Discover the meaning of the word Wheat / Seeds (فوم) 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.
فوم
Wheat / Seeds
Root: ف - م
Quranic language 1 verse
Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Definition of Wheat / Seeds
Al-Fūm refers to wheat according to most commentators, or garlic according to others.
The Almighty says: 'And lentils and onions and fūm (garlic/wheat)' (Al-Baqarah 61).
It is said the mīm is a substitution for bā', so fūm would be fūb, meaning wheat.
And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.