Root

ش-م-س

shms·sh-m-s

33 occurrences32 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
شَمْسshams33

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ش-م-س more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ش-م-س falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ش-م-س occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 30 of 604 pages (5%)

Densest in juzʾ 16 (3 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 93 pages — pages 44136, juzʾ 37.

Occurrences · 33 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ش-م-س appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ش-م-س (shms) occurs 33 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 32 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ش-م-س occur?

32 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ش-م-س (shms), out of 33 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ش-م-س?

ش-م-س (shms) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently شَمْس (shams, 33×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.