muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarطُمُوسٌ طَمْسٌ طَمَاسَةٌ
Core sense — it became effaced; he effaced it; he blinded him; he transformed itgenerated
1.1it became effaced, or obliterated—انطمس
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Said of a relic or remain, of a mark or trace, of a writing, or of some other thing.
it became effaced, or obliterated—تطمّس
on this sense Said of a thing — for example a road or path, a writing, or a relic, trace, or vestige: it became effaced, or obliterated, and its trace or mark became effaced. Or, said of a thing: it quitted its form, or shape.
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred
Said of a star, of the moon, and of the sight or eye: it lost its light, or was deprived of its light. [See also the passive form in what follows.]
1.1.2the heart's becoming bad, or corrupt—طُمُوسُ القَلْبِ
[See also the last sentence of this paragraph.]
1.1.3the man was, or became, distant, or remote; he went far away—طَمَسَ الرَّجُلُ
1.1.4he looked far; or he looked at a thing from afar—طَمَسَ بِعَيْنِهِ
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1.2he effaced it, or obliterated it; he removed its trace or mark—طَمَسَهُ
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he effaced it, or obliterated it; he removed its trace or mark—طَمَسَ عَلَيْهِ
Also طمّسهُ, maṣdar تَطْمِيسٌ, in the same sense; or: he destroyed it.
طَمَسَ المَكْتُوبَ is also explained as: he covered the writing by folding.
the wind effaced it, or obliterated it—طَمَسَتْهُ الرِّيحُ
Namely, the trace, or mark, of a thing.
And when the stars shall have their traces extirpated—فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ
In the Qur'ān 77:8. Or: shall lose their light.
1.2.1He (God) blinded them—طَمَسَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ
As in the Qur'ān 54:37.
He (God) blinded them—عَلَى أَعْيُنِهِمْ
As in the Qur'ān 36:66.
Qur’ān 54:37 approximate — somewhere between 54:31 and 54:55 Lane cites “Kur liv. 37”
Qur’ān 36:66 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxxvi. 66”
Qur’ān 54:37 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِAnd they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.2.2figurative · مجاز[the clouds, or mist, covered, or concealed, the stars, as though putting out their light]—طَمَسَ الغَيْمُ النُّجُومَ
[Apparently from the sense above.]
1.2.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe conjectured a thing, or computed it by conjecture—طَمَسَ
[Also from this,] because conjecturing is generally accompanied by putting the eyelids together, as though one were blinded.
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1.2.4figurative · مجازHe (God) transformed, or metamorphosed, him or it—طَمَسَهُ
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O our Lord, transform their possessions—رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمٌ
In the Qur'ān 10:88. They say that the possessions became stones. Or: change, or alter, their possessions. Ibn-Arafeh: destroy their possessions. The verb is also read ٱطْمُسْ.
This طَمْس was the last of the nine signs given to Moses, when the property of Pharaoh was transformed at his prayer and became stones. [See the Qur'ān 17:103 and 27:12.]
before we change, or alter, faces—مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَطْمِسَ وُجُوهًا
In the Qur'ān 4:50. In the same way, these words with what immediately follows, فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَى أَدْبَارِهَا, are explained in three ways: before we make faces to be like the backs of necks; or before we make faces to be places in which hair shall grow like the backs of necks; or before we make them to err, in requital of their opposition.
Qur’ān 17:101 approximate — somewhere between 17:80 and 17:110 Lane cites “Kur xvii. 103”
1.2.5the same as فَسَادٌ—طَمْسٌ
[As though in the sense of إِفْسَادٌ: the making, or rendering, bad or corrupt. But see طُمُوسُ القَلْبِ above.]
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
4:47
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّطْمِسَ وُجُوهًا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِهَآ أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلسَّبْتِ ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ مَفْعُولًاO ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed, confirming what was (already) with you, before We change the face and fame of some (of you) beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of Allah Must be carried out.
10:88
وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ ءَاتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَأَهُۥ زِينَةً وَأَمْوَٰلًا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا رَبَّنَا لِيُضِلُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِكَ ۖ رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَٱشْدُدْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَMoses prayed: "Our Lord! Thou hast indeed bestowed on Pharaoh and his chiefs splendour and wealth in the life of the present, and so, Our Lord, they mislead (men) from Thy Path. Deface, our Lord, the features of their wealth, and send hardness to their hearts, so they will not believe until they see the grievous penalty."
36:66
وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَىٰٓ أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَٱسْتَبَقُوا۟ ٱلصِّرَٰطَ فَأَنَّىٰ يُبْصِرُونَIf it had been our Will, We could surely have blotted out their eyes; then should they have run about groping for the Path, but how could they have seen?
54:37
وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِAnd they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."
77:8
فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْThen when the stars become dim;
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, aor. طَمُسَ and طَمِسَ , (S, M, Msb, K) inf. n. طُمُوسٌ (S, M, A, Msb, K) and طَمْسٌ , (Zj;) It (a thing, as, for instance, a road, or path, T, S, M, Msb, and a writing, T, or a relic, trace, or vestige, A) became effaced, or obliterated; (T, S, M, A, Msb, K;) the trace, or mark, thereof (i. e. of a road &c.) became effaced, or obliterated: (M:) or it (a thing) quitted, or went from, its form, or shape: (Zj:) and انطمس (said of a relic, or remain, or of a mark, or trace, and of a writing, TA, or other thing, S) has the first of the significations above; (S, A, K;) and so تطمّس . (S, K.) It ( a star, T, M, and the moon, and the sight, or eye, M) lost, or became deprived of, its light. (T, M.) [See also the pass. form in what follows.] طُمُوسُ القَلْبِ means The heart's becoming in a bad, or corrupt, state. (O. [See also the last sentence of this paragraph.]) طَمَسَ الرَّجُلُ The man was, or became, distant, or remote; or went to a distance, or far away. (T, M, O, K.) And طَمَسَ بِعَيْنِهِ , (M, O, K,) inf. n. طَمْسٌ , (IDrd, O,) He looked far: (M, O, K:) or he looked at a thing from afar. (IDrd, O.) طَمَسَهُ , (S, IKtt, Msb, K,) and طَمَسَ عَلَيْهِ , (M, TA,) aor. طَمِسَ , (M, Msb,) inf. n. طَمْسٌ , (S, Msb, K,) He effaced it, or obliterated it; (S, M, Msb, K;) he effaced, or obliterated, (M,) or removed, (TA,) or extirpated, (K,) the trace, or mark, thereof; (M, K, TA;) as also طمّسهُ , (M, TA,) inf. n. تَطْمِيسٌ : (TA:) or he destroyed it: (IKtt:) and طَمَسَ المَكْتُوبَ is also expl. as signifying he covered the writing by folding. (Har p. 505.) You say, طَمَسَتْهُ الرِّيحُ The wind effaced, or obliterated, it; namely, the trace, or mark, of a thing. (A.) And it is said in the Kur [lxxvii. 8], فَإِذَا النُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ And when the stars shall have their traces extirpated: (O, K:) or shall lose their light. (T, TA.) طَمَسَ أَعْيُنَهُمْ , [as in the Kur liv. 37,] (A,) and عَلَى أَعْيُنِهِمْ , (T, A,) as in the Kur xxxvi. 66, (T,) He (God) blinded them. (T, TA.) [Hence, app.,] طَمَسَ الغَيْمُ النُّجُومَ [The clouds, or mist, covered, or concealed, the stars; as though it put out their light]. (A.) And [hence also,] طَمَسَ , aor. طَمِسَ , (O, K,) inf. n. طَمَاسَةٌ , (O, * K, * TK,) He conjectured, or computed by conjecture, (O, K, TA, TK,) a thing: (TK:) because the doing so is generally accompanied by the putting of the eyelids together, as though one were blinded. (TA.) طَمَسَهُ , inf. n. طَمْسٌ , also signifies He (God) transformed, or metamorphosed, him or it. (TA.) Hence the saying in the Kur [x. 88], رَبَّنَا ٱطْمِسْ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمٌ O our Lord, transform their possessions: (TA:) they say that they became stones: (O, TA:) or change, or alter, their possessions: (S, O:) or destroy their possessions: (Ibn-Arafeh, O, Bd, K:) the verb is also read ٱطْمُسْ . (Bd.) This طَمْس was the last of the nine signs which were given to Moses, when the property of Pharaoh was transformed at his prayer, and became stones. (M.) [See the Kur xvii. 103, and xxvii. 12.] In like manner, it is said in the Kur [iv. 50], مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَطْمِسَ وُجُوهًا Before we change, or alter, faces: (S:) or these words, with what immediately follows, فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَى أَدْبَارِهَا , are expl. in three different ways: before we make faces to be like the backs of necks: or before we make faces to be places in which hair shall grow like the backs of necks: or before we make them to err, in requital of their opposition. (Zj, TA.) طَمْسٌ also signifies i. q. فَسَادٌ [as though in the sense of إِفْسَادٌ The making, or rendering, bad, corrupt, &c.: but see طُمُوسُ القَلْبِ , above]. (TA.)