Shin-Ya-Alif
2 words from this root family
Shin-Ya-Alif (ش-ي-ا) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: in shāʾa allāhu (God willing / hopefully), shayʾ (thing).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 519 times in 449 verses, across 73 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:20. The form شَيْءٌ (thing) accounts for 283 of them.
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ in shāʾa allāhu | God willing / hopefully | phrase, A1 | More Greetings & Courtesies | |
شَيْءٌ shayʾ | thing | noun, A1 | 283× | The Most Frequent Words (Part 4) |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌThe lightning almost snatcheth away their sight from them. As often as it flasheth forth for them they walk therein, and when it darkeneth against them they stand still. If Allah willed, He could destroy their hearing and their sight. Lo! Allah is able to do all things.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌHe it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then turned He to the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is knower of all things.
وَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَAnd We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.
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).
Used when referring to future plans or intentions. Extremely common in daily speech.
Masculine noun. Plural: أَشْيَاءٌ (ashyāʾ). Used in many Quranic expressions: كُلَّ شَيْءٍ (everything), بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (knowing of all things).
Part of Āyat al-Kursī (2:255), considered the greatest verse of the Quran. Often recited for protection.