ش ي أ sh-y-'
شَاءَ
shāʾa
to will something
Definition
- 1شَاءَshāʾato will236
- 2شَيْءshayʾsomething (willed by Allah)283
Total uses in the Qur’an: 519
Qur’anic usage
Sense 1
شَاءَ · يَشَاءُ · تَشَاءُ · نَشَاءُ · تَشَاءُونَ
إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ
… if Allah so wills.
2:70draft glosses: 3 of 3
وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ
And if Allah had so willed, He could have guided them all.
6:35draft glosses: 6 of 6
وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ
And You honour whoever You please, and disgrace whoever You please.
3:26draft glosses: 6 of 6
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ
But you cannot will unless Allah wills.
76:30draft glosses: 6 of 6
Sense 2
شَيْءٌ · شَيْئًا · أَشْيَاء
وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌ
And Allah is Most Capable of everything.
2:284draft glosses: 5 of 5
لَنْ يَضُرُّوا اللَّهَ شَيْئًا
They will never harm Allah with anything.
3:177draft glosses: 4 of 4
وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ
And do not defraud people of their things.
7:85draft glosses: 4 of 4
DawahAgent2026-06-10 · reviewed