاهُونَ — sāhūna · "(of) heedlessness"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ ف۪ي غَمْرَةٍ سَاهُونَۙ

Allatheena hum fee ghamratin sahoon

Those who in a flood of ignorance are heedless!

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-11.md_

### 107. Surah Al-Ma'un, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** سَاهُونَ — sāhūna · "(are) neglectful"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اَلَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَۙ

Allatheena hum AAan salatihimsahoon

Those who are of their duty heedless;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maun/verse-5.md_

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