Where does “الركن والمقام” come from?

الركن والمقام (Arabic) comes from Arabic مقام, from Persian مقام, from Arabic مَقَام — place, position, state.

الركن والمقام (Arabic): the corner and the shrine, the Rukn and the Maqam

Definitions

الركن والمقام traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	مقام	place, spot
2	Persian	مقام	place, position, dignity, rank, office
3	Arabic	مَقَام	place, position, state

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	وَ	and
2	Semitic	*wa	—

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	ركن	the intersection of two surfaces or edges, a corner