# Ye-Mim-Mim — يمم (ymm)

> Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Sea, river, flood. To aim at getting, to intend, go towards, to have recourse to, to resort to, to head for, to be thrown in the river, purpose a thing, clean with dust or pure earth.
- **Derived forms:** تَيَمَّمُ (3) · يَمّ (8)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 267

- **Form in this verse:** تَيَمَّمُوا۟ — tayammamū · "aim (at)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْفِقُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّٓا اَخْرَجْنَا لَكُمْ مِنَ الْاَرْضِۖ وَلَا تَيَمَّمُوا الْخَب۪يثَ مِنْهُ تُنْفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُمْ بِاٰخِذ۪يهِ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تُغْمِضُوا ف۪يهِۜ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ غَنِيٌّ حَم۪يدٌ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooanfiqoo min tayyibati ma kasabtum wamimmaakhrajna lakum mina al-ardi wala tayammamooalkhabeetha minhu tunfiqoona walastum bi-akhitheehiilla an tughmidoo feehi waAAlamoo anna Allahaghaniyyun hameed

O you who heed warning: spend of the good things you have earned, and of what We have brought forth for you from the earth. And resort not to the bad thereof, to spend thereof, when you would not take it save you closed an eye to it; and know that God is free from need and praiseworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-267.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ — fatayammamū · "then do tayammum"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاَنْتُمْ سُكَارٰى حَتّٰى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ وَلَا جُنُباً اِلَّا عَابِر۪ي سَب۪يلٍ حَتّٰى تَغْتَسِلُواۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَٓائِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَٓاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَفُواًّ غَفُوراً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqraboo assalata waantum sukarahatta taAAlamoo ma taqooloona walajunuban illa AAabiree sabeelin hattataghtasiloo wa-in kuntum marda aw AAala safarin awjaa ahadun minkum mina algha-iti aw lamastumuannisaa falam tajidoo maan fatayammamoo saAAeedantayyiban famsahoo biwujoohikum waaydeekuminna Allaha kana AAafuwwan ghafoora

O you who heed warning: approach not the duty when you are intoxicated until you understand what you say; nor when you are unclean (save passing by upon the path), until you wash. And if you were ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes from the privy, or you have lain with women, then find not water: resort to clean soil, and wipe your faces and your hands; God is pardoning and forgiving.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-43.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ — fatayammamū · "then do tayyammum"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tefa'ul · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اِذَا قُمْتُمْ اِلَى الصَّلٰوةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ اِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُ۫سِكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ اِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ جُنُباً فَاطَّهَّرُواۜ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰٓى اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَٓائِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَٓاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَٓاءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يداً طَيِّباً فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْ مِنْهُۜ مَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلٰكِنْ يُر۪يدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooitha qumtum ila assalati faghsiloowujoohakum waaydiyakum ila almarafiqi wamsahoobiruoosikum waarjulakum ila alkaAAbayni wa-in kuntumjunuban fattahharoo wa-in kuntum marda awAAala safarin aw jaa ahadun minkum mina algha-itiaw lamastumu annisaa falam tajidoo maanfatayammamoo saAAeedan tayyiban famsahoobiwujoohikum waaydeekum minhu ma yureedu AllahuliyajAAala AAalaykum min harajin walakin yureeduliyutahhirakum waliyutimma niAAmatahu AAalaykumlaAAallakum tashkuroon

O you who heed warning: when you rise up for the duty: wash your faces, and your hands to the elbows, and wipe your heads, and your feet to the ankles. And if you are unclean, purify yourselves. And if you were ill, or on a journey, or one of you came from the privy, or you have lain with women, then find not water: resort to clean soil, and wipe your faces and your hands with it. God wishes not to place any distress upon you; but He wishes to purify you and to complete His favour upon you, that you might be grateful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-6.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 136

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمِّ — l-yami · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِل۪ينَ

Fantaqamna minhum faaghraqnahumfee alyammi bi-annahum kaththaboo bi-ayatinawakanoo AAanha ghafileen

And We took vengeance on them, and drowned them in the sea because they denied Our proofs and were heedless of them.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-136.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمِّ — l-yami · "the river"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اَنِ اقْذِف۪يهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِف۪يهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ ل۪ي وَعَدُوٌّ لَهُۜ وَاَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنّ۪يۚ وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلٰى عَيْن۪يۢ

Ani iqthifeehi fee attabootifaqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bissahiliya/khuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytuAAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAalaAAaynee

“‘Hurl thou him into the chest, and hurl thou it into the water; the water will cast him upon the shore. An enemy to Me and an enemy to him will take him.’ And I cast upon thee love from Me, and that thou be wrought under My eye

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-39.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 39

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمُّ — l-yamu · "the river"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اَنِ اقْذِف۪يهِ فِي التَّابُوتِ فَاقْذِف۪يهِ فِي الْيَمِّ فَلْيُلْقِهِ الْيَمُّ بِالسَّاحِلِ يَأْخُذْهُ عَدُوٌّ ل۪ي وَعَدُوٌّ لَهُۜ وَاَلْقَيْتُ عَلَيْكَ مَحَبَّةً مِنّ۪يۚ وَلِتُصْنَعَ عَلٰى عَيْن۪يۢ

Ani iqthifeehi fee attabootifaqthifeehi fee alyammi falyulqihi alyammu bissahiliya/khuthhu AAaduwwun lee waAAaduwwun lahu waalqaytuAAalayka mahabbatan minnee walitusnaAAa AAalaAAaynee

“‘Hurl thou him into the chest, and hurl thou it into the water; the water will cast him upon the shore. An enemy to Me and an enemy to him will take him.’ And I cast upon thee love from Me, and that thou be wrought under My eye

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-39.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمِّ — l-yami · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِه۪ فَغَشِيَهُمْ مِنَ الْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْۜ

FaatbaAAahum firAAawnu bijunoodihifaghashiyahum mina alyammi ma ghashiyahum

And Pharaoh followed them with his forces, and there covered them of the sea what covered them.

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-78.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمِّ — l-yami · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ فَاِنَّ لَكَ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ اَنْ تَقُولَ لَا مِسَاسَۖ وَاِنَّ لَكَ مَوْعِداً لَنْ تُخْلَفَهُۚ  وَانْظُرْ اِلٰٓى اِلٰهِكَ الَّذ۪ي ظَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ عَاكِفاًۜ لَنُحَرِّقَنَّهُ ثُمَّ لَنَنْسِفَنَّهُ فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفاً

Qala fathhab fa-innalaka fee alhayati an taqoola la misasawa-inna laka mawAAidan lan tukhlafahu wanthurila ilahika allathee thaltaAAalayhi AAakifan lanuharriqannahu thummalanansifannahu fee alyammi nasfa

He said: “Then go thou, for in this life it is for thee to say: ‘Outcast!’ And there is for thee an appointment thou canst not fail to keep. And look thou upon thy god to which thou remainedst devoted! We will burn it; then will we scatter it in the sea with a blast.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-97.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمِّ — l-yami · "the river"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اُمِّ مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَرْضِع۪يهِۚ فَاِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَاَلْق۪يهِ فِي الْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَاف۪ي وَلَا تَحْزَن۪يۚ اِنَّا رَٓادُّوهُ اِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَ

Waawhayna ila ommi moosaan ardiAAeehi fa-itha khifti AAalayhi faalqeehi feealyammi wala takhafee wala tahzaneeinna raddoohu ilayki wajaAAiloohu minaalmursaleen

And We instructed the mother of Moses: “Suckle thou him; then when thou fearest for him, cast thou him into the water. And fear thou not, nor grieve: We will return him to thee, and appoint him among the emissaries.”

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

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمِّ ۖ — l-yami · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّۚ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

Faakhathnahu wajunoodahufanabathnahum fee alyammi fanthurkayfa kana AAaqibatu aththalimeen

Then We seized him and his forces and cast them into the sea; so see thou how was the final outcome of the wrongdoers!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-40.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْيَمِّ — l-yami · "the sea"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِي الْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُل۪يمٌۜ

Faakhathnahu wajunoodahufanabathnahum fee alyammi wahuwa muleem

So We took him and his forces, and cast them into the sea; and he was blameworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-40.md_

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