Rizwan Zubair

Root س ق م s-q-m

Quranic citations in this entry: 2 · اردو

س ق مs-q-m

(س) سَقِمَ يَسْقَمُ سَقَمًا وَسُقْمًاsaqima yasqamu saqaman wa-suqman: to be ill.

سَقِيْمٌsaqīm (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): ill, sick; the lexicographers explain the difference between مَرَضmaraḍ and سَقَمsaqam thus: سَقَمsaqam is mostly used of bodily and prolonged illness. ﴿فَقَالَ اِنِّيْ سَقِيْمٌ﴾ (Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:89); ﴿فَنَبَذْنٰهُ بِالْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيْمٌ﴾ (Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:145)Twice in the Quran, both times as an adjective.

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