The triliteral root shīn yā ʿayn (ش ي ع) occurs 12 times in the Quran, in two derived forms:
- once as the form I verb tashīʿa (تَشِيعَ)
- 11 times as the noun shīʿat (شِيعَة)
The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Verb (form I) - to spread
| (24:19:5) tashīʿa | (should) spread | إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَنْ تَشِيعَ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ |
Noun
| (6:65:17) shiyaʿan | (into) sects | أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ |
| (6:159:6) shiyaʿan | sects | إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ |
| (15:10:6) shiyaʿi | the sects | وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الْأَوَّلِينَ |
| (19:69:5) shīʿatin | sect | ثُمَّ لَنَنْزِعَنَّ مِنْ كُلِّ شِيعَةٍ أَيُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَى الرَّحْمَٰنِ عِتِيًّا |
| (28:4:8) shiyaʿan | (into) sects | إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا |
| (28:15:14) shīʿatihi | his party | فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَٰذَا مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ وَهَٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ |
| (28:15:21) shīʿatihi | his party | فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِي مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذِي مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ |
| (30:32:6) shiyaʿan | sects | مِنَ الَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا شِيَعًا |
| (34:54:8) bi-ashyāʿihim | with their kind | وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَا يَشْتَهُونَ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِأَشْيَاعِهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ |
| (37:83:3) shīʿatihi | his kind | وَإِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْرَاهِيمَ |
| (54:51:3) ashyāʿakum | your kinds | وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon
- Classical Arabic dictionary
