Discover the meaning of the word Mark / Sign (وسم) 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.
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
📖 2 min readAl-Wasm refers to the mark and sign.
The Almighty says: 'You will know them by their signs' (Al-Baqarah 273).
Wasama means to mark.
Al-mawsūm is the marked.
As-sīmā is the distinctive sign.
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