شفاعة

Arabic

Root
ش ف ع (š-f-ʕ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَفَعَ (šafaʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.faː.ʕa/

Noun

شَفاعَة • (šafāʕa) f (plural شَفاعَات (šafāʕāt))

  1. (Islam, religion) intercession.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:48:
      فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ
      So the pleas of intercessors will be of no benefit to them.

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: şəfaət
  • Northern Kurdish: şefaet, شەفاعەت (şefa'et)
  • Persian: شفاعت
  • Ottoman Turkish: شفاعت (şefaat)
  • Uzbek: shafoat
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