| Order | Occurrence | Arabic | Without diacritics | Pronunciation | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Baqarah Verse 7 (2:7:6) | سَمْعِهِمْۜ | سمعهم | sem’ihim | their hearing | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Allah hath set a seal(31) on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur)(32).* | |||||
| 2 | Al-Baqarah Verse 20 (2:20:18) | بِسَمْعِهِمْ | بسمعهم | bi-sem’ihim | their hearing | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | The lightning all but snatches away their sight; every time the light (Helps) them, they walk therein, and when the darkness grows on them, they stand still. And if Allah willed, He could take away their faculty of hearing and seeing; for Allah hath power over all things. | |||||
| 3 | Al-Anfal Verse 23 (8:23:0) | لَاَسْمَعَهُمْۜ | لاسمعهم | le-esme’ahum | surely, He (would) have made them hear | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (Faith). | |||||
| 4 | Al-Anfal Verse 23 (8:23:0) | اَسْمَعَهُمْ | اسمعهم | esme’ahum | He had made them hear | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | If Allah had found in them any good. He would indeed have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them listen, they would but have turned back and declined (Faith). | |||||
| 5 | An-Nahl Verse 108 (16:108:7) | وَسَمْعِهِمْ | وسمعهم | ve sem’ihim | and their hearing | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | Those are they whose hearts, ears, and eyes Allah has sealed up,(2146) and they take no heed.* | |||||
| 6 | Fussilat Verse 20 (41:20:7) | سَمْعُهُمْ | سمعهم | sem’uhum | their hearing | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | At length, when they reach the (Fire), their hearing, their sight, and their skins(4487) will bear witness against them, as to (all) their deeds.* | |||||
| 7 | Al-Ahqaf Verse 26 (46:26:15) | سَمْعُهُمْ | سمعهم | sem’uhum | their hearing | س م ع |
| Yusuf Ali (English) | And We had firmly established them in a (prosperity and) power which We have not given to you (ye Quraish!) and We had endowed them with (faculties of)(4804) hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of no profit to them were their (faculties of) hearing, sight, and heart and intellect, when they went on rejecting the Signs(4805) of Allah. and they were (completely) encircled(4806) by that which they used to mock at!* | |||||