Root

س-أ-م

sʾm·s-2-m

3 occurrences3 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
يَسْأَمُyasʾamu3—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with س-أ-م more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where س-أ-م falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times س-أ-م occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 3 of 604 pages (0%)

Densest in juzʾ 3 (1 occurrence). The longest stretch without it runs 431 pages — pages 49–479, juzʾ 3–24.

Occurrences · 3 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root س-أ-م appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root س-أ-م (sʾm) occurs 3 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 3 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does س-أ-م occur?

3 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from س-أ-م (sʾm), out of 3 total occurrences.

What words come from the root س-أ-م?

س-أ-م (sʾm) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently يَسْأَمُ (yasʾamu, 3×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.