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Form 1شَفَعَهُ7 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarشَفْعٌ شَفَاعَةٌ

Core sense — he made it one of a pair, or couple; he interceded for himgenerated

1.1it was a single thing, and I made it one of a pair with anotherكَانَ وِتْرًا فَشَفَعْتُهُ

. He made it to be a شَفْع, that is, he made it (a single thing) to be a زَوْج [i. e. he made it to be one of a pair or couple, and sometimes, he made it to be a pair or couple together]; or he adjoined it to, or coupled it with, what was a single thing.

Er-Rāghib: الشَّفْعُ means the adjoining of a thing to its like.

Also said as كَانَ وِتْرًا فَشَفَعْتُهُ بِآخَرَ.

In Har p. 194 I find the phrase كان وترا فشفّعه بآخر explained in the same way; but شفّعه so used I do not find in any lexicon. It may, however, be correct, for تشفّع, which has the form, apparently has also the meaning, of its quasi-passive.

the possession was coupled by purchase with another possessionشُفِعَ المِلْكُ بِمِلْكٍ آخَرَ

See شُفْعَةٌ.

it had a possession coupled with it by purchaseشُفِعَ بِهِ مِلْكٌ
I made the ركعة to be twoشَفَعْتُ الرَّكْعَةَ

on this sense And a poet says: [How clear was my sight in the heedless days of youth! but today, objects have become doubled to me]

shāhid
مَا كَانَ أَبْصَرَنِى بِغِرَّاتِ الصِّبَىفَٱلْيَوْمَ قَدْ شُفِعَتْ لِىَ ٱلْأَشْبَاحُ

— that is, I see the one object as two, because my sight is weak and scattered.

1.1.1she became such as is termed شَافِعٌ [q. v.]شَفَعَتْ

Said of a she-camel, and of a ewe or she-goat.

She is called لِأَنَّ وَلَدَهَا شَفَعَهَا أَوْ شَفَعَتْهُ [because her young one has made her to be one of a pair with itself, or because she has made it to be one of a pair with another that is in her belly], or in this case the maṣdar is شِفْعٌ, with kesr.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe aids another against me, and acts injuriously to meإِنَّهُ لَيَشْفَعُ عَلَىَّ بِالعَدَاوَةِ

Also said as لِى.

The aiding is his becoming one of a pair with the other in enmity, and the injury is done together with him.

Er-Rāghib: يَشْفَعُ means he joins himself to another and aids him, becoming to him one of a pair, or a شَفِيع [i. e. an intercessor], in doing good or evil, so that he aids him, or shares with him, in the benefit or the harm that comes of it; and this is its meaning in the Qur'ān 4:87, مَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً [and in what follows the same]. Or these words mean: whoever adds a good deed to a good deed. Or, as some say, the شفاعة here is a man's prescribing to another a way of good or evil, so that the other imitates him and so becomes as though he were one of a pair with him.

[But according to the expositors in general, and according to the general usage of the as distinguished from شَفْعٌ, what is meant here is intercession.]

1.1.3he made petition, or intercession, for himشَفَعَ لَهُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ

Also said as الى الأَمِيرِ, maṣdar شَفَاعَةٌ and تشفّع لَهُ, or تشفّع فِيهِ. [The petition being made to such a one, or to the prince or the like, the petitioner thus joining himself to him as an aider.]

he interceded between the peopleشَفَعَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ

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I pleaded, or interceded, in the affair, for some means of access, or some right or dueشَفَعْتُ فِى الأَمْرِ

Maṣdars شَفَاعَةٌ and شَفْعٌ, though the latter is scarcely to be found used in this way elsewhere.

شَفَاعَةٌ is mentioned in the K, but not explained.

Er-Rāghib: as distinguished from شَفْعٌ in the sense explained above, it means the joining of oneself to another as an aider to him, or as a petitioner for him; and in most cases the first person is of higher station than the second.

Or it is the speaking of the شَفِيع [or intercessor] to the king, or to some other person, about something the speaker asks for another person. It is also explained as the asking that sins, crimes, or misdeeds be passed over without punishment, or forgiven, [the word طَلَبُ having probably been left out by the copyist at the beginning of the explanation, and needing to be supplied].

[Intercede: your intercession will be accepted.]اِشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ
[nor shall intercession profit it]وَلَا تَنْفَعُهَا شَفَاعَةٌ

That is, it shall have no شَافِع [or intercessor] whose شَفَاعَة [or intercession] might profit it; the شَافِع itself is denied. So Ibn-'Arafeh; and the same holds in the Qur'ān 74:49, according to Ibn-'Arafeh, and in 20:108.

he prayed, or supplicatedشَفَعَ

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[Who is he that shall pray in His presence, except by His permission?]مَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ

Thus Mbr and Th explain the words of the Qur'ān 2:256.

Qur’ān 74:46 approximate — somewhere between 74:38 and 74:56 Lane cites “Kur lxxiv. 49”
Lane cites “Jel in iv. 87” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ān 74:48 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.4he made a demand to him respecting what he sold [for the right of pre-emption]شَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ فِى مَا بَاعَ

According to El-Kutabee, i. e. El-Kuteybee, this is said of the neighbour of a man who wants to sell a dwelling or land.

and he pronounced him to have a better right, or claim, as a purchaser, to what was soldفَشَفَّعَهُ

Said of the seller, who admitted the neighbour's right of pre-emption, in preference to one whose connection was more remote.

1.2he, or it, was, or became, tall, or highشَفَعَ

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1.3he (a man) was smitten by the [evil] eyeشُفِعَ

Like عُنِىَ.

So IKtt. [But see شُفْعَةٌ, last sentence.]

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
2:255
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).

4:85
مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَـٰعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ نَصِيبٌ مِّنْهَا ۖ وَمَن يَشْفَعْ شَفَـٰعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ كِفْلٌ مِّنْهَا ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقِيتًا

Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein: And whoever recommends and helps an evil cause, shares in its burden: And Allah hath power over all things.

7:53
هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

Do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? On the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "The messengers of our Lord did indeed bring true (tidings). Have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." In fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.

21:28
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يَشْفَعُونَ إِلَّا لِمَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ وَهُم مِّنْ خَشْيَتِهِۦ مُشْفِقُونَ

He knows what is before them, and what is behind them, and they offer no intercession except for those who are acceptable, and they stand in awe and reverence of His (Glory).

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. شَفَعَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. شَفْعٌ , (S, Msb,) He made it to be a شَفْع ; (S, K, TA;) meaning (TA) he made it (a single thing) to be a زَوْج [i. e. he made it to be one of a pair or couple; and sometimes, he made it to be a pair or couple together]: (Mgh, TA:) or he adjoined it to, or coupled it with, that which was a single thing: (Msb:) accord. to Er-Rághib, الشَّفْعُ signifies the adjoining a thing to its like. (TA.) You say, كَانَ وِتْرًا فَشَفَعْتُهُ , (S,) or كَانَ وِتْرًا فَشَفَعْتُهُ بِآخَرَ i. e. [It was a single thing, and] I made it to be one of a pair, or couple, with another. (Mgh. [In Har p. 194, I find the phrase كان وترا فشفّعه بآخر , expl. in like manner; but شفّعه thus used I do not find in any lexicon: it may, however, be correctly thus used; for تشفّع , which has the form, app. has also the signification, of its quasi-pass.]) [And شُفِعَ المِلْكُ بِمِلْكٍ آخَرَ The possession (here meaning house, or piece of land,) was coupled by purchase with another possession: and شُفِعَ بِهِ مِلْكٌ It had a possession coupled with it by purchase: see شُفْعَةٌ .] You say also, شَفَعْتُ الرَّكْعَةَ I made the ركعة to be two. (Msb.) And a poet says, 1 [How clear was my sight with the inadvertencies of youth! but to-day, objects have become doubled to me]: i. e., I see the object [as] two objects, by reason of the weakness and dispersedness of my sight. (O, K. *) مَا كَانَ أَبْصَرَنِى بِغِرَّاتِ الصِّبَى | فَٱلْيَوْمَ قَدْ شُفِعَتْ لِىَ ٱلْأَشْبَاحُ [Hence,] one says of a she-camel, (S, O,) and of a ewe, or she-goat, (O,) شَفَعَتْ , (S, O,) inf. n. شَفْعٌ , (S,) meaning She became such as is termed شَافِعٌ [q. v.]: (S, O:) she is thus termed لِأَنَّ وَلَدَهَا شَفَعَهَا أَوْ شَفَعَتْهُ [because her young one has made her to be one of a pair, or couple, with itself, or because she has made it to be one of a pair or couple, with another that is in her belly], (S, O, K,) inf. n. شَفْعٌ , or the inf. n. in this case is شِفْعٌ , with kesr. (O, K.) One says also, إِنَّهُ لَيَشْفَعُ عَلَىَّ بِالعَدَاوَةِ , (K,) or لِى , (O,) i. e. Verily he aids [another, becoming to him one of a pair, by enmity] against me, and acts injuriously to me [conjointly with another]. (O, K, TA.) Accord. to Er-Rághib, يَشْفَعُ means He joins himself to another, and aids him, becoming to him one of a pair, or a شَفِيع [i. e. an intercessor], in doing good or evil, so that he aids him, or partakes with him, in [procuring] the benefit or the harm thereof; and thus it means in the saying in the Kur [iv. 87], مَنْ يَشْفَعْ شَفَاعَةً حَسَنَةً [and in what follows the same]: (TA:) or these words mean Whoso adds a [good] deed to a [good] deed: (O, K:) or, as some say, the شفاعة here is a man's instituting, or prescribing, to another, a way of good or evil, so that he [the latter] imitates him, and thus becomes as though he were to him one of a pair. (TA.) [But accord. to the expositors in general, and accord. to the general usage of the inf. n. شَفَاعَةٌ as distinguished from شَفْعٌ , what is here meant is Intercession.] [Hence also,] شَفَعَ لَهُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ , (S, * K, * TA,) or الى الأَمِيرِ , (MA,) aor. شَفَعَ , (K, TA,) inf. n. شَفَاعَةٌ ; (MA, K, TA;) and تشفّع لَهُ , (MA,) or تشفّع فِيهِ ; (S, TA;) He made petition, or intercession, for him [to such a one, or to the prince or the like; thus adjoining himself to him as an aider]: (MA, TA:) and شَفَعَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ [He interceded between the people], inf. n. شَفَاعَةٌ : (Jel in iv. 87:) and شَفَعْتُ فِى الأَمْرِ , (Msb,) inf. n. شَفَاعَةٌ (IKtt, Msb, TA) and شَفْعٌ , (Msb, [but the latter is scarcely to be found elsewhere thus used,]) I pleaded, [or interceded,] in the affair, or case, [in favour of another,] for some means of access or ingratiation, or some right or due: (IKtt, * Msb, TA: *) شَفَاعَةٌ is mentioned, but not explained, in the K: (TA:) as distinguished from شَفْعٌ meaning as expl. above, it signifies the joining oneself to another as an aider to him or a petitioner respecting him [or for him]; and in most instances the former person is one of higher station than the latter: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or the speaking of the شَفِيع [or intercessor] to the king [or some other person] respecting some object of want which the speaker asks for another person: it is also expl. as signifying the passing over without punishment, or the forgiving, [or rather the asking, or requesting, the passing over &c., (for the word طَلَبُ , probably accidentally omitted by the transcriber at the commencement of the explanation, should doubtless be supplied,)] of sins, crimes, or misdeeds. (TA.) Hence, in a trad., اِشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ [Intercede thou: thou shalt have thine intercession accepted]. (TA.) The saying in the Kur [ii. 117], وَلَا تَنْفَعُهَا شَفَاعَةٌ [Nor shall intercession profit it] means that it shall have no شَافِع [or intercessor] for his شَفَاعَة [or intercession] to profit it; being a denial of the شَافِع ; (Ibn- 'Arafeh, O, K;) and the same is the case in the Kur lxxiv. 49, (Ibn-'Arafeh, O, TA,) and xx. 108. (TA.) شَفَعَ , inf. n. شَفْعٌ and شَفَاعَةٌ , also signifies He prayed, or supplicated: and thus Mbr and Th explain the words of the Kur [ii. 256], مَنْ ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ [Who is he that shall pray, or supplicate, in his presence, except by his permission?]. (TA.) Accord. to El-Kutabee, (Mgh,) [i. e.] El-Kuteybee, (TA,) one says also, of a neighbour of one who desires to sell a dwelling [or land] شَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ فِى مَا بَاعَ , meaning He made a demand to him, i. e. to the latter, respecting that which he sold [for the right of pre-emption]: and of the latter person, فَشَفَّعَهُ [and he admitted his right of pre-emption, i. e.] and he pronounced him to have a better right, or title, or claim, [as a purchaser,] to that which was sold, that he whose connexion was more remote. (Mgh, TA. *) شَفَعَ , inf. n. شَفْعٌ , signifies also He, or it, was, or became, tall, or high. (TA.) And شُفِعَ , like عُنِىَ , He (a man) was smitten by the [evil] eye. (IKtt, TA. [But see شُفْعَةٌ , last sentence.])
Form 2شَفَّعَ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَشْفِيعٌ

Core sense — he accepted his intercessiongenerated

2.1

See form 1, near the beginning.

2.1.1I accepted his intercession for himشَفَّعْتُهُ فِيهِ

his intercession being شَفَاعَتَهُ.

See also form 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph.

2.1.2

See another meaning of the verb in a later part of the same paragraph.

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see 1, near the beginning. شَفَّعْتُهُ فِيهِ , inf. n. تَشْفِيعٌ , I accepted his intercession ( شَفَاعَتَهُ ) [for him]. (S, * O, K.) See, again, 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph. And see another signification of the verb in a later part of the same paragraph.
Form 5تشفّع4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he sought intercession; it was made a pair or couplegenerated

5.1

[It means: it was made a pair or couple, according to the K under the word وِتْرٌ, where it is explained as meaning مَا لَمْ يَتَشَفَّعْ مِنَ العَدَدِ; but in the M and A, in the same place, instead of يَتَشَفَّعْ we find يُشْفَعْ.]

5.1.1

For تشفّع لَهُ and فِيهِ, see form 1, near the middle of the paragraph.

5.1.2

[It is said in the TA that تَشَفَّعَهُ is also quasi-passive of اِسْتَشْفَعَ بِهِ; but تَشَفَّعَهُ is clearly a mistranscription here, apparently for تَشَفَّعَ, meaning He was granted intercession.]

5.2

Also: he became a شَافِعِىّ [i. e. a follower of the Imám Esh-Sháfi'ee] in persuasion; but this is post-classical.

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[signifies It was made a pair or couple, accord. to the K voce وِتْرٌ ; this word being there expl. as meaning مَا لَمْ يَتَشَفَّعْ مِنَ العَدَدِ : but in the M and A, in the same place, instead of يَتَشَفَّعْ , we find يُشْفَعْ ]. تشفّع لَهُ , and فِيهِ : see 1, near the middle of the paragraph. [It is said in the TA that تَشَفَّعَهُ also is quasi-pass. of اِسْتَشْفَعَ بِهِ : but تَشَفَّعَهُ is evidently, here, a mistranscription, app. for تَشَفَّعَ , meaning He was granted intercession.] Also He became a شَافِعِىّ [i. e. a follower of the Imám Esh-Sháfi'ee] in persuasion: but this is post-classical. (TA.)
Form 10اِسْتَشْفَعْتُهُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ1 sense

Core sense — I asked him to intercede for me with such a onegenerated

10.1I sought, or demanded, intercession [by means of him]اِسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِهِ

I asked him to make intercession for me to such a one.

The intercession sought is الشَّفَاعَةَ.

A poet cited by Aboo-Leylà says:

shāhid
زَعَمَتْ مَعَاشِرُ أَنَّنِى مُسْتَشْفِعٌلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ أَزُورُهُ أَقْلَامَهَا

— that is, companies of men asserted me to be seeking intercession for the man praised, when I went out to visit him, by means of their writing-reeds, meaning by their letters.

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I asked him to make intercession for me ( أَنْ يَشْفَعَ لِى ) to such a one. (S, O, K. *) And اِسْتَشْفَعْتُ بِهِ I sought, or demanded, intercession ( الشَّفَاعَةَ ) [by means of him]. (Msb.) A poet, cited by Aboo-Leylà, says, 1 i. e. Companies of men asserted me to be seeking intercession ( زَعَمُوا أَنِى أَسْتَشْفِعُ ) for the object of eulogy, [when I went forth repairing to visit him,] by means of their writing-reeds ( بِأَقْلَامِهِمْ ), meaning by their letters ( بِكُتُبِهِمْ ). (O, TA.) زَعَمَتْ مَعَاشِرُ أَنَّنِى مُسْتَشْفِعٌ | لَمَّا خَرَجْتُ أَزُورُهُ أَقْلَامَهَا

Derived nouns 13

Nounشَفْعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one of a pair or couple; an even numbergenerated

1

The opposite of وِتْرٌ, and the same as زَوْجٌ [i. e., like زَوْجٌ, it means one of a pair or couple; and sometimes, though rarely, a pair or couple together; and sometimes (see for instance زَكَا) an even number, a number that can be divided into two equal numbers].

Also: one with which another is made to be a pair or couple; and, as appears below, one with which an odd number is made to be an even number.

Plural شِفَاعٌ, and apparently أَشْفَاعٌ, from which comes الصَّلَاةُ بَيْنَ الأَشْفَاعِ, meaning التَّرَاوِيح [q. v. under تَرْوِيحَةٌ].

1.1

الشَّفْعُ also means the day of the sacrifice, as in the words of the Qur'ān 89:2, وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوِتْرِ, where الوتر means the day of 'Arafát.

Or in this instance it means the creatures of God, because of the saying in the Qur'ān 51:49, “and of everything we have created two of a pair”; الوتر then meaning God.

Or it means Adam's wife, الوتر meaning Adam, who was made a pair with her. So I'Ab. Or Adam's children. Or the two days after the sacrifice, الوتر then meaning the third day.

Or it means God, [and الوتر those who make up an odd number,] because of the saying in the Qur'ān 58:8, “there can be no secret talk of three, but He is the maker of them, with Himself, to be four.”

Or الشَّفْعُ وَالوِتْرُ means the prayers, of which some are شَفْع [i. e. an even number of rek'ahs] and some are وِتْر [i. e. an odd number of rek'ahs]; for it is said that all numbers consist of شَفْع [i. e. even] and وِتْر [i. e. odd].

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contr. of وِتْرٌ ; (S, Mgh, O, K;) i. q. زَوْجٌ [i. e., like زَوْجٌ , it signifies One of a pair or couple; and sometimes, but rarely, a pair or couple together; and sometimes, (see for instance زَكَا ) an even number, a number that may be divided into two equal numbers]: (O, K:) also one with which another is made to be a pair or couple: (TA:) [and, as will be seen in what follows, one with which an odd number is made to be an even number:] pl. شِفَاعٌ , (TA,) and app. أَشْفَاعٌ , whence الصَّلَاةُ بَيْنَ الأَشْفَاعِ , meaning التَّرَاوِيح [q. v. voce تَرْوِيحَةٌ ]. (Mgh.) الشَّفْعُ also signifies The day of the sacrifice; (O, K;) thus in the words of the Kur [lxxxix. 2] وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوِتْرِ ; by الوتر being meant the day of 'Arafát: (O:) or in this instance it means the creatures of God, (O, K,) because of the saying in the Kur [li. 49], “ and of everything we have created two of a pair; ” (K;) الوتر meaning God: (O, K:) or Adam's wife; الوتر meaning Adam, who was made a pair with her: (I'Ab, O, TA:) or Adam's children: (TA:) or the two days after the sacrifice; الوتر meaning the third day: (O, TA:) or God; [and الوتر , those who compose an odd number;] because of the saying in the Kur [lviii. 8], “ there can be no secret discourse of three, but He is the maker of them, with Himself, to be four: ” (K:) or the meaning of الشَّفْعُ وَالوِتْرُ is the prayers; of which some are شَفْع [i. e. an even number of rek'ahs], and some are وِتْر [i. e. an odd number of rek'ahs]: (O, TA:) [for] it is said that all the numbers consist of شَفْع [i. e. even] and وِتْر [i. e. odd]. (TA.)
Nounشَفْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the two rek'ahs of the morning prayer; madness, or demoniacal possessiongenerated

1

See the next paragraph, in two places, near the end.

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: see the next paragraph, in two places, near the end.
Nounشُفْعَةٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a house or land coupled by purchase; the right of pre-emption; madnessgenerated

1[If a man is present when the possession he might couple by purchase with his own is sold, and he does not demand it, he has no right to obtain it by purchase.]مَنْ بِيعَتْ شُفْعَتُهُ وَهُوَ حَاضِرٌ فَلَمْ يَطْلُبْ ذٰلِكَ فَلَا شُفْعَةَ لَهُ

Used in relation to a house and to land; شُفُعَةٌ, with two dammehs, is a dialectal variant used in the same way.

It means a مِلْك [here meaning house, or piece of land,] that is coupled [by purchase] with one's مِلْك [i. e. a house or piece of land already possessed and adjoining it]; from the phrase كَانَ وِتْرًا فَشَفَعْتُهُ. It is a noun of the same class as لُقْمَةٌ, of the measure فُعْلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ. This is the primary meaning.

Then it was applied to a particular kind of obtaining possession: the obtaining possession of that مِلْك [i. e. that house or piece of land, by buying it and coupling it with the one already possessed and adjoining it]; or a man's making a demand respecting what he seeks to possess, and adjoining it to what he already has.

With the lawyers it means the right of obtaining possession of a piece of land, [i. e. the right of pre-emption of it, or of a house,] against a co-sharer whose possession is recent, by compulsion, for a compensation; or the right of obtaining possession of a piece of land, by compulsion, for what it cost the former purchaser, by reason of partnership or of immediate neighbourship; or the right of immediate neighbourship with respect to the pre-emption of a house or land. [See form 1 in art. سقب.]

El-Kutabee, explaining this word, says that in the Time of Ignorance, when a man wanted to sell a house, his neighbour would come to him and make a demand to him respecting what he sold [for the right of pre-emption], and he pronounced him to have a better right, or claim, as a purchaser, to what was sold, than one whose connection was more remote; as though the word were taken from الشَّفَاعَةُ. But the right derivation is the one first mentioned.

Esh-Shaabee uses it in the first and in the second of the senses explained above, or nearly so, in this saying.

[The possession that is coupled by purchase with another possession is apportioned according to the heads of the men entitled to it.]الشُّفْعَةُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الرِجَالِ

Esh-Shaabee's words mean: when a house is shared by a company of men whose shares differ, and one of them sells his portion, what is sold to his co-sharers is apportioned among them equally, according to their heads, not according to their former shares. So in the Nh.

on this sense No verb belonging to it has been heard [in the classical language].

1.1the two rek'ahs of the prayer performed in the period of the morning called the ضُحَىشُفْعَةُ الضُّحَى

Also شَفْعَةُ الضحى, occurring in a tradition, according to two different relations.

2

Also diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; or madness, or insanity; and so شَفْعَةٌ, which IAar explains in this sense.

It is also synonymous with سَفْعَةٌ, شُنْعَةٌ, رَدَّةٌ, and نَظْرَةٌ [perceived] in the face: [see these words; the second and third of them generally mean an unseemliness or ugliness, and so does the last sometimes.]

The plural of شُفْعَةٌ in the sense explained here, on the authority of AA, is شُفَعٌ.

2.1

IF states that it has been said to mean the [evil] eye by which one is smitten; but he doubts whether this is correct, and thinks it may be with the unpointed س. [See سَفْعَةٌ, not سُفْعَةٌ.]

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is used in relation to a house and to land; (S, TA;) and شُفُعَةٌ , with two dammehs, is a dial. var. thereof thus used. (TA.) It signifies A مِلْك [here meaning house, or piece of land,] that is coupled ( مَشْفُوع ) [by purchase] with one's مِلْك [i. e. house, or piece of land, previously possessed, and adjoining thereto]; (Mgh, Msb; *) from the phrase كَانَ وِتْرًا فَشَفَعْتُهُ [expl. above, in the second sentence of this art.]; (Mgh; [and the like is said in the Msb;]) a noun of the same class as لُقْمَةٌ ; being of the measure فُعْلَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ : (Mgh, Msb: *) this is the primary signification: then it was applied to denote a particular kind of obtaining possession; (Mgh;) [i. e.] it is also used as meaning the obtaining possession of that مِلْك [or house, or piece of land, by purchasing it, and coupling it with that previously possessed, and adjoining thereto]; (Msb;) or one's making a demand respecting that which he seeks [to possess, for the right of the pre-emption thereof], and adjoining it to that which he [already] has: (O, K:) and with the lawyers it signifies the right of obtaining possession of a piece of land, [i. e. the right of pre-emption thereof, or of a house,] against one's co-sharer whose possession is recent, by compulsion, for a compensation: (K:) or the right of obtaining possession of a piece of land, by compulsion, for [the payment of] what it cost the [former] purchaser, by reason of partnership or of [immediate] neighbourship: (KT:) or the right of [immediate] neighbourship with respect to [pre-emption of] a house or land. (PS.) [See 1 in art. سقب .] El-Kutabee says, in explaining this word, in the Time of Ignorance, when a man desired to sell a house, his neighbour used to come to him and to make a demand to him ( شَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ i. e. طَلَبَ ) respecting that which he sold [for the right of pre-emption], and he pronounced him to have a better right, or title, or claim, [as a purchaser,] to that which was sold, than he whose connexion was more remote: as though he took it from الشَّفَاعَةُ : but the [right] derivation is that first mentioned. (Mgh.) We have not heard, (Mgh,) or there is not known, (Msb,) any verb belonging to it [in the classical language]. (Mgh, Msb.) Esh-Shaabee uses it in the first and in the second of the senses expl. above, [or nearly so,] in his saying, مَنْ بِيعَتْ شُفْعَتُهُ وَهُوَ حَاضِرٌ فَلَمْ يَطْلُبْ ذٰلِكَ فَلَا شُفْعَةَ لَهُ [i. e. He whose claimed possession to be coupled by purchase with one already belonging to him is sold when he is present without his demanding that possession, there shall be no obtaining possession for him by his purchasing it for that purpose]. (Mgh. [And the like is said in the Msb.]) Esh-Shaabee says [also], الشُّفْعَةُ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الرِجَالِ [The possession that is coupled by purchase with another possession is apportioned according to the heads of the men entitled thereto]: i. e., when the house is shared by a company of men whose shares are different, and one of them sells his portion, what is sold to his co-sharers is to be apportioned among them equally, according to their heads, not according to their [former] shares: (O, K, TA:) so in the Nh. (TA.) شُفْعَةُ الضُّحَى The two rek'ahs ( رَكْعَتَانِ ) of the [prayer that is performed in the period of the morning called the] ضُحَى ; as also شَفْعَةُ الضحى : (O, K:) occurring in a trad., thus accord. to two different relations. (O.) Also Diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; or madness, or insanity; (AA, O, K;) and so شَفْعَةٌ ; the latter expl. in this sense by IAar; and as syn. with سَفْعَةٌ and شُنْعَةٌ and رَدَّةٌ and نَظْرَةٌ , [perceived] in the face: [see these words; the second and third of which generally mean an unseemliness or ugliness; and so, sometimes, does the last:] the pl. of شُفْعَةٌ in the sense here expl. on the authority of AA is شُفَعٌ . (TA.) And IF states that it has been said to signify The [evil] eye, by which one is smitten: but he doubts its correctness; and thinks that it may be with the unpointed س . (O.) [See سَفْعَةٌ , not سُفْعَةٌ .]
Nounشُفُعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a house or piece of land coupled by purchase with one's owngenerated

1

See شُفْعَةٌ, first sentence.

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: see شُفْعَةٌ , first sentence.
Nounشَفُوعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a she-camel that fills two milking-vessels at one milkinggenerated

1

A she-camel that fills two milking-vessels in one milking.

1.1

See also شَافِعٌ.

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A she-camel that fills two milking-vessels in one milking. (S, K.) See also شَافِعٌ .
Nounشَفِيعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an intercessor; one having the right of pre-emptiongenerated

1

The same as صَاحِبُ شَفَاعَةٍ, i. e. an intercessor; and so is شَافِعٌ. The plural of the former is شُفَعَآءُ. [See السُّقَفَآء in art. سقف.]

1.1

Also the same as صَاحِبُ شُفْعَةٍ [meaning a possessor of the right termed شُفْعَة], or one who demands, and is granted, as a neighbour or a partner, in preference to one whose connection is more remote, the right of buying a house or piece of land that is to be sold.

Qur’ānic occurrences شَفِيع 2 shown of 10
30:13
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُم مِّن شُرَكَآئِهِمْ شُفَعَـٰٓؤُا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ

No intercessor will they have among their "Partners" and they will (themselves) reject their "Partners".

39:43
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُفَعَآءَ ۚ قُلْ أَوَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah? Say: "Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?"

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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i. q. صَاحِبُ شَفَاعَةٍ ; (S, K, TA;) i. e. (TA) An intercessor; as also شَافِعٌ : pl. of the former شُفَعَآءُ . (Msb, TA.) [See السُّقَفَآء , in art. سقف .] Also i. q. صَاحِبُ شُفْعَةٍ ; (S, K;) [meaning A possessor of the right termed شُفْعَة ; or] one who demands, and is granted, as a neighbour [or a partner], in preference to him whose connexion is more remote, the right of purchasing a house [or piece of land] that is to be sold. (TA.)
Nounشَفَائِعُ1 sense

Core sense — sorts of pasture, or herbage, that grow two and twogenerated

1

Sorts of pasture, or herbage, that grow two and two. So Ibn-Abbád. Or twins (تُؤَام [plural of تَوْءَم]) of plants.

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Sorts of pasture, or herbage, that grow two and two: (Ibn-Abbád, O, K:) or twins ( تُؤَام [pl. of تَوْءَم ]) of plants. (O, K.)
Nounشَافِعٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an intercessor; a she-camel with one young one following and another in her bellygenerated

1

Ism fāʿil of form 1, q. v.

1.1figurative · مجاز

Hence, applied to a she-camel: having a young one in her belly and another following her; or applied in this sense to a ewe or she-goat; or, so applied, having her young one with her.

So called because her young one has made her to be one of a pair with it, or because she has made it to be one of a pair with her.

شَفُوعٌ, thus applied, means the same as شَافِعٌ; and one says also هٰذِهِ شَاةُ الشَّافِعِ, as one says صَلَاةُ الأُولَى and مَسْجِدُ الجَامِعِ.

1.2

Also a he-goat, himself; or a ram; or such as, when it impregnates, impregnates with twins.

1.3an eye [that makes a thing appear a pair, i. e.,] that sees doublyعَيْنٌ شَافِعَةٌ
1.4figurative · مجازsuch a one treats me with enmity, and has one who aids him to do soفُلَانٌ يُعَادِينِى وَلَهُ شَافِعٌ
1.5

See also شَفِيعٌ and مُشَفَّعٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences شَٰفِعِين
26:100
فَمَا لَنَا مِن شَـٰفِعِينَ

"'Now, then, we have none to intercede (for us),

74:48
فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـٰعَةُ ٱلشَّـٰفِعِينَ

Then will no intercession of (any) intercessors profit them.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[act. part. n. of 1, q. v. Hence], applied to a she-camel, Having a young one in her belly and another following her: (Fr, Sh, S, Mgh, K, TA:) or applied in this sense to a ewe or she-goat: (K:) or, thus applied, having her young one with her: (A'Obeyd, S, Mgh:) thus called because her young one has made her to be one of a pair [with it], or because she has made it to be one of a pair [with her]: (A'Obeyd, S, K:) and شَفُوعٌ , thus applied, signifies the same as شَافِعٌ : and one says also, هٰذِهِ شَاةُ الشَّافِعِ , like as one says صَلَاةُ الأُولَى and مَسْجِدُ الجَامِعِ . (TA.) Also A he-goat, (O, K, TA,) himself: (O:) or a ram: or such as, when he impregnates, impregnates with twins. (O, K.) عَيْنٌ شَافِعَةٌ An eye [that makes a thing to appear a pair, i. e.,] that sees doubly. (O, K.) فُلَانٌ يُعَادِينِى وَلَهُ شَافِعٌ means Such a one treats me with enmity, and has one who aids him to do so. (A, TA.) See also شَفِيعٌ and مُشَفَّعٌ .
Nounأَشْفَعُ1 sense

Core sense — tall, or highgenerated

1

Tall, or high.

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Tall, or high. (L, TA.)
Nounمُشْفِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — a ewe, or she-goat, that suckles any animalgenerated

1

A ewe, or she-goat, that suckles any animal.

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A ewe, or she-goat, that suckles any animal. (IAar, TA.)
Nounمُشَفَّعٌ1 sense

Core sense — one whose intercession is acceptedgenerated

1

One whose intercession is accepted; hence Ibn-Mes'ood calls the Qur'ān شَافِعٌ مُشَفَّعٌ, i. e. an intercessor whose intercession will be accepted, for whoever follows it and acts according to what is in it, so that his unpremeditated transgressions may be forgiven.

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One whose intercession is accepted: hence the Kur-án is termed by Ibn-Mes'ood شَافِعٌ مُشَفَّعٌ , i. e. An intercessor of which the intercession will be accepted, for him who follows it and does according to what is in it, that his unpremeditated transgressions may be forgiven. (O, TA.)
Nounمُشَفِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who accepts intercessiongenerated

1

One who accepts intercession.

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One who accepts intercession. (L, TA.)
Nounمَشْفُوعٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — a house or land coupled by purchase; affected with madnessgenerated

1

A possession (مِلْكٌ [here meaning house, or piece of land,]) coupled [by purchase] with a man's possession already belonging to him, on certain conditions explained under شُفْعَةٌ.

2

Also affected with diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; or with madness, or insanity. مَسْفُوعٌ, with the unpointed س, is a dialectal variant of it.

2.1

And مَشْفُوعَةٌ is said to mean a woman smitten by the [evil] eye, according to IF, O and L; [but see شُفْعَةٌ, last sentence;] the masculine is not used in this sense.

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A possession ( مِلْكٌ [here meaning house, or piece of land,]) coupled [by purchase] with a man's possession [previously belonging to him, upon certain conditions expl. voce شُفْعَةٌ ]. (Mgh, Msb.) Also Affected with diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; or with madness, or insanity; (O, K;) and مَسْفُوعٌ , with the unpointed س , is a dial. var. thereof. (TA.) And مَشْفُوعَةٌ is said to signify A woman smitten by the [evil] eye: (IF, O, L: [but see شُفْعَةٌ , last sentence:]) the masc. is not used in this sense. (L, TA.)