Maqām (maqām), is interpreted in four ways:
1. Maqām is used in the sense of dwelling; as in the following verses:
Thus We expelled them from gardens and springs, and treasures and honorable maqāms (i.e., beautiful dwellings). Thus. And We caused the Children of Israel to inherit them. (al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:57-59)
Indeed, the muttaqūn (those with taqwa, God-consciousness) will be in a secure maqām {i.e., in a dwelling}. (al-Dukhān 44:51)
2. The word maqām is used in the sense of residing, standing / remaining; as in the following verses:
O my people! If my maqām {i.e., my staying / remaining among you} is hard on you... (Yūnus 10:71)
O people of Yathrib! There is no maqām for you {i.e., there is no staying with the Confederates for you, do not reside with them}. (al-Aḥzāb 33:13)
3. By maqām, standing before Allah on the Day of Resurrection is intended; as in the following verses:
For he who fears the maqām of his Lord, there will be two gardens
{i.e., for those who, on the Day of Resurrection, have abandoned their unlawful desires in this world out of fear of standing before His mercy, there will be two gardens}. (al-Raḥmān 55:46)
This is for those who fear My maqām {i.e., for those who fear standing in My presence and fear My threat}. (Ibrāhīm 14:14)
4. Maqām is used in the sense of place; as in the following verses:
There is none among us but has a known maqām {i.e., there is not one among us angels but that he has a place for worshiping Allah}. (al-Ṣāffāt 37:164)
I will bring it to you before you rise from your maqām {i.e., before you rise from the place where you are now sitting}. (al-Naml 27:39)