هَمْس
Girl Arabic origin Hams
In the Quran“Whisper”, a soft, barely audible voice
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Taha 20:108.
The word occurs only once in the Quran, in the description of the Day of Resurrection: “Voices will be hushed before the Most Merciful, and you will hear nothing but a faint murmur (hamsa)” (20:108). Commentators explain it as the light sound of footsteps towards the Gathering, or as a barely perceptible voice.
Hams is a whisper, a barely audible sound: a low voice, the light sound of footsteps, and even, lexicographers say, the soft tread of the lion (root h-m-s). In tajwid, al-hams is the quality of the “breathed” letters, pronounced with a flow of air, gathered in the phrase faḥaththahu shakhṣun sakat. The recent, poetic name evokes gentle, discreet speech; it is given in the Middle East and the Gulf.
Yes: the word Hams appears in the Quran once, in one surah.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا ١٠٨
That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Hams in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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