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Ra-Ta-Qaf
to close, be joined together.
ratqan
closed up, single entity.
rataqa
vb. (1) n.vb. m. acc.
ratqan
21:30
أَوَلَمْ يَرَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقا ً فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ أَفَلاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ
'Awalam Yará Al-Ladhīna Kafarū 'Anna As-Samāwāti Wa Al-'ArĐa Kānatā Ratqāan Fafataqnāhumā Wa Ja`alnā Mina Al-Mā'i Kulla Shay'in Ĥayyin 'Afalā Yu'uminūna
Have those who rejected not seen that the heavens and the earth were one piece, so We split them apart? And that We have made from the water everything that lives. Will they not believe?
Hans Wehr
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