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Juz 6 (Surah An-Nisa’ and Surah Al Ma'idah).

Here are 10 fruits 🍐 from the language of Quran:

1.) The word عَذَاب means “punishment.” The root is (ع - ذ - ب). According to classical sources, there is not one meaning to this root. The meanings are quite diverse, ranging from “to be pure/sweet” (from this root comes the Quranic word عَذْبٌ, meaning “palatable”) to “not being able to eat or drink” (from this root comes the word العَذُوب, referring to an animal that is prevented from eating and drinking) to “punishment”.

2.) The word بُهْتَانٌ means “slander or lie” and refers to the slanderous allegation that was made against Mary عليها السلام in verse 4:156. If one letter is changed (ـهـ to ـسـ), then it becomes بُسْتَان, which means “garden 🏡.” Another reason why knowing Quranic Arabic is so important, as one letter change (and sometimes one vowel change) can drastically change the meaning of a word.

3.) The word يَقِين means “certainty/conviction,” and refers to the highest level of certainty in a belief, leaving no room for even a shadow of a doubt. Believers are encouraged to have this level of يَقِين in Islam. Even in books of grammar (النَّحْوُ) 📚, grammarians refer to the highest level of certainty as يَقِين

4.) The root (ق - و م) means “to stand 🧍” or “to establish oneself.” A common Quranic phrase is يَومُ القِيَامَةِ, which literally means “the Day of Establishment/Resurrection,” but which refers to the Day of Judgment

5.) The word أَلِيمًا means “painful.” It comes from the root (أ - ل - م), which revolves around the concept of pain. Even in medicine 🩺, the word أَلَم refers to bodily pain. In the Quran, this word often describes painful punishment 🔥 that will befall the disbelievers, criminals, and oppressors in the next life.

6.) The word طَرِيق refers to a path or road 🛣i n the Arabic language, but its uses go far beyond this meaning. In the Quran (verse 4:169), the word طَرِيق refers to the road to Hell Fire as a form of a warning ⚠. This word طَرِيق is also common in the world of Sufism (التَّصَوُّف), in which a طَرِيقَة refers to a Sufi order, each of which has a unique path to spiritual enlightenment.

7.) The word نَصِير is used to describe God (such as in verse 4:173) as the Helper of the believers. Its root is (ن - ص - ر), which means “to help and give victory to 🏆.” A related word is the common male name of نَاصِرٌ, which means “helper,” and its plural is أَنْصَارٌ , which refers to the group of Companions 🫂 of the Prophet ﷺ in the Blessed City of Madinah, called as such because they helped the companions who migrated from Mecca 🕋 to Medina and gave them sanctuary 🏡 and solace in their city of Medinah.

8.) The word رِضْوَان (as appears in verse 5:2) means “pleasure, satisfaction.” It is the verbal noun (مَصْدَر) of the verb رَضِيَ (“to be pleased with”), which is in the commonly-known expression رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ/عَنْهَا (“May God be pleased with him/her”), which is used as an honorific when describing the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ. Another way to express this is by using the word رِضْوَان, such as in the following: رِضْوَانُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ (“May the Pleasure of God be upon him”). This is also a common male name, so now you know what the name رِضْوَان (Ridwan or Rizwan) means!

9.) The word دَمٌ means “blood 🩸,” and is used in verse 5:3 to refer to the impermissibility of consuming blood. The plural of this word (دِمَاءٌ) is also used in the Quran in verse 2:30, in which God states that he will place humans as vicegerents on the Earth, to which the angels ask, “will You place someone who will spread corruption and shed blood (يَسْفِكُ الدِّمَآءَ)?” God then responds to the angels by saying, إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ (“I know what you do not know”). Here in this verse, the angels see humans as violent creatures who will spread violence on the Earth, but God assures them that He knows best, leading to His All-Encompassing Wisdom in all matters, even in situations where we may not easily see His Wisdom, though His Wisdom is Paramount in everything.

10.) The root (خ - س - ر) means “to lose, to be deficient." This word comes in various forms commonly in the Quran. For example, in verse 5:5, the word خَاسِرِين comes, meaning “the losers 😔,” and it refers to the utmost loss in the Hereafter. The Quran repeatedly encourages the believers to ensure that their scale of good deeds is plentiful, so that they do not becomes losers in the Hereafter.