12 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 537

The Quran root ش ق و sh-q-w

Words built from the root ش ق و ([sh-q-w]) appear 12 times in the Quran. The most common is شَقِيّ, “unblessed”, which comes 4 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
شَقِيّ	shaqiyy	unblessed · wretched	4
شَقُ	shaqu	were wretched · that you be distressed	4
أَشْقَى	ashqaa	wretched one · most wicked of them	3
شِقْوَت	shiqwat	wretchedness	1

Examples from the Quran

يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِيٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ ١٠٥

شَقِيٌّ shaqiyyun · (will be the) wretched

The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous. (Surah Hud, 11:105)

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُن بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا ٤

شَقِيًّا shaqiyyan · unblessed

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed]. (Surah Maryam, 19:4)

فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ ١٠٦

شَقُوا shaqū · were wretched

As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling. (Surah Hud, 11:106)

وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الْأَشْقَى ١١

الْأَشْقَى l-ashqā · the wretched one

But the wretched one will avoid it (Surah Al-A'la, 87:11)

قَالُوا رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا شِقْوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوْمًا ضَالِّينَ ١٠٦

شِقْوَتُنَا shiq'watunā · our wretchedness

They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray. (Surah Al-Mu'minun, 23:106)

Surahs where it comes most

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.