# Kh-Sad-Mim — خصم (xSm)

> Occurs in 18 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To contend in an altercation, dispute/litigate in a sound or valid manner, to say a thing such as may cause the listener to refrain/desist from his assertion/plea/claim, overcome someone in an altercation, antagonize, put a thing on the edge/side or corner of something.
- **Derived forms:** تَخَاصُم (1) · خَصْم (3) · خَصِمُون (1) · خَصِيم (5) · ٱخْتَصَمُ (8)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 204

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخِصَامِ — l-khiṣāmi · "(of) opponents"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى مَا ف۪ي قَلْبِه۪ۙ وَهُوَ اَلَدُّ الْخِصَامِ

Wamina annasi man yuAAjibukaqawluhu fee alhayati addunyawayushhidu Allaha AAala ma fee qalbihiwahuwa aladdu alkhisam

And among men is he whose speech concerning the life of this world impresses thee, and he calls God as witness to what is in his heart; and he is the most contentious of debaters.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-204.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْتَصِمُونَ — yakhtaṣimūna · "they (were) disputing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اَنْـبَٓاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوح۪يهِ اِلَيْكَۜ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ اِذْ يُلْقُونَ اَقْلَامَهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَۖ وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ اِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Thalika min anba-i alghaybinooheehi ilayka wama kunta ladayhim ithyulqoona aqlamahum ayyuhum yakfulu maryama wamakunta ladayhim ith yakhtasimoon

That is from the reports of the Unseen which We reveal to thee. And thou wast not with them when they cast their lots for who should have charge of Mary. And thou wast not with them when they disputed.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-44.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 105

- **Form in this verse:** خَصِيمًۭا — khaṣīman · "a pleader"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

اِنَّٓا اَنْزَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بِمَٓا اَرٰيكَ اللّٰهُۜ وَلَا تَكُنْ لِلْخَٓائِن۪ينَ خَص۪يماًۙ

Inna anzalna ilayka alkitababilhaqqi litahkuma bayna annasibima araka Allahu wala takun lilkha-ineenakhaseema

We have sent down to thee the Writ with the truth, that thou mightest judge between men by what God has shown thee; and be thou not an advocate for the treacherous;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-105.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** خَصِيمٌۭ — khaṣīmun · "(is) an opponent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَص۪يمٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Khalaqa al-insana min nutfatinfa-itha huwa khaseemun mubeen

He created man from a sperm-drop — and then is he an open disputant.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-4.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** خَصْمَانِ — khaṣmāni · "opponents"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · nominative case

هٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا ف۪ي رَبِّهِمْۘ فَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِنْ نَارٍۜ يُصَبُّ مِنْ فَوْقِ رُؤُ۫سِهِمُ الْحَم۪يمُۚ

Hathani khasmani ikhtasamoofee rabbihim fallatheena kafaroo quttiAAatlahum thiyabun min narin yusabbu min fawqiruoosihimu alhameem

These are two disputants who have disputed about their Lord. Then those who ignore warning: garments of fire have been cut for them; poured over their heads will be scalding water;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-19.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** ٱخْتَصَمُوا۟ — ikh'taṣamū · "dispute"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

هٰذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا ف۪ي رَبِّهِمْۘ فَالَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا قُطِّعَتْ لَهُمْ ثِيَابٌ مِنْ نَارٍۜ يُصَبُّ مِنْ فَوْقِ رُؤُ۫سِهِمُ الْحَم۪يمُۚ

Hathani khasmani ikhtasamoofee rabbihim fallatheena kafaroo quttiAAatlahum thiyabun min narin yusabbu min fawqiruoosihimu alhameem

These are two disputants who have disputed about their Lord. Then those who ignore warning: garments of fire have been cut for them; poured over their heads will be scalding water;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-19.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْتَصِمُونَ — yakhtaṣimūna · "(are) disputing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالُوا وَهُمْ ف۪يهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَۙ

Qaloo wahum feeha yakhtasimoon

They will say while they dispute therein:

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-96.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْتَصِمُونَ — yakhtaṣimūna · "quarreling"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْـنَٓا اِلٰى ثَمُودَ اَخَـاهُمْ صَـالِحاً اَنِ اعْبُـدُوا اللّٰهَ فَاِذَا هُمْ فَر۪يقَانِ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Walaqad arsalna ila thamoodaakhahum salihan ani oAAbudoo Allahafa-itha hum fareeqani yakhtasimoon

And We sent to Thamūd their brother Ṣāliḥ: “— That you serve God,” but then were they two factions quarrelling.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-45.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** يَخِصِّمُونَ — yakhiṣṣimūna · "are disputing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ

Ma yanthuroona illasayhatan wahidatan ta/khuthuhum wahumyakhissimoon

They look only for one Blast which will seize them while they are disputing —

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-49.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** خَصِيمٌۭ — khaṣīmun · "(is) an opponent"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

اَوَلَمْ يَرَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَنَّا خَلَقْنَاهُ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ فَاِذَا هُوَ خَص۪يمٌ مُب۪ينٌ

Awa lam yara al-insanu annakhalaqnahu min nutfatin fa-itha huwa khaseemunmubeen

Has man not considered that We created him from a sperm-drop? And then is he an open disputant.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-77.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخَصْمِ — l-khaṣmi · "(of) the litigants"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَهَلْ اَتٰيكَ نَـبَؤُا الْخَصْمِۢ  اِذْ تَسَوَّرُوا الْمِحْرَابَۙ

Wahal ataka nabao alkhasmi ithtasawwaroo almihrab

And has the report of the litigant come to thee: — when they scaled the wall of the chamber?

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-21.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** خَصْمَانِ — khaṣmāni · "(We are) two litigants"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, dual · nominative case

اِذْ دَخَلُوا عَلٰى دَاوُ۫دَ فَفَزِعَ مِنْهُمْ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْۚ خَصْمَانِ بَغٰى بَعْضُنَا عَلٰى بَعْضٍ فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا تُشْطِطْ وَاهْدِنَٓا اِلٰى سَوَٓاءِ الصِّرَاطِ

Ith dakhaloo AAala dawoodafafaziAAa minhum qaloo la takhaf khasmanibagha baAAduna AAala baAAdinfahkum baynana bilhaqqi walatushtit wahdina ila sawa-iassirat

When they entered upon David, and he was in terror of them, they said: “Fear thou not — two litigants, one of whom has oppressed the other. So judge thou between us with justice, and transgress thou not; and guide thou us to the right way.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-22.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** تَخَاصُمُ — takhāṣumu · "(the) quarreling"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · noun-verb · masculine · nominative case

اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخَاصُمُ اَهْلِ النَّارِ۟

Inna thalika lahaqqun takhasumuahli annar

That is true: — the mutual recrimination of the people of the Fire.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-64.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 69

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْتَصِمُونَ — yakhtaṣimūna · "they were disputing"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

مَا كَانَ لِيَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ بِالْمَلَأِ الْاَعْلٰٓى اِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

Ma kana liya min AAilmin bilmala-ial-aAAla ith yakhtasimoon

“I had no knowledge of the exalted assembly when they disputed,

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-69.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** تَخْتَصِمُونَ — takhtaṣimūna · "will dispute"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

ثُمَّ اِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ۟

Thumma innakum yawma alqiyamatiAAinda rabbikum takhtasimoon

Then on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord, will you dispute.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-31.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخِصَامِ — l-khiṣāmi · "the dispute"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

اَوَمَنْ يُنَشَّؤُ۬ا فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُب۪ينٍ

Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyatiwahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeen

“What — one brought up among ornaments and in conflict not seen!”)

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-18.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** خَصِمُونَ — khaṣimūna · "argumentative"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَقَالُٓوا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ اَمْ هُوَۜ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلاًۜ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ

Waqaloo aalihatunakhayrun am huwa ma daraboohu laka illajadalan bal hum qawmun khasimoon

And they say: “Are our gods better or is he?” They strike it for thee only by way of contention. The truth is, they are a contentious people.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-58.md_

### 50. Surah Qaf, Verse 28

- **Form in this verse:** تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ — takhtaṣimū · "dispute"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of ifti'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ اِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَع۪يدِ

Qala la takhtasimooladayya waqad qaddamtu ilaykum bilwaAAeed

He will say: “Contend not before Me; I had sent the warning ahead to you.

_https://quran.so/surah-qaf/verse-28.md_

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