# Za-Kaf-Mim — زقم (zqm)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Gobbling, eating it quickly, to swallow, plague/pestilence, any deadly food, food of people of the fire (of Hell), a certain tree in Hell, a certain tree having small leaves stinking and bitter, dust-coloured tree having a pungent odour.
- **Derived forms:** زَقُّوم (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلزَّقُّومِ — l-zaqūmi · "(of) Zaqqum"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · masculine · genitive case

اَذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلاً اَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ

Athalika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratuazzaqqoom

Is that better as a welcome, or the Tree of Zaqqūm?

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-62.md_

### 44. Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلزَّقُّومِ — l-zaqūmi · "(of) Zaqqum"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقُّومِۙ

Inna shajarata azzaqqoom

The Tree of Zaqqūm

_https://quran.so/surah-ad-dukhan/verse-43.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** زَقُّومٍۢ — zaqqūmin · "Zaqqum"
  - **Grammar:** proper noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

لَاٰكِلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مِنْ زَقُّومٍۙ

Laakiloona min shajarin min zaqqoom

You will eat of a tree of Zaqqūm,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-waqiah/verse-52.md_

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