# Kh-Mim-Ra — خمر (xmr) > Occurs in 7 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/xmr - **Meaning:** cover/conceal/veil, becoming changed/altered from a former state/condition, mixed/mingled/incorporated/blended, intoxication/wine/grapes, make-up, any intoxicating thing that clouds/obscures the intellect, come upon secretly/unexpectedly, crowding of people, odour of perfume, something fermented/matured - **Derived forms:** خَمْر (6) · خُمُر (1) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 219 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخَمْرِ — l-khamri · "[the] intoxicants" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِۜ قُلْ ف۪يهِمَٓا اِثْمٌ كَب۪يرٌ وَمَنَافِـعُ لِلنَّاسِۘ وَاِثْمُهُمَٓا اَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِمَاۜ وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنْفِقُونَۜ قُلِ الْعَفْوَۜ كَذٰلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللّٰهُ لَكُمُ الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَفَكَّرُونَۙ Yas-aloonaka AAani alkhamri walmaysiriqul feehima ithmun kabeerun wamanafiAAu linnasiwa-ithmuhuma akbaru min nafAAihima wayas-aloonaka mathayunfiqoona quli alAAafwa kathalika yubayyinu Allahulakumu al-ayati laAAallakum tatafakkaroon They ask thee about wine and games of chance. Say thou: “In both is great sin, and benefits for men; but their sin is greater than their benefit.” And they ask thee what they should spend. Say thou: “The surplus.” Thus does God make plain to you the proofs, that you might reflect _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-219.md_ ### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 90 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخَمْرُ — l-khamru · "the intoxicants" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْاَنْصَابُ وَالْاَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooinnama alkhamru walmaysiru wal-ansabuwal-azlamu rijsun min AAamali ashshaytanifajtaniboohu laAAallakum tuflihoon O you who heed warning: wine, and games of chance, and altars, and divining arrows are an abomination of the work of the satan; so avoid it, that you might be successful. _https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-90.md_ ### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 91 - **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخَمْرِ — l-khamri · "intoxicants" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَٓاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلٰوةِۚ فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُونَ Innama yureedu ashshaytanuan yooqiAAa baynakumu alAAadawata walbaghdaafee alkhamri walmaysiri wayasuddakum AAan thikriAllahi waAAani assalati fahal antummuntahoon The satan but wishes to cause between you enmity and hatred in wine and the games of chance, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from the duty; so will you not desist? _https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-91.md_ ### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 36 - **Form in this verse:** خَمْرًۭا ۖ — khamran · "wine" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِۜ قَالَ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَعْصِرُ خَمْراًۚ وَقَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْس۪ي خُبْزاً تَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْهُۜ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْو۪يلِه۪ۚ اِنَّا نَرٰيكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ Wadakhala maAAahu assijna fatayaniqala ahaduhuma innee aranee aAAsirukhamran waqala al-akharu innee aranee ahmilufawqa ra/see khubzan ta/kulu attayru minhu nabbi/nabita/weelihi inna naraka mina almuhsineen And two young men entered the prison with him. One of them said: “I dreamed that I was pressing wine.” And the other said: “I dreamed that I was bearing upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating — inform thou us of the interpretation; we see thou art among the doers of good.” _https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-36.md_ ### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 41 - **Form in this verse:** خَمْرًۭا ۖ — khamran · "wine" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite يَا صَاحِبَيِ السِّجْنِ اَمَّٓا اَحَدُكُمَا فَيَسْق۪ي رَبَّهُ خَمْراًۚ وَاَمَّا الْاٰخَرُ فَيُصْلَبُ فَتَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْ رَأْسِه۪ۜ قُضِيَ الْاَمْرُ الَّذ۪ي ف۪يهِ تَسْتَفْتِيَانِۜ Ya sahibayi assijniamma ahadukuma fayasqee rabbahu khamranwaamma al-akharu fayuslabu fata/kulu attayrumin ra/sihi qudiya al-amru allathee feehi tastaftiyan “O my two prison companions: as for one of you: he will pour for his lord wine; and as for the other: he will be crucified, and the birds will eat from his head. Decided is the matter about which you sought opinion.” _https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-41.md_ ### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 31 - **Form in this verse:** بِخُمُرِهِنَّ — bikhumurihinna · "their head covers" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case وَقُلْ لِلْمُؤْمِنَاتِ يَغْضُضْنَ مِنْ اَبْصَارِهِنَّ وَيَحْفَظْنَ فُرُوجَهُنَّ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَلْيَضْرِبْنَ بِخُمُرِهِنَّ عَلٰى جُيُوبِهِنَّۖ وَلَا يُبْد۪ينَ ز۪ينَتَهُنَّ اِلَّا لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اٰبَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ اَبْنَٓاءِ بُعُولَتِهِنَّ اَوْ اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اِخْوَانِهِنَّ اَوْ بَن۪ٓي اَخَوَاتِهِنَّ اَوْ نِسَٓائِهِنَّ اَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ اَيْمَانُهُنَّ اَوِ التَّابِع۪ينَ غَيْرِ اُو۬لِي الْاِرْبَةِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ اَوِ الطِّفْلِ الَّذ۪ينَ لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلٰى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَٓاءِۖ وَلَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِاَرْجُلِهِنَّ لِيُعْلَمَ مَا يُخْف۪ينَ مِنْ ز۪ينَتِهِنَّۜ وَتُوبُٓوا اِلَى اللّٰهِ جَم۪يعاً اَيُّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ Waqul lilmu/minati yaghdudnamin absarihinna wayahfathnafuroojahunna wala yubdeena zeenatahunna illa mathahara minha walyadribnabikhumurihinna AAala juyoobihinna wala yubdeenazeenatahunna illa libuAAoolatihinna aw aba-ihinnaaw aba-i buAAoolatihinna aw abna-ihinna awabna-i buAAoolatihinna aw ikhwanihinna aw baneeikhwanihinna aw banee akhawatihinna aw nisa-ihinnaaw ma malakat aymanuhunna awi attabiAAeenaghayri olee al-irbati mina arrijali awi attifliallatheena lam yathharoo AAala AAawratiannisa-i wala yadribnabi-arjulihinna liyuAAlama ma yukhfeena min zeenatihinnawatooboo ila Allahi jameeAAan ayyuhaalmu/minoona laAAallakum tuflihoon And say thou to the believing women, that they lower some of their sight, and preserve their chastity, and that they show not their adornment save that apparent of it, and that they draw their coverings over their bosoms and not reveal their adornment save to their husbands, or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or what their right hands possess, or male attendants who have not the resourcefulness of men, or the children not yet aware of a woman’s private parts. And let them not strike their feet to make known what they hide of their adornment. And turn to God altogether, O believers, that you might be successful. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-31.md_ ### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 15 - **Form in this verse:** خَمْرٍۢ — khamrin · "wine" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite مَثَلُ الْجَنَّةِ الَّت۪ي وُعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَۜ ف۪يهَٓا اَنْهَارٌ مِنْ مَٓاءٍ غَيْرِ اٰسِنٍۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِب۪ينَۚ وَاَنْهَارٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّىۜ وَلَهُمْ ف۪يهَا مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْۜ كَمَنْ هُوَ خَالِدٌ فِي النَّارِ وَسُقُوا مَٓاءً حَم۪يماً فَقَطَّعَ اَمْعَٓاءَهُمْ Mathalu aljannati allatee wuAAidaalmuttaqoona feeha anharun min ma-in ghayri asininwaanharun min labanin lam yataghayyar taAAmuhuwaanharun min khamrin laththatin lishsharibeenawaanharun min AAasalin musaffan walahum feehamin kulli aththamarati wamaghfiratun min rabbihimkaman huwa khalidun fee annari wasuqoo maanhameeman faqattaAAa amAAaahum (The likeness of the Garden which is promised those of prudent fear: therein are rivers of water incorruptible, and rivers of milk of unchanging taste, and rivers of wine delightful to the drinkers, and rivers of purified honey; and they have therein every fruit, and pardon from their Lord.) — like: him who abides eternally in the Fire, and they are given to drink scalding water that lacerates their bowels? _https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-15.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.