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Quran Maqasid

سَمِعَ

سمع in the Quran

Meaning: hear

سمع occurs 100 times in 91 verses across 44 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
100
Verses
91
Surahs
44

سَمِعَ

Verb · 78 times

Meaning: hear · Also translated as: and listen, they listen, listen

Forms in the Quran

  • يَسْمَعُونَ ×19
  • سَمِعْنَا ×16
  • يَسْمَعُ ×6
  • سَمِعُوا۟ ×6
  • وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ×4
  • تَسْمَعُ ×4
  • سَمِعَ ×2
  • وَٱسْمَعْ ×2

سَمْع

Noun · 22 times

Meaning: their hearing · Also translated as: your hearing

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلسَّمْعَ ×11
  • سَمْعِهِمْ ×3
  • سَمْعَكُمْ ×2
  • سَمْعًا ×2
  • بِسَمْعِهِمْ ×1
  • وَسَمْعِهِمْ ×1
  • سَمْعِهِۦ ×1
  • لِلسَّمْعِ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

السمع: قوة في الأذن به يدرك الأصوات، وفعله يقال له السمع أيضا، وقد سمع سمعا.

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿واسمع غير مسمع﴾ [النساء: 46] كانوا اليهود لعنهم الله، يقولون له: اسمع ظاهرا، وفي أنفسهم: لا سمعت. وقيل: معناه: غير مجاب إلى ما تدعونا إليه. ومنه قوله: «الله إني أعوذ بك من دعاء لا يسمع» أي لا يجاب. وقول المصلي: «سمع الله لمن حمده» أي أجابه وقبله. وإنما قيل ذلك لأن غرض الداعي قبول دعائه وإجابته، فأوقع…

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root س م ع

Verses with سمع

Verses 21–40 of 91

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Have they feet to walk with? Or hands to lay hold with? Or eyes to see with? Or ears to hear with? Say: "Call your 'god-partners', Scheme (your worst) against me, And give me no respite!

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:195
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    If thou callest them To guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them Looking at thee, but They see not.

    Surah Al-A'raf, verse 7:198
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Obey God and His Apostle, And turn not away from him When ye hear (him speak).

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:20
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Nor be like those who say, "We hear," but listen not:

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:21
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    When Our Signs are rehearsed To them, they say: "We Have heard this (before): If we wished, we could Say (words) like these: These are nothing But tales of the ancients."

    Surah Al-Anfal, verse 8:31
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    If one amongst the Pagans Ask thee for asylum, Grant it to him, So that he may hear the Word Of God; and then escort him To where he can be secure. That is because they are Men without knowledge.

    Surah At-Tawbah, verse 9:6
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Say: "Who is it that Sustains you (in life) From the sky and from the earth? Or who is it that Has power over hearing And sight? And who Is it that brings out The living from the dead And the dead from the living? And who is it that Rules and regulates all affairs?" They will soon say, "God". Say, "Will ye not then Show piety (to Him)?"

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:31
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    He it is that hath Made you the Night That ye may rest therein, And the Day to make Things visible (to you). Verily in this are Signs For those who listen (To His Message).

    Surah Yunus, verse 10:67
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    They will in no wise Frustrate (His design) on earth, Nor have they protectors Besides God! Their penalty Will be doubled! They lost The power to hear, And they did not see!

    Surah Hud, verse 11:20
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    When she heard Of their malicious talk, She sent for them And prepared a banquet For them: she gave Each of them a knife: And she said (to Joseph), "Come out before them." When they saw him, They did extol him, And (in their amazement) Cut their hands: they said, "God preserve us! no mortal Is this! This is none other Than a noble angel!"

    Surah Yusuf, verse 12:31
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    But any that gains a hearing By stealth, is pursued By a flaming fire, bright (to see).

    Surah Al-Hijr, verse 15:18
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    And God sends down rain From the skies, and gives therewith Life to the earth after its death: Verily in this is a Sign For those who listen.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:65
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is He Who brought you Forth from the wombs Of your mothers when Ye knew nothing; and He Gave you hearing and sight And intelligence and affections: That ye may give thanks (To God).

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:78
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those are they whose hearts, Ears, and eyes God has sealed up And they take no heed.

    Surah An-Nahl, verse 16:108
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    And pursue not that Of which thou hast No knowledge; for Every act of hearing, Or of seeing Or of (feeling in) the heart Will be enquired into (On the Day of Reckoning).

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:36
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    (Unbelievers) whose eyes Had been under a veil From Remembrance of Me, And who had been unable Even to hear.

    Surah Al-Kahf, verse 18:101
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why Worship that which heareth not And seeth not, and can Profit thee nothing?

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:42
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    They will not there hear Any vain discourse, but Only salutations of Peace: And they will have therein Their sustenance, morning And evening.

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:62
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    But how many (countless) Generations before them Have We destroyed? Canst thou Find a single one of them (Now) or hear. (so much As) a whisper of them?

    Surah Maryam, verse 19:98
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    He said: "Fear not: For I am with you: I hear and see (everything).

    Surah Taha, verse 20:46