Quran glossary · draft

دمدم

overwhelming destruction

To destroy comprehensively through an overwhelming blow.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: دمدم

Lemmas: دمدم

Forms: دَمْدَمَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

91:14

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target follows Thamud's denial and hamstringing of the she-camel. God is the subject, the people are affected through عَلَيْهِمْ, their sin gives the cause, and the following leveling clause supplies the destructive result.