# Sin-Mim-Ra — سمر (smr)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To have a night chat, to stay awake at night, to have fun at night, to be brown, to be dark-skinned, to nail
- **Derived forms:** سَّامِرِىّ (3) · سَٰمِر (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 85

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ — l-sāmiriyu · "the Samiri"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالَ فَاِنَّا قَدْ فَتَنَّا قَوْمَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ وَاَضَلَّهُمُ السَّامِرِيُّ

Qala fa-inna qad fatannaqawmaka min baAAdika waadallahumu assamiriy

He said: “We have subjected thy people to means of denial in thy absence, and the Sāmiriyy has led them astray.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-85.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 87

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلسَّامِرِىُّ — l-sāmiriyu · "the Samiri"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · masculine · nominative case

قَالُوا مَٓا اَخْلَفْنَا مَوْعِدَكَ بِمَلْكِنَا وَلٰكِنَّا حُمِّلْـنَٓا اَوْزَاراً مِنْ ز۪ينَةِ الْقَوْمِ فَقَذَفْنَاهَا فَكَذٰلِكَ اَلْقَى السَّامِرِيُّۙ

Qaloo ma akhlafnamawAAidaka bimalkina walakinna hummilnaawzaran min zeenati alqawmi faqathafnahafakathalika alqa assamiriy

They said: “We failed not to keep our promise to thee of our own accord, but we were given to bear burdens of the adornment of the people — so we hurled them. (And thus the Sāmiriyy cast,

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-87.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** يَـٰسَـٰمِرِىُّ — yāsāmiriyyu · "O Samiri"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · nominative case

قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَا سَامِرِيُّ

Qala fama khatbuka yasamiriy

He said: “And what is thy case, O Sāmiriyy?”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-95.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 67

- **Form in this verse:** سَـٰمِرًۭا — sāmiran · "conversing by night"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

مُسْتَكْبِر۪ينَ بِه۪ۗ سَامِراً تَهْجُرُونَ

Mustakbireena bihi samiran tahjuroon

“Waxing proud thereat, talking to no purpose into the night.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-67.md_

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