gh-r-f

Description

The Arabic root غرف (gh-r-f) fundamentally conveys the concept of scooping, taking up, or drawing something, as well as elevated rooms or chambers. In the Quran, it primarily appears in descriptions of elevated mansions or lofty dwellings in Paradise, emphasizing their height and nobility as rewards for believers, while also appearing in the verbal sense of taking or drawing water with one's hand. The root's dual application connects the physical act of lifting or raising with the metaphorical elevation of the righteous to exalted dwellings in the afterlife.