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Root م ک ن m-k-n

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م ک نm-k-n

(ک) مَكُنَ يَمْكُنُ مَكَانَةًmakuna yamkunu makānatan: (1) to be of rank, to be honoured (2) to be firmly established and in authority. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)

مَكَانَةٌmakānah (verbal noun, maṣdar; also a noun, ism dhāt): state, place, rank. ﴿قُلْ يٰقَوْمِ اعْمَلُوْا عَلٰى مَكَانَتِكُمْ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:135)

مَكِيْنٌmakīn (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): of rank, in authority; firmly established. ﴿اِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ لَدَيْنَا مَكِيْنٌ اَمِيْنٌ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:54); ﴿فِيْ قَرَارٍ مَّكِيْنٍ﴾ (Al-Mursalāt 77:21)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَمْكَنَ يُمْكِنُ اِمْكَانًاamkana yumkinu imkānan: to give someone power over another. Only once in the Quran: ﴿فَقَدْ خَانُوا اللّٰهَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ﴾ (Al-Anfāl 8:71)

Form II (tafʿīl) مَكَّنَ يُمَكِّنُ تَمْكِيْنًاmakkana yumakkinu tamkīnan: to grant authority, to establish (in the land). ﴿اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُۥ فِي الْاَرْضِ﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:84); ﴿الَّذِيْنَ اِنْ مَّكَّنّٰهُمْ فِي الْاَرْضِ اَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:41)

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