الأَنَامُ  (T, M, Msb, K) and ↓ الآنَامُ (K) and ↓ الأَنِيمُ , (M, K,) the last allowable in poetry, (M,) i. q. الخَلْقُ; (M, K, and Bd and Jel in lv. 9;) i. e. [Mankind; for such is the general meaning of الخَلْقُ, or] mankind and the jinn (or genii) and others: (Jel ubi suprà:) or the jinn and mankind: (T, Msb, K:) or what are on the face of the earth of all that are termed الخَلْق [or created beings]: (Lth, T, Msb:) or all that is on the face of the earth: (K:) or everything having a رُوح [i. e. soul, or spirit]: (Bd ubi suprà:) or every one who is subject to sleep. (TA [as though it were derived from النَّوْمُ.]) الانام is not mentioned by J, though occurring in the Kur-án. (TA.) الأَنِيمُ  : see above. الآنَامُ الآنام : see above. Credit: Lane Lexicon