المُسَوَّمَةُ
Root: سوم
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المُسَوَّمَةُ
means The pastured horses: or the horses sent forth with their riders upon them: or it means, or means also, the marked horses; marked by a colour differing from the rest of the colour; or by branding: or the horses of goodly make.
2 مُسَوَّمِينَ, in the Kur [iii. 121], may mean, accord. to Akh, either Marked [by the colours, or the like, of their horses, so as to be distinguished from others], or sent forth; and is thus with ي and ن [because applied to rational beings, namely, angels, and] because the horses were marked, or sent forth, and upon them were their riders.
3 And حِجَارَةً مِنْ طِينٍ مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ, in the Kur [li. 33 and 34], means [Stones of baked clay] having upon them the semblance of seals [impressed in the presence of thy Lord], in order that they may be known to be from God: or marked with whiteness and redness, as is related on the authority of El-Hasan, or with a mark whereby it shall be known that they are not of the stones of this world but of the things wherewith God inflicts punishment, or [each] with the name of him upon whom it is to be cast: or sent forth: but Er-Rághib says that the first is the proper way of explaining it.
2 مُسَوَّمِينَ, in the Kur [iii. 121], may mean, accord. to Akh, either Marked [by the colours, or the like, of their horses, so as to be distinguished from others], or sent forth; and is thus with ي and ن [because applied to rational beings, namely, angels, and] because the horses were marked, or sent forth, and upon them were their riders.
3 And حِجَارَةً مِنْ طِينٍ مُسَوَّمَةً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ, in the Kur [li. 33 and 34], means [Stones of baked clay] having upon them the semblance of seals [impressed in the presence of thy Lord], in order that they may be known to be from God: or marked with whiteness and redness, as is related on the authority of El-Hasan, or with a mark whereby it shall be known that they are not of the stones of this world but of the things wherewith God inflicts punishment, or [each] with the name of him upon whom it is to be cast: or sent forth: but Er-Rághib says that the first is the proper way of explaining it.
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