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ظَالِم

active participle of ظَلَمَ

AdjectiveRoot ظ-ل-م

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Feminine
ظَالِمَة
Masculine plural
ظَالِمُون، ظُلَّام، ظَلَمَة
Feminine plural
ظَالِمَات

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
مُظْلِم
dark
Noun
ظُلْمَة
darkness
Verb · Form IV
أَظْلَمَ
to become dark
Noun
ظُلْم
wrong
Verb · Form I
ظَلَمَ
to wrong

ظَالِم in English

Adjective

  1. active participle of ظَلَمَ (ẓalama)
    1. unjust; tyrannical, oppressing, iniquitous
      وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِ أَبَدًاAnd he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:35

Word origin

Derived from the active participle of ظَلَمَ (ẓalama).

Words from the root ظ-ل-م

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

ظَلَمَ · present يَظْلِمُ
Form I · The plain action

to wrong, to treat unjustly, to oppress

ظُلْم
Verbal noun
wrong
ظَلْم
Verbal noun
مَظْلِمَة
Verbal noun
a tyrannical act
مَظْلَمَة
Verbal noun
ظِلَام
Verbal noun
ظَالِم
Active participle · Adjective
active participle of ظَلَمَ
مَظْلُوم
Passive participle
an oppressed person
مَظْلُوم
Passive participle · Adjective
passive participle of ظَلَمَ
ظَلِمَ · present يَظْلَمُ
Form I · The plain action

to become dark

ظَلَم
Verbal noun
ظَلِم
Active participle
ظَلَّمَ · present يُظَلِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to be in the least unjust

تَظْلِيم
Verbal noun
مُظَلِّم
Active participle
مُظَلَّم
Passive participle
أَظْلَمَ · present يُظْلِمُ
Form IV · Causative

to become dark, to darken

إِظْلَام
Verbal noun
مُظْلِم
Active participle · Adjective
dark
اِظَّلَمَ · present يَظَّلِمُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to suffer injustice, to be wronged

اِظِّلَام
Verbal noun
مُظَّلِم
Active participle
ظُلْمَة
Noun · f.
darkness
أَظْلَم
Adjective
elative degree of ظالم
ظَلَام
Noun · m.
darkness
ظَلَّام
Adjective
oppressor
ظَلِيم
Adjective
oppressed
ظِلِّيم
Adjective
unrighteous
ظَلِيم
Noun · m.
male ostrich
مَظْلُومِيَّة
Noun · f.
oppression

ظَالِم: plural and other forms

Singularظَالِم
Feminineظَالِمَة
Masculine pluralظَالِمُون، ظُلَّام، ظَلَمَة
Feminine pluralظَالِمَات

ظَالِم in a sentence

Dictionary examples

unjust

وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِ أَبَدًاAnd he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:35

From a fully vowelled text

ظَالِمُ الْفَقِيرِ يُعَيِّرُ خَالِقَهُ، وَيُمَجِّدُهُ رَاحِمُ الْمِسْكِينِ.He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.Proverbs 14:31, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يَا إِلهِي، نَجِّنِي مِنْ يَدِ الشِّرِّيرِ، مِنْ كَفِّ فَاعِلِ الشَّرِّ وَالظَّالِمِ.Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.Psalms 71:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
ظَالِمُ الْفَقِيرِ تَكْثِيرًا لِمَا لَهُ، وَمُعْطِي الْغَنِيِّ، إِنَّمَا هُمَا لِلْعَوَزِ.He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.Proverbs 22:16, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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