العَقَبَةُ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – العَقَبَةُ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
العَقَبَةُ is the natural state of a definite noun and it is in this state ( مَرْفُوْعٌ) when the noun is: 1) the subject المُبْتَدَأُ or 2) the predicate الخَبَرُ or 3) اسْمُ كَانَ or 4) خَبَرُ إِنَّ or 5) الفَاعِلُ subject of a verb in the active voice or 6) نَائِبُ الفَاعِلِ subject of a verb in the passive voice or 7) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
Steep and difficult ascent; Mountain road; Road in the upper part of a mountain or a long mountain that lies across the way; Difficult affair and path of duty
To succeed, take the place of, come after, strike on the heel, come at the heel, follow anyone closely
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُؤَنَّثٌ | مَرْفُوْعٌ | ع ق ب | بَاب نَصَرَ | فَعَلَةٌ | عَقَبَ يَعْقُبُ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Feminine | Nominative | Root | The steep path | Pattern | ن | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the definite noun | العَقَبَةُ |
| Verse | ||
| 90-12 | and what will make you know the path that is steep? | وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا العَقَبَةُ |