Letter Sheen

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شَأْن - Sha'n - a matter, an affair, a situation.

شتى - Shatta= if something is one piece [i.e. glass], and it becomes broken into different pieces.

حْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ

..Tahsabahum jamee'an wa qulubuhum shatta- You would think they [the disbelievers] are united, but their hearts are divided [shatta] [Hashr 59:14].


[It's Antonym:- opposite is تالفة Ta'Alaffah - to bring things together.]

Related words;
mukhtalif مختلف  - two different things from the start.




شَاهِدٍ - Shaahidin - Witnesses

Shahid = witness


Shah
eed شهيد  = always witnessing
مَشْهُودٍ - mash-huud - what is witnessed (plural).

These two words come from the words; shahida / yash-hadu / shahaadah.

Shahida - to bear witness. Also to be present (haaddir حاضر) to bear witness.



شَدِيدٌ - Shadeed - أشد ashadda - to tie a rope. I.e. Tied strongly to something. - shidda شدة  - (shaddul wathaaq شد الوثاق - to knot something over and over again and then pull forcefully to tighten it severely).

Intense. Strongly attached.


وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ
And indeed he is, in love of wealth, intense [Shadeed]. [Aadiyaat 100:8]



شَرًّا - Sharran - Sharran - evil (most universally accepted word used for evil).

Sharran in arabic means an evil which doesnt even require explanation to attest to its evil. It is known to be evil in of itself without explanation, even the criminal will know that he is doing an evil [Sharr] himself without anyone telling him that what he is doing is evil.

Sharr - sharaara شرارة = spark of fire - which jumps out of a fire and can harm you by burning you unexpectedly.

Similar words;
بئس bi'sa - when you feel something is disgusting and detestable. (bi'sa sharaab - disgusting drink). It's opposite is Ni'ma نعم  (completely enjoyable.)
ساء - Saa'a (sayi'a) - Evil and Ugly, deformed, disfigured, hideous. its opposite is Hasuna (beautiful).


شرب  - Shiraab - Drink

Related words
;
akl
اكل - any type of food.
ta'am طَعَامِ - food which is more suitable for human beings.



شْرَحْ - Sharh = Open up the meaning of something which was before complex.


Ibn Faaris
explaining Sharh: to open something, or to clarify something.

In Ilm al Bayaan - "sharaha Allahu lahu sadrahu" = Allah expanded his chest for him = Allah put his mind at ease.

The one whose
chest has been opened/expanded - is very pleased and very content and happy (whereas before they were in a state of unease and uncomfort). Allah's Messenger is completely content with what Allah has given to him.



شاء - shaa'a to intend [mashya مشي ] - shay'un شيعن  ( a thing) a concrete intention. As solid as a physical thing itself (shay' شيع ).

Similar words;
أراد  - araada - ureedun أريد  (to intend). This might just stay in your head but it isnt as firm as sha'a.



انشَقَّتْ
inshaqqat - to be torn completely.

Shaq شقق  - something cut/ripping that you don't usually imagine being torn/cut. i.e. rocks, sky, the earth, etc.

shaq - is irreversible. Once the sky is torn/ripped - it cannot be back to normal again like before its tearing.

The inevitable - the point of no return - the conclusion of
the sky we have above us is that it will be torn and will never return to its normal state after that [Judgment] Day.

[mentioned in: surah Abasa 80:26,]





أَشْقَى - Ashqa - Shaqiyy شقي  - most wretched/miserable/low in morals.

Antonym:
سعيد  - Sa'eed - continuously happy.




شَفَتَيْنِ - Shafatayn - Lips.

[literally the word would mean
'the two helping [shafa'] ones' - since they help you to put food in your mouth properly, and also help you in speech.]




شَّفَقِ
shafaqq - I swear by the redness of the evening (at maghrib time when the sun is setting).




 مَشْأَمَةِ - mash'amah - overwhelming curse.

الشعم - Al-Shu'oom   - vile and disgusting.
Also means the left side.

The
Arabs would associate evil and disgusting things with the left hand [whereas the right  (yameen يمين ) was associated with good and blessing]. And Islam confirmed this.




شيطان - Shaytan - Satan;

A difference of opinion
. 2 origins;

1 - shatana
شتن  - to be far from the truth.
2 - shaata شاتت  - to be engulfed in flames (of rage).

So shaytan is calling to someone far from the truth, and since his jealousy from the time of Adam - he is still in rage and anger of the human race being honored in preference to the Jinn.



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