Kha-Shin-Ya
2 words from this root family
Kha-Shin-Ya (خ-ش-ي) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: khashiya (he feared (God) / he was in awe), khashyah (reverential fear / awe).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 48 times in 40 verses, across 24 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:74. The form خَشِيَ (he feared (God) / he was in awe) accounts for 40 of them.
Themes: Quranic
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
خَشِيَ khashiya | he feared (God) / he was in awe | verb, A2 | 40× | Quranic Verbs of Action |
خَشْيَةٌ khashyah | reverential fear / awe | noun, A2 | 8× | Life, Death, and the Hereafter |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ لَهُمُ ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ ٱلنَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا۟ لَكُمْ فَٱخْشَوْهُمْ فَزَادَهُمْ إِيمَـٰنًا وَقَالُوا۟ حَسْبُنَا ٱللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ ٱلْوَكِيلُThose unto whom men said: Lo! the people have gathered against you, therefor fear them. (The threat of danger) but increased the faith of them and they cried: Allah is Sufficient for us! Most Excellent is He in Whom we trust!
وَلْيَخْشَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّةً ضِعَـٰفًا خَافُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ فَلْيَتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلْيَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًاAnd let those fear (in their behaviour toward orphans) who if they left behind them weak offspring would be afraid for them. So let them mind their duty to Allah, and speak justly.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًاSlay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Defective verb. Noun: خَشْيَةٌ (reverential fear). Different from خَوْفٌ (general fear) - خشية implies awe and reverence.
Khashyah is considered the highest form of fear - a reverent awe born of knowledge. Scholars who truly know God fear Him most.
Feminine noun from خَشِيَ (to fear reverentially). Distinguished from خَوْفٌ (general fear): khashyah implies knowledge-based awe and reverence, not mere fright.
The Quran states 'Only those who have knowledge truly fear (yakhshā) Allah' (35:28) - khashyah is the fear born of understanding God's greatness.