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شَفِيع

shafīʿin

any intercessor

সুপারিশকারী

Root letters: ش ف عAppears 10 times in the Qur'an#830 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 83

About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ش ف ع

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)شَفِيعٌۭ5 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)شُفَعَآءَ5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • شَفِيعٌۭany intercessorshafīʿun · 2 times
  • شُفَعَآءَكُمُyour intercessorsshufaʿāakumu · 1 times
  • شُفَعَآءَintercessorsshufaʿāa · 1 times
  • شَفِيعٍ(is) any intercessorshafīʿin · 1 times
  • شُفَعَـٰٓؤُنَا(are) our intercessorsshufaʿāunā · 1 times
  • شُفَعَـٰٓؤُا۟any intercessorsshufaʿāu · 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

And there will not be for them among their [alleged] partners any intercessors, and they will [then] be disbelievers in their partners.

Surah 30:13 — Read full ayah

Or have they taken other than Allāh as intercessors? Say, "Even though they do not possess [power over] anything, nor do they reason?"

Surah 39:43 — Read full ayah

And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.

Surah 40:18 — Read full ayah