Salaam dear brother
Word ?Makka? should also be included in our understanding.
Bakka, as explained by Allama Rasheed Namani "Bakka means to resist, to tear and to destroy" (Page 43 Vol 2)
The meaning of Makka is to suck (On Page 433 of Vol 5) Allama Rasheed Namani writes
"(Tamakkato al-Azm) I sucked the marrow of the bone,"
"(Imtakk al-Faseel) Baby of the camel sucked all the milk from its mothers breast."
The problem starts when we don?t see the context of the verse. Lets see what Quran says, This word has appeared in Verse 96 of Sura 3
"Undoubtedly the first institution constituted for mankind is the one with Bakka (َ the blessed one, the guidance for humanity."
1...The word Bebakka (َ has two words Be & Bakka ( ) ?Be? means "with" and it does not mean "in or within". The word for "in" is fe ( ). If it was meant to be said in Bakka It would have been ( ) fe Bakka.
2...The word (waza - ) means to constitute e.g. to constitute a constitution or to constitute an ideology etc. It does not mean to build.
The verse 97 makes it even more clear.
"Therein are the clear guidance?s i.e the ideology of Ibraheem, Whosoever entered the institution is in peace. It is the responsibility of those who have the capability to apply to discuss, argue and prove the authenticity (Hijj-ul-bait - ِ of the guidance. And God is absolutely independent from those creatures who rejects or denies to accept the guidance."
Now if Bakka was a place how people could deny the existence. It is only the constitution or commands or teachings or an ideology which can be rejected or denied.
The verses 98 & 99 also makes this word even more clear. In these verses the attitude of Ahle-Kitab is described .
"Say O People of the book "why do you reject the Divine guidance when He himself is witness to what you do.
Say O People of the book Why do you stop those who seek peace from the divine path by seeking distortion and mutilating it although you yourself are witness to. God is not unaware of what you do."
So this is very clear that ?Bakka? and ?Makka? are the qualities of the divine guidance and hence may be taken as the names of the Divine Book.
God bless you .
This explaination is given by Dr Qamar Zaman
