What does « To go out » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word To go out (خمد) in the Quran, with 2 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

خمد

To go out

Root: خ - م - د

Creed (aqida) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of To go out

Allah says: 'We made them like a harvest extinguished (khâmidîn)' (Al-Anbiyâ': 15).

Khâmidîn: extinguished, like fire that dies out.

Destroyed peoples are compared to an extinguished fire, without life or movement.

To go out in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 2 Medinan: 0

Distribution of verses by surah

Al-Anbiya 1

Ya-Sin 1

Surah Al-Anbiya : 15 Meccan

﴿فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ﴾

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

Surah Ya-Sin : 29 Meccan

﴿إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ﴾

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

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