Rizwan Zubair

Root ث ق ب th-q-b

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ث ق بth-q-b

(ن) ثَقَبَ يَثْقُبُ ثَقْبًاthaqaba yathqubu thaqban: to bore, to pierce; and from this, for light to break through.

ثَاقِبthāqib (active participle, ism fāʿil): shining, piercing through the darkness. Twice in the Quran, both times as an attribute of a star: ﴿النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ﴾ (Aṭ-Ṭāriq 86:3); ﴿شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ﴾ (Aṣ-Ṣāffāt 37:10)

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