Quranic root
سرمد
s · r · m · d
Uninterrupted continuity and lasting duration.
The supplied lexical evidence centers on duration that continues without interruption; a related adjectival derivative extends this idea to what has neither beginning nor end.
- Lane · entry 41009
- Lane · entry 41010
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
سَرْمَد
sarmad
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Continuous, unceasing, or endless duration.
In the Quran, it is applied to night or day when conceived as continuing without interruption. The same perpetuity sense can also be used predicatively with the meaning “ever” or “forever.”
- Lane · entry 41009
- Mufradāt · row 687
Selected Quran examples
Quran 28:71word 8
“continuous”
Quran 28:72word 8
“continuous”
Occurrences in the Quran
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Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 1 Classical meanings
سَرْمَدِيّ
Having neither beginning nor end; eternal.
Adjectival derivative describing something without a beginning or an end.
- Lane · entry 41010
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Maqāyīs evidence was supplied; the root orientation is therefore based on the supplied direct lexical evidence.