شأم
s-h-ā-m
The root شأم primarily refers to the left side or direction. It is associated with misfortune, ill-omen, or bad luck, as the left hand was traditionally considered inauspicious.
Root
ش-أ-م
4
Total uses
3
Verses
3
Surahs
2
Forms
Root
ش-أ-م
Root Meaning
The root شأم primarily refers to the left side or direction. It is associated with misfortune, ill-omen, or bad luck, as the left hand was traditionally considered inauspicious.
Derived forms
Surah distribution
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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (2)
Al-Waqi'ah 56:9
And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand
Al-Balad 90:19
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand
🔎 Across the Quran (1)
وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ غَضۡبَٰنَ أَسِفࣰ ا قَالَ بِئۡسَمَا خَلَفۡتُمُونِي مِنۢ بَعۡدِيٓۖ أَعَجِلۡتُمۡ أَمۡرَ رَبِّكُمۡۖ وَأَلۡقَى ٱلۡأَلۡوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأۡسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِۚ قَالَ ٱبۡنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱسۡتَضۡعَفُونِي وَكَادُواْ يَقۡتُلُونَنِي فَلَا بِيَ ٱلۡأَعۡدَآءَ وَلَا تَجۡعَلۡنِي مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And when Moses returned to his people, full of wrath and sorrow, he said: 'Vile is the course you have followed in my absence. Could you not patiently wait for the decree of your Lord?' And he threw down the Tablets [of the Law] and took hold of his brother's head, dragging him to himself. Aaron said: 'My mother's son, the people overpowered me and almost killed me. So let not my enemies gloat over me, and do not number me among the wrong-doing folk