ش م ل sh-m-l
ٱشْتَمَلَت
ishtamalat / shimal
(lit., a shamlah dress covers the body; ash-shamal wind engulfs everything)
Definition
- 1ٱشْتَمَلَتishtamalatto contain2
- 2شِمَالshimalthe left10
Total uses in the Qur’an: 12
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
ٱشْتَمَلَت
ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ ٱثْنَيْنِ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ نَبِّـُٔونِى بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
[They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."
6:143draft glosses: 23 of 23
Sense 2
شِمَال · شَمَائِل
لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍۢ فِى مَسْكَنِهِمْ ءَايَةٌۭ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٍۢ وَشِمَالٍۢ كُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لَهُۥ بَلْدَةٌۭ طَيِّبَةٌۭ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌۭ
There was for [the tribe of] Saba' in their dwelling place a sign: two [fields of] gardens on the right and on the left. [They were told], "Eat from the provisions of your Lord and be grateful to Him. A good land [have you], and a forgiving Lord."
34:15draft glosses: 20 of 20
DawahAgent2026-06-20 · reviewed