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11 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 567
The Quran root ش ف ق sh-f-q
Words built from the root ش ف ق ([sh-f-q]) appear 11 times in the Quran. The most common is مُشْفِق, “fearful”, which comes 8 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مُشْفِق | mushfiq | fearful · stand in awe | 8 | |
| أَشْفَقْ | ashfaq | they feared · Are you afraid | 2 | |
| شَفَق | shafaq | twilight glow | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا الْكِتَابِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّا أَحْصَاهَا وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِرًا وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا ٤٩
مُشْفِقِينَ mush'fiqīna · fearful
And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one. (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:49)
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ارْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِ مُشْفِقُونَ ٢٨
مُشْفِقُونَ mush'fiqūna · stand in awe
He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive. (Surah Al-Anbya, 21:28)
إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا ٧٢
وَأَشْفَقْنَ wa-ashfaqna · and they feared
Indeed, We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant. (Surah Al-Ahzab, 33:72)
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ ١٦
بِالشَّفَقِ bil-shafaqi · by the twilight glow
So I swear by the twilight glow (Surah Al-Inshiqaq, 84:16)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Anbya · 2×
- Surah Ash-Shuraa · 2×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 1×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 1×
- Surah At-Tur · 1×
- Surah Al-Ma'arij · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.