مَعَاد resurrection in Arabic
مَعَاد is how you say “resurrection” in Arabic.
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كما أقسم في أول السورة على حال الانسان في مبدئه ومعاده
As He swore at the beginning of the surah regarding the human condition in its beginning and end.
وَمَعَادِهِ and end
A noun 'his return/end' with an attached 'his' ending, joined by the leading 'and' to the prior noun and sharing the genitive. It pairs origin with end as the two endpoints of the human's state.
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كما أقسم في أول السورة على حال الانسان في مبدئه ومعاده
Just as He swore at the beginning of the Surah concerning the state of humankind in their origin and return.
وَمَعَادِهِ and return
This joins 'and' to the noun 'return/final destiny' plus an attached 'his', genitive in the same phrase. The attached owner again points to humankind, giving 'his return', the second stage; the 'and' pairs it with 'his origin'.
بخلاف الارتباط الذي بين المبدأ والمعاد والخلق الأول والخلق الثاني والنشأة الأولى والنشأة الثانية
Unlike the connection between the origin and the resurrection, the first creation and the second creation, and the first life and the second life.
وَالمَعَادِ and the resurrection
The wa- pairs this with 'the origin', and the noun carries 'the', naming the return or final destiny as the matching side. Coordinated by 'and', the two definite nouns form the bracketed pair that 'between' links: origin and return.
والعاقل من يعمل ليوم المعاد، فيستعد له بالأعمال الصالحة، ليلقى ربه وهو عنه راض
And the wise is the one who works for the Day of Return, preparing for it with righteous deeds, so he meets his Lord and He is pleased with him.
الْمَعَادِ Return
The completing half of 'day of return', so it carries the possessive case and the 'the' that defines the phrase. Set beside the time word with no word for 'of', it names which day, the return to God.
ثم نبه سبحانه الانسان على دليل المعاد بما يشاهده من حال مبدئه على طريقة القرآن في الاستدلال على المعاد بالمبدأ فقال ﴿فَلْيَنْظُرِ الإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ﴾
Then Allah, glory be to Him, reminds mankind of the evidence of the Resurrection through what they observe of their own creation's beginning, following the Quranic method of using the creation's origin as evidence for the Resurrection. He says, 'So let man observe from what he was created.'
المَعَادِ the Resurrection
The owner half of the pair, carrying the possessor ending and lending definiteness to 'evidence' before it; juxtaposition builds 'evidence OF the Resurrection'.
ثم نبه سبحانه الانسان على دليل المعاد بما يشاهده من حال مبدئه على طريقة القرآن في الاستدلال على المعاد بالمبدأ فقال ﴿فَلْيَنْظُرِ الإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ﴾
Then Allah, glory be to Him, reminds mankind of the evidence of the Resurrection through what they observe of their own creation's beginning, following the Quranic method of using the creation's origin as evidence for the Resurrection. He says, 'So let man observe from what he was created.'
المَعَادِ the Resurrection
A definite noun governed by the preceding preposition, the goal of the reasoning, carrying 'the' and its required ending; it names the Resurrection as what the proof aims at.
ثم ذكر الأمر المستدل عليه والمعاد بقوله ﴿إِنَّهُ عَلَى رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ﴾
Then He mentioned the subject of inference and the Resurrection by saying, 'Indeed, He is able to bring him back.'
وَالمَعَادَ and the Resurrection
'wa-' adds a second object to 'mentioned', 'and the Resurrection', in the object form; the prefix simply coordinates the two things mentioned. It links the second topic to the first.