d-'-'

Description

The Arabic root دعع (d-'-') carries the core meaning of forceful pushing, thrusting, or repelling with violence and harshness. In the Quran, it appears in contexts describing forceful rejection or violent driving away, most notably in Surah Al-Ma'un where it refers to those who harshly push away orphans, and in Surah At-Tur describing the violent thrusting of wrongdoers into Hellfire. The root emphasizes not merely movement or redirection, but specifically violent, contemptuous force used in the act of pushing or driving something away.