Mischkan

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According to the Hebrew Bible, the Mischkan (deutsch), Скиния (русс.) the Tabernacle (en.), מִשְׁכַּן (hebrew, mishkān), means "residence" or "dwelling place", also known as the Tent of the Congregation (אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד֩ ’ōhel mō‘êḏ, also Tent of Meeting, etc.). The Mischkan was the portable earthly dwelling place of Yahweh (the God of Israel) used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan.

Etymology

The triliteral root mīm sīn kāf (م س ك), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 27 times.

The triliteral root sīn kāf nūn (س ك ن), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 69 times.

Compare with «mosque» - "the place of worship for Muslims", also related to the same root.

In the Quran

(2:248) Their prophet said to them, "The sign of his kingship shall be that he brings to you the ark in which there is tranquility (Arab. سَكِينَةٌ, sakīnatun) from your Lord and the legacy of what was left behind by the descendants of Moses and the descendants of Aaron being carried by the angels. In this is a sign for you if you acknowledge."

(48:18) God is pleased with those who acknowledge who pledged allegiance to you under the tree. He thus knew what was in their hearts, so He sent down the Tranquility (Arab. السَّكِينَةَ, l-sakīnata) upon them, and rewarded them with a near victory.

(48:4) He is the One who sends down the Tranquility (Arab. السَّكِينَةَ, l-sakīnata) into the hearts of those who acknowledge, so that they may increase in acknowledgement along with their present acknowledgement. To God belongs the soldiers of the heavens and the earth, and God is knowledgeable, wise.