What is the meaning of أقام?

to raise, to lift

to set up, to erect

to establish, to found

to appoint, to nominate [with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘as someone’]

to put in charge [with accusative ‘someone’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘of something’]

to awaken

to resurrect, to raise from the dead

to stay, to reside, to abide [with بِ (bi) ‘somewhere’]

to hold (a meeting, a celebration, a competition, a reception, etc.)

to celebrate (a festival)

to persist [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘in something’]

to sustain (someone)

to perform (an action)

to observe (a prayer)

Source: wiktionary.org