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شَفاعَة

shafāʿatun

any intercession

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Root letters: ش ف عAppears 13 times in the Qur'an#684 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ش ف ع

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)شَفَـٰعَةٌۭ13 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةُthe intercessionl-shafāʿatu · 3 times
  • شَفَـٰعَةٌۭany intercessionshafāʿatun · 2 times
  • ٱلشَّفَـٰعَةَ(of) the intercessionl-shafāʿata · 2 times
  • شَفَـٰعَتُهُمْtheir intercessionshafāʿatuhum · 2 times
  • شَفَـٰعَةٌۭ ۗintercessionshafāʿatun · 1 times
  • شَفَـٰعَةًan intercessionshafāʿatan · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ش ف ع — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

So there will not benefit them the intercession of [any] intercessors.

Surah 74:48 — Read full ayah

None will have [power of] intercession except he who had taken from the Most Merciful a covenant.

Surah 19:87 — Read full ayah

Say, "To Allāh belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned."

Surah 39:44 — Read full ayah