Quran glossary · draft

ذمم

censured status

A person exposed to moral censure for a blame-incurring course.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 3

Roots: ذمم

Lemmas: مذموم

Forms: مَذْمُومًا · مَذْمُومٌ

Occurrence examples (3 of 3)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 3.

17:18

مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا

17:22

لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا

68:49

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

The noun ذِمَّة is something an aggressor ought to regard concerning believers, so it functions as a binding claim of protection. The passive participle مَذْمُوم names the resulting state of being censured. Obligation and blame are thus the prospective and realized sides of moral accountability.