Discover the meaning of the word Artery / Vein (وتن) in the Quran, with 1 verse in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 1 min readAl-Watīn refers to the aorta, the heart's vein.
The Almighty says: 'Then We would have cut from him the aorta' (Al-Haqqah 46).
Al-watīn is the main vein of the heart.
Its cutting causes death.
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