# Kh-Mim-Sin — خمس (xms)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Take ONE from FIVE (as in khamasa al-qawma; he took the fifth part of the possessions of the people), be the fifth of the people (to make five by adding oneself to the number), be fifth in a race, five cornered/five angled/pentaganol, five cubits in length.
- **Derived forms:** خُمُس (1) · خَمْسَة (3) · خَمْسِين (2) · خَٰمِسَة (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 125

- **Form in this verse:** بِخَمْسَةِ — bikhamsati · "with five"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

بَلٰٓىۙ اِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَيَأْتُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ هٰذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِخَمْسَةِ اٰلَافٍ مِنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّم۪ينَ

Bala in tasbiroo watattaqoowaya/tookum min fawrihim hatha yumdidkum rabbukumbikhamsati alafin mina almala-ikatimusawwimeen

“Verily, if you are patient and in prudent fear, and they rush upon you of a sudden, your Lord will supply you with five thousand angels having marks,”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-125.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** خُمُسَهُۥ — khumusahu · "(is) one fifth of it"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّمَا غَنِمْتُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فَاَنَّ لِلّٰهِ خُمُسَهُ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۙ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ اٰمَنْتُمْ بِاللّٰهِ وَمَٓا اَنْزَلْنَا عَلٰى عَبْدِنَا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقَانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانِۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

WaAAlamoo annama ghanimtummin shay-in faanna lillahi khumusahu walirrasooliwalithee alqurba walyatama walmasakeeniwabni assabeeli in kuntum amantum billahiwama anzalna AAala AAabdina yawmaalfurqani yawma iltaqa aljamAAani wallahuAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

And know that anything you take in spoils, to God belongs its fifth, and to the Messenger, and to the relatives, and the fatherless, and the poor, and the wayfarer, if you believe in God, and what We sent down upon Our servant on the day of division — the day the two hosts met; and God is over all things powerful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-41.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** خَمْسَةٌۭ — khamsatun · "(they were) five"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَيْبِۚ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۜ قُلْ رَبّ۪ٓي اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلٌ۠ فَلَا تُمَارِ ف۪يهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَٓاءً ظَاهِراًۖ وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ ف۪يهِمْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداً۟

Sayaqooloona thalathatun rabiAAuhumkalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sadisuhum kalbuhum rajmanbilghaybi wayaqooloona sabAAatun wathaminuhumkalbuhum qul rabbee aAAlamu biAAiddatihim ma yaAAlamuhumilla qaleelun fala tumari feehim illamiraan thahiran wala tastaftifeehim minhum ahada

They will say: “Three; the fourth of them their dog!” and they will say: “Five; the sixth of them their dog!” — guessing at the Unseen; and they will say: “Seven; and the eighth of them their dog!” Say thou: “My Lord best knows their number.” None knows them save a few, so argue thou not concerning them save with a patent argument; and ask thou not an opinion concerning them from any of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-22.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُ — wal-khāmisatu · "And the fifth"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

وَالْخَامِسَةُ اَنَّ لَعْنَتَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ اِنْ  كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِب۪ينَ

Walkhamisatu anna laAAnata AllahiAAalayhi in kana mina alkathibeen

And the fifth, that the curse of God be upon him if he is of the liars.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-7.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَ — wal-khāmisata · "And the fifth"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَالْخَامِسَةَ اَنَّ غَضَبَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهَٓا اِنْ  كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِق۪ينَ

Walkhamisata anna ghadabaAllahi AAalayha in kana mina assadiqeen

And the fifth, that the wrath of God be upon her if he is of the truthful.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-9.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** خَمْسِينَ — khamsīna · "fifty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَلَبِثَ ف۪يهِمْ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ اِلَّا خَمْس۪ينَ عَاماًۜ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

Walaqad arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi falabitha feehim alfa sanatin illa khamseena AAamanfaakhathahumu attoofanu wahum thalimoon

And We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years save fifty years; and the Flood took them when they were wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-14.md_

### 58. Surah Al-Mujadila, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** خَمْسَةٍ — khamsatin · "five"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْاَرْضِۜ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوٰى ثَلٰثَةٍ اِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلَا خَمْسَةٍ اِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ وَلَٓا اَدْنٰى مِنْ ذٰلِكَ وَلَٓا اَكْثَرَ اِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ اَيْنَ مَا كَانُواۚ ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha yaAAlamu mafee assamawati wama fee al-ardima yakoonu min najwa thalathatin illahuwa rabiAAuhum wala khamsatin illa huwa sadisuhumwala adna min thalika wala aktharailla huwa maAAahum ayna ma kanoo thummayunabbi-ohum bima AAamiloo yawma alqiyamati innaAllaha bikulli shay-in AAaleem

Dost thou not see that God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth? There is no private conversation of three save He is their fourth, nor of five save He is their sixth — nor of less than that, nor of greater, save He is with them wherever they may be; then will He inform them of what they did on the Day of Resurrection. God knows all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mujadila/verse-7.md_

### 70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** خَمْسِينَ — khamsīna · "(is) fifty"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

تَعْرُجُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ اِلَيْهِ ف۪ي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْس۪ينَ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍۚ

TaAAruju almala-ikatu warroohuilayhi fee yawmin kana miqdaruhu khamseena alfasana

The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maarij/verse-4.md_

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