Quran Dictionary - ش ق و

Quran Dictionary - ش ق و

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The triliteral root shīn qāf wāw (ش ق و) occurs 12 times in the Quran, in four derived forms:

• four times as the form I verb shaqu (شَقُ)
• three times as the noun ashqā (أَشْقَى)
• once as the noun shiq'wat (شِقْوَت)
• four times as the nominal shaqiyy (شَقِيّ)

The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.

Verb (form I) - to suffer, to be wretched, to be distressed

(11:106:3) shaqū	were wretched	فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ
(20:2:5) litashqā	that you be distressed	مَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَىٰ
(20:117:12) fatashqā	so (that) you would suffer	إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰ
(20:123:18) yashqā	suffer	فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ

Noun

(87:11:2) l-ashqā	the wretched one	وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى
(91:12:3) ashqāhā	(the) most wicked of them	إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا
(92:15:4) l-ashqā	the most wretched	لَا يَصْلَاهَا إِلَّا الْأَشْقَى

Noun

(23:106:5) shiq'watunā

our wretchedness

قَالُوا رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَالِّينَ

Nominal

(1) Adjective

(19:32:6) shaqiyyan	unblessed	وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
(19:48:14) shaqiyyan	unblessed	وَأَدْعُو رَبِّي عَسَىٰ أَلَّا أَكُونَ بِدُعَاءِ رَبِّي شَقِيًّا

(2) Noun

(11:105:9) shaqiyyun	(will be the) wretched	يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِيٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ
(19:4:14) shaqiyyan	unblessed	وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا

See Also

• Lane's Lexicon  - Classical Arabic dictionary