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Tay-Miim-Siin
to be effaced, disappear, go far away, destroy, be corrupted, wipe out, obliterate, alter, put out, lose brightness, be remote, blot out the trace of.
tamasa
vb. (1) perf. act.
36:66
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَى أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصِّرَاطَ فَأَنَّى يُبْصِرُونَ
Wa Law Nashā'u Laţamasnā `Alá 'A`yunihim Fāstabaqū Aş-Şirāţa Fa'anná Yubşirūna
And if We wished, We can blind their eyes, and they would race towards the path, but how would they see?
54:37
وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوه ُُ عَنْ ضَيْفِه ِِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
Wa Laqad Rāwadūhu `An Đayfihi Faţamasnā 'A`yunahum Fadhūqū `Adhābī Wa Nudhuri
And they sought to remove him from his guests; so We diverted their eyes. Taste My retribution; you have been warned.
impf. act.
4:47
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ آمِنُوا بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقا ً لِمَا مَعَكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَطْمِسَ وُجُوها ً فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَى أَدْبَارِهَا أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّا أَصْحَابَ السَّبْتِ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ مَفْعُولا ً
Yā 'Ayyuhā Al-Ladhīna 'Ūtū Al-Kitāba 'Āminū Bimā Nazzalnā Muşaddiqāan Limā Ma`akum Min Qabli 'An Naţmisa Wujūhāan Fanaruddahā `Alá 'Adbārihā 'Aw Nal`anahum Kamā La`annā 'Aşĥāba As-Sabti Wa Kāna 'Amru Allāhi Maf`ūlāan
O you who have received the Book, believe in what We have sent down authenticating what is with you, before We cast down faces and turn them on their backs or curse them as the people of the Sabbath were cursed. And the will of God is always done.
impv.
10:88
وَقَالَ مُوسَى رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ آتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَه ُُ زِينَة ً وَأَمْوَالا ً فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ رَبَّنَا اطْمِسْ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاشْدُدْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلاَ يُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى يَرَوْا الْعَذَابَ الأَلِيمَ
Wa Qāla Mūsá Rabbanā 'Innaka 'Ātayta Fir`awna Wa Mala'ahu Zīnatan Wa 'Amwālāan Fī Al-Ĥayāati Ad-Dunyā Rabbanā LiyuĐillū `An Sabīlika Rabbanā Aţmis `Alá 'Amwālihim Wa Ashdud `Alá Qulūbihim Falā Yu'uminū Ĥattá Yaraw Al-`Adhāba Al-'Alīma
And Moses said: "Our Lord, you have given Pharaoh and his commanders adornments and wealth in this worldly life so that they will misguide from Your path. Our Lord, wipe out their wealth and bring grief to their hearts; for they will not believe until they see the painful retribution."
perf. pass.
77:8
فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
Fa'idhā An-Nujūmu Ţumisat
So when the stars are plunged.
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