Quran glossary · draft

ثَمَّ

there

A locative adverb pointing to a place identified by the surrounding discourse.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 4

Lemmas: ثم

Forms: ثَمَّ

Occurrence examples (4 of 4)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 4.

2:115

وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

26:64

وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

76:20

وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ثَمَّ رَأَيْتَ نَعِيمًا وَمُلْكًا كَبِيرًا

81:21

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 342 family occurrences were reviewed across four pages. The 338 protected sequencing uses meaning ‘then’ were left untouched. The four assigned segments are the locative adverb ثَمَّ, which points to a place rather than ordering events.