سمع
s-m-ʿ
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root سمع across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
-
1
The root "smE" primarily relates to hearing. It can mean the act of hearing, the faculty of hearing (the sense of the ear), or the ear itself.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
s-m-ʿ
Listen:
تَسْمَعُ
88:11
Root letters:
س — م — ع
Word Family Tree (65 forms)
All word forms derived from the root سمع as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Verb 108×
Noun 77×
Concordance — 185 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root سمع appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Verb (94) · Noun (75)
Verb (94 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:42
Verb
وَمِنۡهُم مَّن یَسۡتَمِعُونَ إِلَیۡكَۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُسۡمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ وَلَوۡ كَانُوا۟ لَا یَعۡقِلُونَ ٤٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear, although they will not use reason
Jonah 10:67
Verb
هُوَ ٱلَّذِی جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّیۡلَ لِتَسۡكُنُوا۟ فِیهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبۡصِرًاۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَـٰتࣲ لِّقَوۡمࣲ یَسۡمَعُونَ ٦٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
It is He who made for you the night to rest therein and the day, giving sight. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen
Joseph 12:31
Verb
فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتۡ بِمَكۡرِهِنَّ أَرۡسَلَتۡ إِلَیۡهِنَّ وَأَعۡتَدَتۡ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَءࣰا وَءَاتَتۡ كُلَّ وَ ٰحِدَةࣲ مِّنۡهُنَّ سِكِّینࣰا وَقَالَتِ ٱخۡرُجۡ عَلَیۡهِنَّۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَیۡنَهُۥۤ أَكۡبَرۡنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعۡنَ أَیۡدِیَهُنَّ وَقُلۡنَ حَـٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَـٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنۡ هَـٰذَاۤ إِلَّا مَلَكࣱ كَرِیمࣱ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allah ! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."
The Bee 16:65
Verb
وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰ فَأَحۡیَا بِهِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ مَوۡتِهَاۤۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ یَسۡمَعُونَ ٦٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And Allah has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen
نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا یَسۡتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦۤ إِذۡ یَسۡتَمِعُونَ إِلَیۡكَ وَإِذۡ هُمۡ نَجۡوَىٰۤ إِذۡ یَقُولُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلࣰا مَّسۡحُورًا ٤٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."
Derived Forms (65)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| يَسْمَعُونَ | yasmaʿuwna | Verb | 19× | |
| ٱلسَّمِيعُ | lsamiyʿu | Noun | 19× | |
| سَمِعْنَا | samiʿnaā | Verb | 16× | |
| سَمِيعٌ | samiyʿun | Noun | 16× | |
| ٱلسَّمْعَ | lsamʿa | Noun | 10× | |
| تُسْمِعُ | tusmiʿu | Verb | 8× | |
| سَمِعُوا۟ | samiʿuwā | Verb | 6× | |
| يَسْتَمِعُونَ | yastamiʿuwna | Verb | 6× | |
| يَسْمَعُ | yasmaʿu | Verb | 5× | |
| وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ | wasmaʿuwā | Verb | 4× |