d-s-w

Description

The Arabic root د-س-و (d-s-w) carries the core meaning of concealment, burial, or pushing something down into hiding. In its Quranic usage, it appears in Surah An-Nahl (16:59) describing the pre-Islamic practice of burying infant daughters alive out of shame, where the verb conveys the act of hiding or burying in the dust. This root emphasizes the gravity and darkness of concealing something that should be valued, particularly highlighting the injustice of this jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic) practice that Islam explicitly condemned.