What does « To throw / To cast » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word To throw / To cast (رمى) in the Quran, with 7 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

رمى

To throw / To cast

Root: ر - م

Jurisprudence (fiqh) 7 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of To throw / To cast

Al-ramy is said of physical objects like arrow and stone, and of words like accusation.

Allah says: 'When you threw (ramayta), it was not you who threw but Allah' (Al-Anfâl: 17).

Victory comes from Allah.

To throw / To cast in the Quran (7)

Meccan: 2 Medinan: 5

Distribution of verses by surah

An-Nur 3

An-Nisa 1

Al-Anfal 1

Al-Mursalat 1

Al-Fil 1

Surah An-Nisa : 112 Medinan

﴿وَمَن يَكْسِبْ خَطِيٓـَٔةً أَوْ إِثْمًا ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِهِۦ بَرِيٓـًٔا فَقَدِ ٱحْتَمَلَ بُهْتَٰنًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًا﴾

But whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent [person] has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.

Surah Al-Anfal : 17 Medinan

﴿فَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَمَىٰ وَلِيُبْلِىَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَآءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ﴾

And you did not kill them, but it was Allah who killed them. And you threw not, [O Muhammad], when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that He might test the believers with a good test. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

Surah An-Nur : 4 Medinan

﴿وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَٰدَةً أَبَدًا وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ﴾

And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,

Surah An-Nur : 6 Medinan

﴿وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ﴾

And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful.

Surah An-Nur : 23 Medinan

﴿إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ٱلْغَٰفِلَٰتِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ لُعِنُوا۟ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ﴾

Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment

Surah Al-Mursalat : 32 Meccan

﴿إِنَّهَا تَرْمِى بِشَرَرٍ كَٱلْقَصْرِ﴾

Indeed, it throws sparks [as huge] as a fortress,

Surah Al-Fil : 4 Meccan

﴿تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ﴾

Striking them with stones of hard clay,