Quran glossary · draft

رمز

communicate by gesture

To communicate meaning through a nonverbal sign in place of speech.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: رمز

Lemmas: رمز

Forms: رَمْزًا

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

3:41

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ

Where other meanings fail

whisper

3:41

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱجْعَل لِّىٓ ءَايَةً قَالَ ءَايَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ ٱلنَّاسَ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِٱلْعَشِىِّ وَٱلْإِبْكَٰرِ

Alternative: not speak to the people except by whispering

Research rendering: not speak to the people except by gesture

Whispering remains a mode of speech, while the Quranic construction sets رَمْزًا apart as the exception to speaking.