ق و م q-w-m
قَامَ
qāma
(lit., to stand, set up, maintain — hence, to keep something up and running)
Definition
- 1قَامَqāmato stand41
- 2الْقِيَامَةal-qiyāmahrising for Judgment70
- 3أَقَامُواaqāmūto establish, observe13
- 4أَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَaqāma aṣ-ṣalāhto establish, maintain, keep up prayers45
- 5تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُtaqūmu as-sāʿahfor the Final Hour to be established8
- 6تَقُومَtaqūmato be long-standing, persistent9
- 7يَقُومَyaqūmamaintain, sustain11
- 8مُقَامmuqāmto maintain one’s position, stay11
- 9قَيِّمqayyimto be upright, straight (not deviating to the right or left)14
- 10اسْتَقَامُواistaqāmūto be steadfast in uprightness47
- 11مَقَامmaqāmstanding; place of standing8
- 12قَوْمqawmpeople (who maintain the affairs of their group or tribe)383
Total uses in the Qur’an: 660
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
قَامَ · قَامُوا · قُمْتُمْ · يَقُومُ · يَقُومُونَ · تَقُومُ · قُمْ · قُومُوا · أَقَامَهُ · قِيَامًا · قَائِمٌ · قَائِمَةٌ · الْقَائِمِينَ
وَإِذَا قَامُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُوا۟ كُسَالَىٰ
And when they stand up for prayer, they stand lazily.
4:142draft glosses: 6 of 6
وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟
But when darkness covers them, they stand still.
2:20draft glosses: 4 of 4
فَنَادَتْهُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَآئِمٌۭ يُصَلِّى
So the angels called out to him while he stood praying …
3:39draft glosses: 5 of 5
سَاجِدًۭا وَقَآئِمًۭا
… prostrating and standing ˹in prayer˺.
39:9draft glosses: 2 of 2
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌۭ
And his wife was standing by.
11:71draft glosses: 2 of 2
أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَآئِمَةً عَلَىٰٓ أُصُولِهَا
… or left ˹them˺ standing on their roots …
59:5draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 2
الْقِيَامَة · الْقِيَامَةِ
يوم القيامة
… the Day of rising for Judgment.
75:6draft glosses: 2 of 2
Sense 3
أَقَامُوا · يُقِيمُوا · أَقِيمُوا · أَقِمْ
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
And had they observed the Torah and the Gospel …
5:66draft glosses: 5 of 5
أَنْ أَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلدِّينَ
˹… saying,˺ “keep up the faith.”
42:13draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ
And keep up the weight with justice.
55:9draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 4
أَقَامَ · أَقَامُوا · يُقِيمُونَ · أَقِيمُوا · إِقَامَ · مُقِيمِ · الْمُقِيمِينَ
أَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَوُا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
And they establish prayer and pay alms-tax …
22:41draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ
And establish prayer, and pay alms-tax.
2:43draft glosses: 4 of 4
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ
My Lord! Make me keep up prayer.
14:40draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 5
تَقُومُ · قَائِمَةً
وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ
And on the Day the Hour will be established …
30:14draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً
“… and I do not think the Hour will ever be established.”
41:50draft glosses: 4 of 4
Sense 6
تَقُومَ · قَائِمًا · مُقِيمٌ
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِ
And one of His signs is that the heavens and the earth persist by His command.
30:25draft glosses: 7 of 7
وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُقِيمٌ
And they will have a persistent punishment.
9:68draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 7
يَقُومَ · قِيَامًا · قَوَّامِينَ · قَوَّامُونَ · الْقَيُّومُ
لِيَقُومَ ٱلنَّاسُ بِٱلْقِسْطِ
… so that people may maintain justice.
57:25draft glosses: 3 of 3
ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ
Men are the maintainers of women.
4:34draft glosses: 4 of 4
كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ
Maintain justice!
4:135draft glosses: 3 of 3
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ
Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Maintaining.
2:255draft glosses: 7 of 7
Sense 8
مُقَام · مَقَامِكَ · مَقَامِي · إِقَامَتِكُمْ
لَا مُقَامَ لَكُمْ
“There is no point in you staying ˹here˺.”
33:13draft glosses: 3 of 3
حَسُنَتْ مُسْتَقَرًّۭا وَمُقَامًۭا
What an excellent place to settle and reside!
25:76draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 9
الْقَيِّمُ · قَيِّمًا · أَقْوَمُ · قِيَمًا · قَوَّامًا
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْقَيِّمُ
That is the upright faith.
12:40draft glosses: 3 of 3
إِنَّ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ يَهْدِي لِلَّتِي هِيَ أَقْوَمُ
Surely this Quran guides to what is most upright.
17:9draft glosses: 7 of 7
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
Indeed, We created humans in the most upright form.
95:4draft glosses: 6 of 6
Sense 10
اسْتَقَامُوا · يَسْتَقِيمَ · اسْتَقِمْ · الْمُسْتَقِيمَ · مُسْتَقِيمٌ
فَمَا اسْتَقَامُوا لَكُمْ فَاسْتَقِيمُوا لَهُمْ
So, as long as they are true to you, be true to them.
9:7draft glosses: 5 of 5
فَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ
So be steadfast as you are commanded.
11:112draft glosses: 3 of 3
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Guide us along the Straight Path.
1:6draft glosses: 3 of 3
Sense 11
مَقَام · مُقَامًا · الْمُقَامَةِ
مَّقَامُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
… the standing-place of Ibrāhīm.
3:97draft glosses: 2 of 2
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ
And as for those who were in awe of standing before their Lord …
79:40draft glosses: 5 of 5
Sense 12
قَوْم · الْقَوْمُ · قَوْمَهُ · قَوْمُهُ
وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
3:86draft glosses: 5 of 5
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ
And ˹remember˺ when Mūsā said to his people, “O my people!”
61:5draft glosses: 5 of 5
Notes
ⓘSense 10 اسْتَقَامُوا ‘to be steadfast in uprightness’ is the only form built on the سْتَقـ pattern.
DawahAgent2026-06-10 · reviewed