العَقَبَةَ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – العَقَبَةَ 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 this definite noun and becomes العَقَبَةَ due to it being the: 1) المَفْعُوْلُ بِهِ object of a verb or 2) اسْمُ of إِنَّ or 3) خَبَرُ of كَانَ or 4) المَفْعُوْلُ فِيْهِ adverb of time or place or 5) المَفْعُوْلُ لَهُ noun that gives the reason for doing a thing or 6) المَفْعُوْلُ مَعَهُ noun that comes after the و which means “along with” or 7) المَفْعُوْلُ المُطْلَقُ is the مَصْدَرٌ of the verb occurring in the sentence or 8) الحَالُ adverb of manner or 9) التَّمْيِيْزُ noun that specifies the meaning of a vague word or 10) المُسْتَثْنَى noun that comes after إِلَّا meaning “except” or 11) المُنَادَى noun of calling
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 | مَنْصُوْبٌ | ع ق ب | بَاب نَصَرَ | فَعَلَةٌ | عَقَبَ يَعْقُبُ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Feminine | Accusative | Root | The steep path | Pattern | ن | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the definite, accusative noun | العَقَبَةَ |
| Verse | ||
| 90-11 | but he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep | فَلَا اقْتَهَمَ العَقَبَةَ |