Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
حمأ
Parts of Speech
Noun (4×)
Qur'an Occurrences
4 times across 2 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root حمأ across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root HMA relates to black, fetid mud. It describes cleaning a well of this mud, or water/wells becoming turbid and foul-smelling due to it. It can also mean to be angry with someone.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ḥ-m-ʾa
Listen: حَمِئَةٍ 18:86
Root letters: ح — م — أ

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

All word forms derived from the root حمأ as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun

Concordance — 4 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root حمأ appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (4)

Noun (4 verses — showing first 5)

The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City 15:26 Noun
وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ۝٢٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We did certainly create man out of clay from an altered black mud
The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City 15:28 Noun
وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ إِنِّی خَـٰلِقُۢ بَشَرࣰا مِّن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ۝٢٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud
The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City 15:33 Noun
قَالَ لَمۡ أَكُن لِّأَسۡجُدَ لِبَشَرٍ خَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن صَلۡصَـٰلࣲ مِّنۡ حَمَإࣲ مَّسۡنُونࣲ ۝٣٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): He said, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."
The Cave 18:86 Noun
حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغۡرِبَ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغۡرُبُ فِی عَیۡنٍ حَمِئَةࣲ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوۡمࣰاۖ قُلۡنَا یَـٰذَا ٱلۡقَرۡنَیۡنِ إِمَّاۤ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّاۤ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِیهِمۡ حُسۡنࣰا ۝٨٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found near it a people. Allah said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."

Derived Forms (2)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
حَمَإٍ ḥamaʾiin Noun
حَمِئَةٍ ḥamiahin Noun