Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

عِظام

عظام in the Quran

Meaning: and bones

عظام occurs 13 times in 12 verses across 8 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
13
Verses
12
Surahs
8

عِظام

Noun · 13 times

Meaning: and bones · Also translated as: bones, the bones, his bones

Forms in the Quran

  • وَعِظَٰمًا ×5
  • عِظَٰمًا ×4
  • ٱلْعِظَٰمَ ×2
  • ٱلْعِظَامِ ×1
  • عِظَامَهُۥ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

العظم جمعه: عظام. قال تعالى: عظاما فكسونا العظام لحما [المؤمنون/ 14] ، وقرئ: عظاما فيهما، ومنه قيل: عظمة الذراع لمستغلظها، وعظم الرحل: خشبة بلا أنساع ، وعظم الشيء أصله: كبر عظمه، ثم استعير لكل كبير، فأجري مجراه محسوسا كان أو معقولا، عينا كان أو معنى. قال: عذاب يوم عظيم

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿وهو العلي العظيم﴾ [البقرة: 255]. العظم الموصوف به الباري تعالى عبارة عن كبريائه وجلاله وجبروته وقدرته وأنه متصف بصفات الكمال. وأصل العظم. الكبر والزيادة في الأجزاء المحسوسة، هذا أصله ثم يتجوز به في المعاني نحو قوله: ﴿ولهم عذاب عظيم﴾ [آل عمران: 176]. قال بعضهم: أصله من عظم الرجل: كبر عظمه وكثر، ثم استعير…

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

Verses with عظام

Verses 1–12 of 12

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    Or (take) the similitude Of one who passed By a hamlet, all in ruins To its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall God Bring it (ever) to life, After (this) its death?" But God caused him To die for a hundred years, Then raised him up (again). He said: "How long Didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: "(Perhaps) a day Or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried Thus a hundred years; But look at thy food And thy drink; they show No signs of age; and look At thy donkey: and that We may make of thee A Sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, How We bring them together And clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly To him, he said: "I know That God hath power Over all things."

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:259
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    They say: "What! When we are reduced To bones and dust, Should we really be raised up (To be) a new creation?

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:49
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    That is their recompense, Because they rejected Our Signs, And said, "When we are reduced To bones and broken dust, Should we really be raised up (To be) a new Creation?"

    Surah Al-Isra, verse 17:98
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then We made the sperm Into a clot of congealed blood; Then of that clot We made A (fœtus) lump; then We Made out of that lump Bones and clothed the bones With flesh; then We developed Out of it another creature. So blessed be God, The Best to create!

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:14
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    "Does he promise that When ye die and become dust And bones, ye shall be Brought forth (again)?

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:35
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    They say: "What! When we Die and become dust and bones, Could we really be Raised up again?

    Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:82
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    And he makes comparisons For Us, and forgets his own (Origin and) Creation: He says, "Who can give Life to (dry) bones And decomposed ones (at that)?"

    Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:78
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    "What! when we die, And become dust and bones, Shall we (then) be Raised up (again)?

    Surah As-Saffat, verse 37:16
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    "When we die and become Dust and bones, shall we Indeed receive rewards And punishments?"

    Surah As-Saffat, verse 37:53
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    And they used to say, "What! when we die And become dust and bones, Shall we then indeed Be raised up again?—

    Surah Al-Waqi'ah, verse 56:47
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Does man think that We Cannot assemble his bones?

    Surah Al-Qiyamah, verse 75:3
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    "What!—when we shall Have become rotten bones?"

    Surah An-Nazi'at, verse 79:11