شقو
sh-q-w
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root شقو across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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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 8×
Verb 4×
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 | 3× | |
| ٱلْأَشْقَى | lʾaashqaā | Noun | 2× | |
| أَشْقَىٰهَا | ʾaashqaāhaā | Noun | 1× | |
| شِقْوَتُنَا | shiqwatunaā | Noun | 1× | |
| يَشْقَىٰ | yashqaā | Verb | 1× | |
| فَتَشْقَىٰٓ | fatashqaā | Verb | 1× | |
| لِتَشْقَىٰٓ | litashqaā | Verb | 1× | |
| شَقُوا۟ | shaquwā | Verb | 1× | |
| شَقِىٌّ | shaqiāun | Noun | 1× |