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Root: ك و ك ب
Words from this Root in the Grand Qur'aan: a) Total occurrences: 5 b) No of constructions: 4 There is no denying that the Ancient Arabs had developed, over the centuries, their own popular knowledge of the Sky and celestial bodies and phenomenon. They knew the fixed stars and planets. Hundreds of stars were known by name and there were indigenous names for the planets. The Bedouins used the stars for orientation in the migrations by night. However, the majority of translators, unfortunately, did not use different words feeling convenience in describing various Arabic words of absolutely different origins and significations by a single word "Star". is one such word that was translated by the majority as "Star". However, the Grand Qur'aan has identified it as a celestial object, different and distinct from the Stars, at the very first place of its use:
Thereby/for this reason to argue with his nation, when the Night had veiled him/darkened his surroundings, he saw ONE planet. [Refer 6:76] Verb: Perfect; Third person; Singular; Masculine. Root: ج ن ن signifying to veil, conceal, cover, hide. It is conspicuously stated that Sydena Ibrahim عليه السلام had seen the celestial object in the Sky when Night had spread darkness veiling his surroundings. In the darkness of night, one does not see a single star in the Sky but quiet a large number of stars are visible to naked eye. One celestial object he saw in the darkness of that Night was , the direct object of verb signifying seeing with naked eye. Grand Qur'aan came in 7th century, but people have known the distinction between stars and planets from couple of centuries BC. The basic difference between both, as we know, is that stars emit light but planets do not have their own light, they reflect light. How both could have same meanings and termed as stars? After the Sun and the Moon, planet Venus is the most shining object. It is visible on sky three hours before Sunrise and for three hours after Sunset. After these three objects, planet Jupiter is the brightest object. It is three times brighter than the brightest star Sirius. Because of its prominence, the Romans had given it name Jupiter after the name of their bigger god, idol. A word is needed to convey and transmit a specific perception or verbal mirroring of an object. Words serve as a medium to communicate perceptions. It is for this reason that a language will be considered rich, clear, perspicuous, eloquent, distinct, free from admixture, void of indistinctness or without concealment, apparent like the daybreak and divested of the froth, if its words have the capability of transporting the perception from one mind to a listener and reader, in a manner that it generates in the recipient mind exactly the same neurological process of observation and interpretation, and creates a true copy of that perception. The Arabic language is portrayed as - Active Participle; [Form IV], the language that makes things individually and collectively distinct and differentiated from others. The language {لسان}of our Guide Lord, the Last Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم has the capacity of transmitting and making the perception reach to the listener and reader, in the aforesaid manner. Therefore, plural cannot, and should not be translated as “Star” since Grand Qur'aan has made a clear distinction between the celestial bodies. Therefore, it is unfair with the Arabic Language, which is rightly proud of vastness of its vocabulary and concepts, that different words emanating from different Roots be assigned the same meanings in the target language. We find mention of specific Planets in the Classical works about the above statement in 6:76 Learned Al Qurtabi said: و رأي المشتري أو الزهرة And he saw Jupiter or Venus
Al Jalalain said: هو الزهرة "That is Venus"
Who was right and precise? The difference between Venus and Jupiter is that Venus after three hours of Sunset disappears from the Sky and is not visible till three hours before Sunrise. However, Jupiter, when it is visible from Earth, does not disappear but remains visible on the Sky. Grand Qur'aan informs us that the Planet towards which he drew the attention of his people, later on disappeared from the scene. o------------ Thereat, when it/the planet disappeared he said to them, "I do not like [to consider as master] those who disappear from the scene". [Refer 6:76] The Grand Qur'aan has vividly pointed out that on that Night Iebra'heim [علیہ السلام] had drawn the attention of people around him towards Venus. Therefore, we can visualize the session of that Night that it was held after quite some time of Sunset but within three hours of the Sunset, and continued till morning, Sunrise. The Grand Qur'aan has drawn a vivid distinction between Planets and Stars. It says:
Here Plural on the Pattern of فُعُولٌ is used, indicating abundance, more than ten. This is wide general information relating to the entire globe. However, specific information, commonly known to majority of people, particularly the travelers in Oceans and Deserts, is given separately:
"And with the One Star they people get the direction/destination/guidance" {Ref 16:16}
The Grand Qur'aan is declared as "", i.e. the statement of absolute fact, established reality in time and space. It once said that Allah, the Exalted has appointed the peculiar Stars [it is plural], and later it is said that people get direction/orientation with the help of One specific Star [it is singular]. Grand Qur'aan was meant, not only for those Arabs who were to listen it first, but is for the entire humanity in time and space. Therefore, its language is such that it contains and narrates a fact in such manner that it should seem and could have been perceived as an absolute truth by its first listeners, and prove to be an absolute fact for the posterity for whom the knowledge of the universe will keep unfolding. The above statement of the Grand Qur'aan is a fact from whatever angle it may be seen. In common knowledge, people perceive that North/Pole Star is the one but that is not the fact. Today North Star is Polaris but in 7500 there will be some other Star as Pole Star and in 15000 another one will take this place and after 9000 years today's North Pole Polaris will again be stationed there. Let us verify the fact with thanks from Encarta, and online Wikipedia:
The Grand Qur'aan describes the Sky as one which was layered into Seven Segments, one above the other. The Layer of the Sky immediately above the Earth is referred as the Sky of the Earth. The information about this specific Part of the Sky is that it is beautified by the presence of Planets:
The Stars are declared as helping people in finding direction in the bewilderment of oceans and deserts, no-clue places. But the Planets are stated as beautification and attraction embedded in the Sky of Earth. زينةٍ is necessarily something in which there is an attraction. Anything which does not absorb attention/attraction cannot be called زينةٍ. We all know that man has always attraction and interest in the planets. Stars and Planets are distinct celestial objects, which is also evident from their destined end:
And when the Planets would have caused their scattering; [Read with 81:06] and when the Glaciers-water reservoirs-oceans would have been caused to burst and emerge flowing; Verb: Perfect; Third Person; Singular; feminine; Intransitive; [Form-VIII]; Subject pronoun hidden; مصدر-إِنْتِثَارٌ Verbal noun. Verb: Perfect; Third Person; Singular; Feminine; Passive; [Form-II]; تَ Proxy Subject pronoun hidden; تَفْجِيرٌ Verbal Noun. The common factor in this pair is that both absorb as well as reflect light. Both the verbs relating their end share the commonality of fragmentation and dispersing. [Read with 81:2] In consequence [of first blow in the Trumpet] when the Stars are obliterated/scattered/lost luster; [77:08] [Read with 77:08] And when the Stars would have become disintegrated losing their luster/light; [81:02]
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