j-m-l

Description

The Arabic root ج-م-l (j-m-l) carries the core semantic meaning of totality, completeness, and wholeness, which manifests both in physical form (as in camels, which were seen as complete creatures embodying strength and beauty) and in abstract concepts (as in beauty, which represents complete harmony, or "all at once," indicating completeness in time). In the Quranic context, this root emphasizes that true beauty and goodness arise from wholeness and integration rather than fragmentation, whether describing the complete delivery of revelation, the comprehensive beauty of creation, or the patience that requires bearing difficulties as a complete whole. The connection between these seemingly different concepts reflects the Quranic worldview that aesthetic beauty, moral goodness, and physical completeness are interconnected aspects of divine perfection.