# Kh-Mim-Dal — خمد (xmd)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To subside, be utterly extinguished (a fire); it's flaming or blazing ceasing, faint or swoon, be allayed (fever or vehemence of a fever), be still/motionless and silent (Al-Qamoos & Tajul-Arus), dispose and submit oneself to an affair or event, be silent and dead, become like extinguished ashes.
- **Derived forms:** خَٰمِدِين (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** خَـٰمِدِينَ — khāmidīna · "extinct"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

فَمَا زَالَتْ تِلْكَ دَعْوٰيهُمْ حَتّٰى جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَص۪يداً خَامِد۪ينَ

Fama zalat tilka daAAwahumhatta jaAAalnahum haseedan khamideen

And that, their call, ceased not until We made them a harvest, extinguished.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-15.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** خَـٰمِدُونَ — khāmidūna · "(were) extinguished"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

اِنْ كَانَتْ اِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَاِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ

In kanat illa sayhatanwahidatan fa-itha hum khamidoon

It was only one Blast, and then were they extinguished.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-29.md_

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