Rizwan Zubair

Root س و ع s-w-ʿ

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س و عs-w-ʿ

— سَاعَةٌsāʿah pl. سَاعَاتٌsāʿāt (noun, ism dhāt): a portion of time, an hour; and «السَّاعَةas-sāʿah» with the definite article of prior reference (al-ʿahdiyyah) became reserved for the Resurrection — and this is the most eloquent use of the word, that the Resurrection is called «an hour». ﴿يَسْـَٔلُكَ النَّاسُ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ﴾ (Al-Aḥzāb 33:63); ﴿لَا يَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ سَاعَةً وَّلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:34)

سُوَاعٌsuwāʿ: the name of one of the idols of the people of Nūḥ, from this same root. ﴿وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَّلَا يَغُوْثَ﴾ (Nūḥ 71:23)This root occurs 49 times in the Quran.

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