شمل
sh-m-l
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root شمل across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root "shml" primarily means to include or encompass something, like an event affecting everyone. It also describes covering something, like with a garment, or a she-camel conceiving.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
sh-m-l
Listen:
ٱلشِّمَالِ
70:37
Root letters:
ش — م — ل
Word Family Tree (6 forms)
All word forms derived from the root شمل as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 10×
Verb 2×
Concordance — 12 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root شمل appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (9) · Verb (2)
Noun (9 verses — showing first 5)
The Bee 16:48
Noun
أَوَ لَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ مِن شَیۡءࣲ یَتَفَیَّؤُا۟ ظِلَـٰلُهُۥ عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَٱلشَّمَاۤىِٕلِ سُجَّدࣰا لِّلَّهِ وَهُمۡ دَ ٰخِرُونَ ٤٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Have they not considered what things Allah has created? Their shadows incline to the right and to the left, prostrating to Allah , while they are humble
The Cave 18:17
Noun
۞ وَتَرَى ٱلشَّمۡسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَ ٰوَرُ عَن كَهۡفِهِمۡ ذَاتَ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقۡرِضُهُمۡ ذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَهُمۡ فِی فَجۡوَةࣲ مِّنۡهُۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ مِنۡ ءَایَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِۗ مَن یَهۡدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدِۖ وَمَن یُضۡلِلۡ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِیࣰّا مُّرۡشِدࣰا ١٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah . He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He leaves astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide
The Cave 18:18
Noun
وَتَحۡسَبُهُمۡ أَیۡقَاظࣰا وَهُمۡ رُقُودࣱۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمۡ ذَاتَ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِۖ وَكَلۡبُهُم بَـٰسِطࣱ ذِرَاعَیۡهِ بِٱلۡوَصِیدِۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعۡتَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ لَوَلَّیۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ فِرَارࣰا وَلَمُلِئۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ رُعۡبࣰا ١٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror
Saba, Sheba 34:15
Noun
لَقَدۡ كَانَ لِسَبَإࣲ فِی مَسۡكَنِهِمۡ ءَایَةࣱۖ جَنَّتَانِ عَن یَمِینࣲ وَشِمَالࣲۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزۡقِ رَبِّكُمۡ وَٱشۡكُرُوا۟ لَهُۥۚ بَلۡدَةࣱ طَیِّبَةࣱ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورࣱ ١٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
There was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."
The Letter Qaf 50:17
Noun
إِذۡ یَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّیَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِیدࣱ ١٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left
Derived Forms (6)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ٱلشِّمَالِ | lshimaāli | Noun | 6× | |
| ٱشْتَمَلَتْ | shtamalat | Verb | 2× | |
| بِشِمَالِهِۦ | bishimaālihi | Noun | 1× | |
| وَشِمَالٍ | washimaālin | Noun | 1× | |
| وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِ | walshamaāili | Noun | 1× | |
| شَمَآئِلِهِمْ | shamaāilihim | Noun | 1× |