Concordance
هشم (hshm)
The root هشم (hshm) primarily means to break something, especially if it's dry or hollow, like a head. The verb هَشَّمَهُ (hashshamahu) implies breaking it severely or crushing it.
Concordance — 2 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root هشم appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (2 verses)
The Cave 18:45
Noun
وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا كَمَاۤءٍ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَٱخۡتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَصۡبَحَ هَشِیمࣰا تَذۡرُوهُ ٱلرِّیَـٰحُۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرًا ٤٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability
Abdel Haleem:
Tell them, too, what the life of this world is like: We send water down from the skies and the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon the plants turn to dry stubble scattered about by the wind: God has power over everything
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingleth with it and then becometh dry twigs that the winds scatter. Allah is able to do all things
The Moon 54:31
Noun
إِنَّاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمۡ صَیۡحَةࣰ وَ ٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِیمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen
Abdel Haleem:
We released a single mighty blast against them and they ended up like a fencemaker’s dry sticks
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall:
Lo! We sent upon them one Shout, and they became as the dry twigs (rejected by) the builder of a cattle-fold