d-r-k

Description

The Arabic root د-ر-k (d-r-k) carries the core meaning of reaching, overtaking, or fully comprehending something through pursuit or effort. In the Quran, it expresses both physical overtaking (such as Pharaoh's army catching up to Moses and the Israelites) and intellectual/perceptual grasping (such as human inability to fully comprehend Allah's essence with vision or understanding). This root emphasizes the concepts of pursuit until attainment, complete apprehension, and the limits of human capacity to catch up to or fully grasp divine realities.