Rizwan Zubair

Root ش ف ق sh-f-q

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ش ف قsh-f-q

(س) شَفِقَ يَشْفَقُ شَفَقًاshafiqa yashfaqu shafaqan: to show mercy, to be kind.

شَفَقٌshafaq (also a noun, ism dhāt): kindness; also the redness on the horizon after sunset, the evening glow. ﴿فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ﴾ (Al-Inshiqāq 84:16)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَشْفَقَ يُشْفِقُ اِشْفَاقًاashfaqa yushfiqu ishfāqan: to fear being deprived of someone's mercy and kindness; then it also comes in the sense of simply fearing. ﴿ءَاَشْفَقْتُمْ اَنْ تُقَدِّمُوْا﴾ (Al-Mujādilah 58:13)

مُشْفِقٌmushfiq (active participle, ism fāʿil): fearful. ﴿وَهُمْ مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:28)

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