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ع-ر-ش

Ayn-Ra-Shin

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Ayn-Ra-Shin (ع-ر-ش) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: ʿarsh (throne).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 33 times in 32 verses, across 25 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:259. The form عَرْشٌ (throne) accounts for 29 of them.

Themes: Quranic

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
عَرْشٌ
ʿarsh
thronenoun, A229×The Hereafter

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ حَسْبِىَ ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Now, if they turn away (O Muhammad) say: Allah sufficeth me. There is no God save Him. In Him have I put my trust, and He is Lord of the Tremendous Throne.

Quran 9:129
إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ۖ يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ ۖ مَا مِن شَفِيعٍ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ إِذْنِهِۦ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, then He established Himself upon the Throne, directing all things. There is no intercessor (with Him) save after His permission. That is Allah, your Lord, so worship Him. Oh, will ye not remind?

Quran 10:3
وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ

And thy Lord inspired the bee, saying: Choose thou habitations in the hills and in the trees and in that which they thatch;

Quran 16:68

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2noun
عَرْشٌ
ʿarsh

throne

Example
الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى
ar-raḥmānu ʿalā al-ʿarshi istawā
The Most Merciful rose over the Throne (20:5)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Often with the article: الْعَرْشُ. Mentioned about 25 times in the Quran. The Throne is described as the greatest of God's creations.

Culture

The ʿArsh (Throne of God) is the greatest creation, above the seven heavens. How God 'rose over' the Throne is accepted without asking 'how' (bilā kayf) in mainstream Islamic theology.

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