First Semantic Seed (Root): س م و
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Semantic Seed (Root) س م و
Words from this Root in the Grand Qur’ān
a) Total occurrences 381 All Ayahs (https//haqeeqat.pk/sohail/qr1)
b) No of constructions 33
Nouns denoting names 19 Recurrence 63;
Verbs Form-II 6 Recurrence 8;Nouns denoting Sky/skies 8 Recurrence 310
Classical Lexicons stated its basic perception as
(مقاييس اللغة)
السين والميم والواو أصلٌ يدل على العُلُوِّ(لسان العرب)
السُّمُوُّ الارْتِفاعُ والعُلُوThat the basic perception infolded in the Root is of eminence, elevation, ascension, transcendence, and loftiness of a thing spread and overshadowing another thing.
Semantic Frame The Cognitive Process
Sensory Input Roots (Receptors of cognition)This is the first of “entry points” of perception, the raw data-gathering faculties. Name of the objects; initiation of knowledge.
Others are
س م ع (to hear, acoustic faculty)
ب ص ر (to see, visual faculty, enlightenment)
أ ذ ن (ear; permission; channel of hearing)
ع ي ن (eye, source of sight)
ش ع ر (to feel, perceive, become conscious)
ص م م (to be deaf)
ب ك م (to be mute)
ع م ى (to be blind)
The Qur’ān repeatedly presents cognition as a cycle
Perception → (hearing, sight, sensing سمع, بصر, عين, أذن, شعر)
Processing → (heart, intellect, memory قلب, عقل, لب, فؤاد, ذكر, نسي)
Expression → (speech, writing, recitation قول, كلم, قلم, كتاب,تلو، قرأ)
Ontological anchoring → (link to creation, decree, light, life/death خلق, قدر, نور, موت, حيّ).
Key Qur’anic patterns
Hearing, seeing, and the Triune brain (baking establishment) appear together as faculties of responsibility (1678; 2378; 329; 6723).
Deaf–dumb–blind triad symbolizes failed cognition (218; 2171).
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