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سَمْع

samʿan

(to) hear

শুনতে

Root letters: س م عAppears 22 times in the Qur'an#470 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 47

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: س م ع

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)سَمْعًا22 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلسَّمْعَthe hearingl-samʿa · 10 times
  • سَمْعُهُمْtheir hearingsamʿuhum · 2 times
  • سَمْعِهِمْ ۖtheir hearingsamʿihim · 1 times
  • بِسَمْعِهِمْtheir hearingbisamʿihim · 1 times
  • سَمْعَكُمْyour hearingsamʿakum · 1 times
  • وَسَمْعِهِمْand their hearingwasamʿihim · 1 times

Words from the same root

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

Examples from the Qur'an

Indeed they, from [its] hearing, are removed.

Surah 26:212 — Read full ayah

They pass on what is heard, and most of them are liars.

Surah 26:223 — Read full ayah

Except one who steals a hearing and is pursued by a clear burning flame.

Surah 15:18 — Read full ayah