Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
شقو
Parts of Speech
Noun (8×), Verb (4×)
Qur'an Occurrences
12 times across 7 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root شقو across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root شقو (shqw) describes struggling or contending with someone, often in a competitive or adversarial way. It implies striving to overcome or surpass another, or enduring hardship together.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: sh-q-w
Listen: ٱلْأَشْقَى 92:15
Root letters: ش — ق — و

Word Family Tree (9 forms)

All word forms derived from the root شقو as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun Verb

Concordance — 12 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root شقو appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (8) · Verb (4)

Noun (8 verses — showing first 5)

Hud 11:105 Noun
یَوۡمَ یَأۡتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفۡسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ فَمِنۡهُمۡ شَقِیࣱّ وَسَعِیدࣱ ۝١٠٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous
Mary 19:32 Noun
وَبَرَّۢا بِوَ ٰلِدَتِی وَلَمۡ یَجۡعَلۡنِی جَبَّارࣰا شَقِیࣰّا ۝٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant
Mary 19:4 Noun
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّی وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّی وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَیۡبࣰا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَاۤىِٕكَ رَبِّ شَقِیࣰّا ۝٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): 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
Mary 19:48 Noun
وَأَعۡتَزِلُكُمۡ وَمَا تَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَدۡعُوا۟ رَبِّی عَسَىٰۤ أَلَّاۤ أَكُونَ بِدُعَاۤءِ رَبِّی شَقِیࣰّا ۝٤٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allah and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy."
The Believers 23:106 Noun
قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا غَلَبَتۡ عَلَیۡنَا شِقۡوَتُنَا وَكُنَّا قَوۡمࣰا ضَاۤلِّینَ ۝١٠٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): They will say, "Our Lord, our wretchedness overcame us, and we were a people astray

Derived Forms (9)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
شَقِيًّا shaqiyanā Noun
ٱلْأَشْقَى lʾaashqaā Noun
أَشْقَىٰهَا ʾaashqaāhaā Noun
شِقْوَتُنَا shiqwatunaā Noun
يَشْقَىٰ yashqaā Verb
فَتَشْقَىٰٓ fatashqaā Verb
لِتَشْقَىٰٓ litashqaā Verb
شَقُوا۟ shaquwā Verb
شَقِىٌّ shaqiāun Noun