Quran glossary · draft

غرم

binding burden

A binding burden of loss and obligation that remains attached.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 6

Roots: غرم

Lemmas: مغرم · غارم · غرام

Forms: مَّغْرَمٍ · غَٰرِمِينَ · مَغْرَمًا · غَرَامًا · مُغْرَمُونَ

Occurrence examples (6 of 6)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 6.

9:60

إِنَّمَا ٱلصَّدَقَٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَٱلْعَٰمِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَٱلْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَٱلْغَٰرِمِينَ وَفِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱبْنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

9:98

وَمِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَآئِرَةُ ٱلسَّوْءِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

25:65

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا

52:40

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

56:66

إِنَّا لَمُغْرَمُونَ

68:46

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All six occurrences were inspected on one bounded page. A liable person receives charity, expenditures or fees are treated as a maghram, ruined cultivators call themselves burdened, and Hell's punishment is gharaam. Explicit heaviness at 52:40 and 68:46 anchors an obligation or loss that clings to its bearer.