لا جرم

Arabic

Etymology

Probably لَا (lā) +‎ جُرْم (jurm) with the last in an obsolete vocalization (not usual already in the 7^th century CE) originally implying “it is no wrong [scilicet to claim]”.

Phrase

لَا جَرَمَ • (lā jarama)

1. certainly, surely, no doubt, undoubtedly
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:23:

     لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ

     lā jarama ʔanna l-laha yaʕlamu mā yusirrūna wamā yuʕlinūna ʔinnahu lā yuḥibbu l-mustakbirīna

     No doubt that God knows what they hide and what they show, he indeed does not like the arrogant.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 16:62:

     وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ وَتَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمُ الْكَذِبَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمُ النَّارَ وَأَنَّهُم مُّفْرَطُونَ

     wayajʕalūna lillahi mā yakrahūna wataṣifu ʔalsinatuhumu l-kaḏiba ʔanna lahumu l-ḥusnā lā jarama ʔanna lahumu n-nāra waʔannahum mufraṭūna

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   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:43:

     لا جَرَمَ أَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلا فِي الآخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ مَرَدَّنَا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَأَنَّ الْمُسْرِفِينَ هُمْ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ

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Descendants

• → Persian: لاجرم (lâjaram)