# Sin-Vav-Mim — سوم (swm)

> Occurs in 15 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/swm

- **Meaning:** To bargain, to set a price, to appraise, to give cash price, to assess value
- **Derived forms:** تُسِيمُ (1) · سِيمَٰ (6) · مُسَوِّمِين (1) · مُّسَوَّمَة (3) · يَسُومُ (4)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 49

- **Form in this verse:** يَسُومُونَكُمْ — yasūmūnakum · "(who were) afflicting you (with)"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ

Wa-ith najjaynakum min alifirAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabi yuthabbihoonaabnaakum wayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikumbalaon min rabbikum AAatheem

And when We delivered you from the house of Pharaoh: they were afflicting you with an evil punishment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women; and in that was a great trial from your Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-49.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 273

- **Form in this verse:** بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ — bisīmāhum · "by their mark"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ اُحْصِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ ضَـرْباً فِي الْاَرْضِۘ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ اَغْنِيَٓاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِۚ تَعْرِفُهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ لَا يَسْـَٔلُونَ النَّاسَ اِلْحَافاًۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِه۪ عَل۪يمٌ۟

Lilfuqara-i allatheena ohsiroofee sabeeli Allahi la yastateeAAoona darbanfee al-ardi yahsabuhumu aljahilu aghniyaamina attaAAaffufi taAArifuhum biseemahum layas-aloona annasa ilhafan wamatunfiqoo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha bihi AAaleem

On the poor who are straitened in the cause of God, unable to make a way in the earth: the ignorant considers them free from need due to their reticence. Thou wilt know them by their mark: they do not ask of men importunately. And what you spend of good, God knows it.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-273.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ — l-musawamati · "[the] branded"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · pattern of tef'il · passive · feminine · genitive case

زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ الشَّهَوَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَٓاءِ وَالْبَن۪ينَ وَالْقَنَاط۪يرِ الْمُقَنْطَرَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْخَيْلِ الْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ وَالْحَرْثِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَاللّٰهُ عِنْدَهُ حُسْنُ الْمَاٰبِ

Zuyyina linnasi hubbuashshahawati mina annisa-i walbaneenawalqanateeri almuqantarati mina aththahabiwalfiddati walkhayli almusawwamati wal-anAAamiwalharthi thalika mataAAu alhayatiaddunya wallahu AAindahu husnualmaab

Made fair for men is the love of lusts — for women, and sons, and amassed fortunes of gold and silver, and branded horses, and cattle, and tilth: that is the provision of the life of this world — but God, with Him is the best journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-14.md_

### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 125

- **Form in this verse:** مُسَوِّمِينَ — musawwimīna · "[the ones] having marks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · active · masculine, plural · accusative case

بَلٰٓىۙ اِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا وَيَأْتُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ هٰذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِخَمْسَةِ اٰلَافٍ مِنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّم۪ينَ

Bala in tasbiroo watattaqoowaya/tookum min fawrihim hatha yumdidkum rabbukumbikhamsati alafin mina almala-ikatimusawwimeen

“Verily, if you are patient and in prudent fear, and they rush upon you of a sudden, your Lord will supply you with five thousand angels having marks,”

_https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-125.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ ۚ — bisīmāhum · "by their marks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَبَيْنَـهُمَا حِجَابٌۚ وَعَلَى الْاَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلاًّ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ وَنَادَوْا اَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ اَنْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ

Wabaynahuma hijabunwaAAala al-aAArafi rijalun yaAArifoonakullan biseemahum wanadaw as-habaaljannati an salamun AAalaykum lam yadkhuloohawahum yatmaAAoon

And between them is a partition; and upon the elevations are men recognising each by their mark; and they will call to the companions of the Garden: “Peace be upon you!” They have not entered it, though they desire to.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-46.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ — bisīmāhum · "by their marks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنَادٰٓى اَصْحَابُ الْاَعْرَافِ رِجَالاً يَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْ قَالُوا مَٓا اَغْنٰى عَنْكُمْ جَمْعُكُمْ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Wanada as-habual-aAArafi rijalan yaAArifoonahum biseemahumqaloo ma aghna AAankum jamAAukum wamakuntum tastakbiroon

And the companions of the elevations will call to men, recognising them by their mark, saying: “What did it avail you, your accumulating, and that you waxed proud?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-48.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 141

- **Form in this verse:** يَسُومُونَكُمْ — yasūmūnakum · "who were afflicting you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذْ اَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِۚ يُقَتِّلُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith anjaynakum min alifirAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabi yuqattiloona abnaakumwayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikum balaonmin rabbikum AAatheem

And when We delivered you from the house of Pharaoh, they were afflicting you with an evil punishment, killing your sons, and sparing your women; and in that was a great trial from your Lord.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-141.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 167

- **Form in this verse:** يَسُومُهُمْ — yasūmuhum · "would afflict them"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَاِذْ تَاَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ مَنْ يَسُومُهُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِۜ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَر۪يعُ الْعِقَابِۚ وَاِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ

Wa-ith taaththana rabbukalayabAAathanna AAalayhim ila yawmi alqiyamati manyasoomuhum soo-a alAAathabi inna rabbaka lasareeAAu alAAiqabiwa-innahu laghafoorun raheem

And when thy Lord proclaimed that He would raise up against them, until the Day of Resurrection, him who would afflict them with an evil punishment[...]. Thy Lord is swift in retribution; and He is forgiving and merciful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-167.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 83

- **Form in this verse:** مُّسَوَّمَةً — musawwamatan · "Marked"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · passive · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَۜ وَمَا هِيَ مِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَ بِبَع۪يدٍ۟

Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika wama hiyamina aththalimeena bibaAAeed

Marked in the sight of thy Lord. And it is not far from the wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-83.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** يَسُومُونَكُمْ — yasūmūnakum · "they were afflicting you"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِهِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْكُمْ اِذْ اَنْجٰيكُمْ مِنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُٓوءَ الْعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ اَبْنَٓاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَٓاءَكُمْۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكُمْ بَلَٓاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi othkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum ithanjakum min ali firAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabiwayuthabbihoona abnaakum wayastahyoonanisaakum wafee thalikum balaon min rabbikumAAatheem

And when Moses said to his people: “Remember the favour of God upon you when He delivered you from the house of Pharaoh: they were afflicting you with an evil punishment, and slaughtering your sons and sparing your women; and in that was a great trial from your Lord.”

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-6.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** تُسِيمُونَ — tusīmūna · "you pasture your cattle"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

هُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً لَكُمْ مِنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ ف۪يهِ تُس۪يمُونَ

Huwa allathee anzala mina assama-imaan lakum minhu sharabun waminhu shajarun feehituseemoon

He it is that sends down from the sky water for you; from it is drink; and from it are plants in which you put out to pasture;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-10.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 30

- **Form in this verse:** بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ ۚ — bisīmāhum · "by their marks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَوْ نَشَٓاءُ لَاَرَيْنَاكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۜ وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ ف۪ي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِۜ وَاللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ اَعْمَالَكُمْ

Walaw nashao laaraynakahumfalaAAaraftahum biseemahum walataAArifannahum fee lahnialqawli wallahu yaAAlamu aAAmalakum

— And had We willed, We would have shown them to you, then wouldst thou know them by their mark — but thou wilt know them by their tone of speech; and God knows your deeds.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-30.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** سِيمَاهُمْ — sīmāhum · "Their mark"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰهِۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُٓ  اَشِدَّٓاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَٓاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ تَرٰيهُمْ رُكَّعاً سُجَّداً يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلاً مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَاناًۘ س۪يمَاهُمْ ف۪ي وُجُوهِهِمْ مِنْ اَثَرِ السُّجُودِۜ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ فِي التَّوْرٰيةِۚۛ وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي الْاِنْج۪يلِ۠ۛ   كَزَرْعٍ اَخْرَجَ شَطْـَٔهُ۫ فَاٰزَرَهُ فَاسْتَغْلَظَ فَاسْتَوٰى عَلٰى سُوقِه۪ يُعْجِبُ الزُّرَّاعَ لِيَغ۪يظَ بِهِمُ الْكُفَّارَۜ وَعَدَ اللّٰهُ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْهُمْ مَغْفِرَةً وَاَجْراً عَظ۪يماً

Muhammadun rasoolu Allahi wallatheenamaAAahu ashiddao AAala alkuffari ruhamaobaynahum tarahum rukkaAAan sujjadan yabtaghoona fadlanmina Allahi waridwanan seemahum feewujoohihim min athari assujoodi thalika mathaluhumfee attawrati wamathaluhum fee al-injeelikazarAAin akhraja shat-ahu faazarahu fastaghlathafastawa AAala sooqihi yuAAjibu azzurraAAaliyagheetha bihimu alkuffara waAAada Allahuallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo assalihatiminhum maghfiratan waajran AAatheema

Muḥammad is the messenger of God. And those with him are hard against the atheists, merciful among themselves — thou seest them lowly, in submission, seeking favour from God and approval, their mark on their faces of the effects of the Submission — that is their likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is like a seed that put forth its shoot, and strengthens it, and established itself upon its stem pleasing the sowers, that by them He might enrage the atheists. God has promised those who heed warning and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-29.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** مُّسَوَّمَةً — musawwamatan · "Marked"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tef'il · passive · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُسْرِف۪ينَ

Musawwamatan AAinda rabbika lilmusrifeen

“Marked in the sight of thy Lord for the committers of excess.”

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-34.md_

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 41

- **Form in this verse:** بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ — bisīmāhum · "by their marks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاص۪ي وَالْاَقْدَامِۚ

YuAArafu almujrimoona biseemahumfayu/khathu binnawasee wal-aqdam

The lawbreakers will be known by their mark, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet:

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-41.md_

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