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أُمِّيّ

ummiyyūna

(are) unlettered ones

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Root letters: أ م مAppears 6 times in the Qur'an#1,134 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 114

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: أ م م

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلْأُمِّىَّ2 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)أُمِّيُّونَ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَthe unlettered peoplel-umiyīna · 2 times
  • أُمِّيُّونَ(are) unlettered onesummiyyūna · 1 times
  • وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَand the unlettered peoplewal-umiyīna · 1 times
  • ٱلْأُمِّىَّthe unletteredl-umiya · 1 times
  • ٱلْأُمِّىِّthe unletteredl-umiyi · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root أ م م — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.

Surah 2:78 — Read full ayah

It is He who has sent among the unlettered [Arabs] a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the sunnah] - although they were before in clear error -

Surah 62:2 — Read full ayah

So if they argue with you, say, "I have submitted myself to Allāh [in Islām], and [so have] those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and [to] the unlearned, "Have you submitted yourselves?" And if they submit [in Islām], they are rightly guided; but if they turn away - then upon you is only the [duty of] notification. And Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants.

Surah 3:20 — Read full ayah