ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ ٤٦
Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
وَتِين
Watin: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Watīn
In the Quran“The aorta”, the main artery of the heart; figuratively, the vital bond
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-Haqqah 69:46.
Watin in Islam
The word occurs only once in the Quran, in a verse of warning: had the Prophet invented sayings against Allah, “We would have cut his aorta” (69:46). The name thus comes from a Quranic word, but not from a context of praise: worth knowing before choosing it.
Meaning of the name Watin
Watin is, in the classical dictionaries, the artery of the heart “whose severing causes death” (Lisan al-ʿArab): the aorta. The root w-t-n expresses what is constant and firmly set. Fashionable in the Gulf, the name is understood as “she who is as vital as the heart”.
- In Arabic
- وَتِين وتين
- Transliteration
- Watīn
- Root
- و ت ن · 1 occurrence in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Watin in the Quran?
Yes: the word Watin appears in the Quran once, in one surah.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Watin in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Watin in each language
- French
- Watine, Wateen, Watin
- English
- Watin, Wateen
- Spanish
- Watin
- Turkish
- Vetin
- Arabic
- وَتِين