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Beginning is with Allah's personal name Ar'Reh'maan Who is The Fountain of Infinite Mercy.

 

 

 

 

 

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Root: ك ع ب

Words from this Root in the Grand Qur'aan:

a) Total occurrences: 4 

b) No of constructions: 4

Ibn Faris [died 1005] stated:

(مقاييس اللغة)

الكاف والعين والباء أصل صحيح* يدلُّ على نتوٍّ وارتفاعٍ في الشيء.

That it leads to the perception of protrusion, projection, protuberance, bulge and rise, ascension of a thing.

Lane's Lexicon transcribed it:

كعّب , inf. n. تَكْعِيبٌ; The girl's breast swelled, or became prominent or protuberant,  [or began to swell, & see كَاعِبٌ]: or they use the term تَفْلِيكٌ; then نُهُودٌ; and then تَكْعِيبٌ; [as applied to the successive stages of growth of the breast].

It is used to name the ankles wherein the irreducible feature of the Root is present since ankles are projecting outwards from surface. It is also used to refer to women indicating their maturity in every aspect with subtle reference to beauty of breasts [attraction and weakness of men].

• And wash your feet towards and up to two ankles. [refer 5:06]

• And mature-age wives [coequal, delightful, devoted, eloquent]; of same species. [78:33]

It is twice used as Proper Noun to refer to Sacred House in Mecca:

• Allah the Exalted has appointed and declared Al-Ka'abata, the Sanctified House, enduringly a place of assembly/stay/congregation for the people; [refer 5:97]

The adjectival phrase: الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ  is: بدل equivalent appositive for: الْكَعْبَةَ which is the first object of preceding verb. The fact of equivalent appositive is also supported by inner-referencing that both are mentioned twice in the text of Qur'aan. The adjectival phrase is mentioned in 5:02 and 5:97 and proper noun:  الْكَعْبَةَ is mentioned in 5:95 and 5:97.

The protuberance, projection is the irreducible semantic feature of Root:: ك ع ب. This feature is also physically present in:  الْكَعْبَةَ . The physical structure renders the people, moving anti clockwise around it, in an elliptical circumference - orbit. This way they synchronize their selves with the entire universe. It is the irreducible effect of the perception - meanings embedded in the Root. The following is the sketch of:  الْكَعْبَةَ:

Apparently it seems a simple building, but I wish mathematic experts research to find that it is par excellence structure built on the principle of Golden Mean.

 

Oblong; elongated shape, especially a distorted circle. Elliptical

1

Proper Noun: Prefixed Definite Article; feminine; genitive. (1)5:95=1                                                                                                                              اسم علم:معرفہ باللام-مجرور

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Proper Noun: Prefixed Definite Article; feminine; accusative. (1)5:97=1                                                                                                                           اسم علم:معرفہ باللام-منصوب

3

Noun: Definite; dual; masculine; genitive. (1)5:06=1                                                                                                                  اسم :معرفہ باللام-مجرور-تثنية -مذكر

4

Noun: Indefinite; broken plural; feminine; accusative. (1)78:33=1                                                                                                                اسم :معرفہ باللام-منصوب-جمع -مؤنث

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