Quran glossary · draft

رَمِيم disintegrated-state lexeme

decayed remains

Material reduced by decay to a worn, crumbling state.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 2

Roots: رمم

Lemmas: رميم

Forms: رَمِيمٌ · رَّمِيمِ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

36:78

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ

51:42

مَا تَذَرُ مِن شَىْءٍ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جَعَلَتْهُ كَٱلرَّمِيمِ

Where other meanings fail

intact

36:78

وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ

Alternative: who will revive the bones while they are intact?

Research rendering: who will revive the bones while they are decayed?

The alternative removes the disintegrated state on which the resurrection objection depends.