Rizwan Zubair

Root ش ف ع sh-f-ʿ

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ش ف عsh-f-ʿ

(ف) شَفَعَ يَشْفَعُ شَفْعًا وَشَفَاعَةًshafaʿa yashfaʿu shafʿan wa-shafāʿatan: (1) to make a thing a pair, to make even (2) to intercede (the intercessor joins himself to the one for whom he intercedes). ﴿مَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُۥٓ اِلَّا بِاِذْنِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:255)

شَفْعٌshafʿ (also a noun, ism dhāt): even, a pair. ﴿وَّالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ﴾ (Al-Fajr 89:3)

شَفَاعَةٌshafāʿah: intercession; شَافِعٌshāfiʿ pl. شَافِعُوْنَshāfiʿūna (active participle, ism fāʿil): intercessor. ﴿فَمَا تَنْفَعُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ الشّٰفِعِيْنَ﴾ (Al-Muddaththir 74:48)

شَفِيْعٌshafīʿ pl. شُفَعَآءُshufaʿāʾu (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): intercessor. ﴿وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ هٰٓؤُلَآءِ شُفَعَآؤُنَا عِنْدَ اللّٰهِ﴾ (Yūnus 10:18)

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