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Ra-Qaf-Ya
to ascend, rise gradually, mount a ladder.
mirqat
stair, ladder, stepping-stone, ascent.
raqin
physician, charmer.
taraqiya
(pl. of tarquwutun)
collar bone(s), throat, clavicle (according to some its root is raqawa or tarqawa).
raqiya
vb. (1) impf. act.
17:93
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْت ٌ مِنْ زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَى فِي السَّمَاءِ وَلَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابا ً نَقْرَؤُه ُُ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي هَلْ كُنتُ إِلاَّ بَشَرا ً رَسُولا ً
'Aw Yakūna Laka Baytun Min Zukhrufin 'Aw Tarqá Fī As-Samā'i Wa Lan Nu'umina Liruqīyika Ĥattá Tunazzila `Alaynā Kitābāan Naqra'uuhu Qul Subĥāna Rabbī Hal Kuntu 'Illā Basharāan Rasūlāan
"Or that you have a luxurious home, or that you can ascend into the heavens. And we will not believe in your ascension unless you bring for us a book that we can read." Say: "Glory be to my Lord. Am I anything other than a human messenger!"
n.vb.
17:93
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْت ٌ مِنْ زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَى فِي السَّمَاءِ وَلَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابا ً نَقْرَؤُه ُُ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي هَلْ كُنتُ إِلاَّ بَشَرا ً رَسُولا ً
'Aw Yakūna Laka Baytun Min Zukhrufin 'Aw Tarqá Fī As-Samā'i Wa Lan Nu'umina Liruqīyika Ĥattá Tunazzila `Alaynā Kitābāan Naqra'uuhu Qul Subĥāna Rabbī Hal Kuntu 'Illā Basharāan Rasūlāan
"Or that you have a luxurious home, or that you can ascend into the heavens. And we will not believe in your ascension unless you bring for us a book that we can read." Say: "Glory be to my Lord. Am I anything other than a human messenger!"
pcple. act.
75:27
وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاق ٍ
Wa Qīla Man Rāqin
And it will be said: Who can save him?
taraqi
n.f. (pl. of tarquwah)
75:26
كَلاَّ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِي
Kallā 'Idhā Balaghati At-Tarāqī
Alas, when it reaches the throat.
irtaqa
vb. (8) impf. act.
38:10
أَمْ لَهُمْ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَلْيَرْتَقُوا فِي الأَسْبَابِ
'Am Lahum Mulku As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'ArĐi Wa Mā Baynahumā Falyartaqū Fī Al-'Asbābi
Or do they possess the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them? Then let them bring their own solutions.
Hans Wehr
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