[Al-Quran 50:6-8] Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and how it has no rifts? And the earth - We spread it out and cast therein firmly set mountains and made grow therein [something] of every beautiful kind, Giving insight and a reminder for every servant who turns [to Allah].

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Dust & Ribs, same root (ت ر ب)

Matching, Ribs, & Dust 



Matching
 

The Quran uses the root (ت ر ب) to describe the spouses in the Gardens of Eternity in Q38:52, Q56:37, and Q78:33. These can be translated as well-matched or equals. So, the delightful pleasure that is being described will be compatible to the very basic ingredient: the dust that essentially each person is created from. Well-matched and equals. 


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Ribs 

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Famously, we have heard that Adam's spouse was created from his rib, while Adam عليه السلام was in the Garden.  Genesis 2 21-25 mentions this. The Quran Q86:7 uses the same root (ت ر ب) to mention the ribs (التَّرَائِبِ) of humans. So, putting both of them together, Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى‎ made the perfect match for Adam عليه السلام by using the dust of his rib to create his spouse. So, it seems that The Quran is endorsing the fact mentioned in The Torah / Old Testament. 


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Dust 


As can be seen from this screenshot, the root (ت ر ب) is used seventeen times for the word (تُرَاب) which means dust. The Quran repeatedly informs us that we have been created from dust. The word for ribs (التَّرَائِبِ) uses the same root, and the word for the future spouses (أَتْرَاب) of the Muttaqeen, who will dwell as Companions of the Gardens, for Eternity, also uses the same root.  


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Screenshots from corpus.quran.com








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