Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 268
درک knowledge of the real nature of His hallowed essence or the eyes cannot reach Him )6:104( حَتَّى إِذَا اَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ : When the calamity of drowning overtook him )1091( دَرَّكَ الْمَطَرُ : The rain dropped with close consecutiveness. تَدَارَكَ الْقَوْمُ )as) also اِدَّارَكَ and اِدَّرَكَ( : The people attained, reached, overtook or came up with one another or the last of them attained, reached; overtook or came up with the first of them تَدَارَكَتِ الْأَخْبَارُ : The news followed one another closely. Hence تدارک signifies: It continues and was carried on uninterruptedly. Hence when said of knowledge اِدَّارَكَ or تَدَارَكَ means it continued unbroken in its sequence. لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَرَاكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهِ : Had not a favour fromhis Lord reached him )68:50( حَتَّى إِذَا ادَّارَكُوْا فِيْهَا : Until when they have all successively arrived therein, all together; or when the last of them had reached, overtaken or came up with the first of them (7:39). بَلِ ادَّارَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ : Variously means, nay their knowledge with respect to the Hereafter has reached its maturity or has become perfect; nay their knowledge respecting the Hereafter has reached its end i. e. has come to its end; or their knowledge has erred or disappeared; or but doth their knowledge reach to the Hereafter; ornay their knowledge reaches not the Hereafter )27:67( دَرَفٌ : The act of attaining, reaching or overtaking. لا تَخَافُ دَرَكًا : Thou shalt not fear Pharoah, overtaking you (20:78) or being overtaken by him; the attainment or acquisition of an object of want and seeking the attainment thereof and دَرْفٌ signifies the same, a consequence, generally meaning an evil consequence as also دَرْفٌ ; a doubled rope that is tied to the cross pieces of wood of the bucket and then to the main Well-rope and دَرْفٌ signifies the same. دَرْفٌ and also دَرَفٌ : The bottom or lowest depth of a thing (plural أَدْرَاكَ and دَرَكَاتُ(; a stage of Hell or stage or stages downwards opposed to دَرَجٌ and دَرَجَاتٌ which are upwards. إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِى الدَّرْكِ الْأَسْفَلِ : Verily the hypocrites shall be in the lowest stage or depth of the Fire of Hell )4:146( مُدْرَفٌ )plural( مُدْرَكُوْنَ()pass part) : Perceived by means of any of the sense; one overtaken. إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُوْنَ : We are surely overtaken )2662( مُدْرَفٌ also means a place and a time of attaining reaching or overtaking. 268 درک