The Arabic word for talisman is Tilsam (طلسم): Written right-to-left with the letters Tā’ (ط), Lām (ل), Sīn (س), and Mīm (م).

When read in reverse (left-to-right): The sequence becomes Mīm (م), Sīn (س), Lām (ل), and Tā’ (ط), which spells out "Musallat" (مسلط).

Thus, its meaning was musallat (dominant/empowered) by way of subdual and empowerment.

[49] And it was reported in the thirtieth chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy as follows: “And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death. He said: ‘The Lord came from Sinai, and dawned over us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, and with him were thousands of holy ones, and at his right hand was a fiery law for them.’”

The people of The Exoteric (Al-Zahir) interpret this by saying: “The Lord came from Sinai” meaning He sent Moses with the Mosaic Law from Sinai; “and dawned from Seir” meaning He manifested the message through Jesus from Seir; “and shone forth from Mount Paran” meaning He dispatched Muhammad to proclaim from the mountains of Mecca. Yet this expression does not align with the phrases of the text, nor is it supported by language or logic either.