What is the meaning of the verse "فأثرن به نقعاً", and are the words "rose", "dust", "in" and "clouds" (ارتفع، غبار، في، سحب) present in it?
The words "rose" and "dust" are present in the verse in meaning, and "in" is not explicitly present but its meaning is implied. "Clouds" is not present, neither explicitly nor implicitly.
The Holy Quran uses various synonyms for the word "rose," such as "an-nash’" (the rising), "al-hadab" (the elevated ground), "al-urooj" (the ascent), "al-mawāj" (the waves), "ar-rabwa" (the hillock), and "an-nashz" (the high ground). It also uses the word "habā’" to mean "dust." As for the word "sahāb" (clouds), it has synonymous terms in the Quran such as "al-mu‘ṣirāt" (the rain-bearing clouds) and "al-muzun" (the rain clouds).
Al-Tabari said in his interpretation of the verse: ﴿فأثرن به نقعًا﴾ (And they stirred up thereby dust): "So they raised dust in the valley; and 'an-naq‘' is dust. And the 'hā’' in His saying ﴿bihi﴾ refers to the place, because it is known that dust is only stirred up from a place." Ibn Kathir said: "Meaning dust in the place where the horses clashed."
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