شَفِيقٌ
Root: شفق
Full Definition
شَفِيقٌ
is syn. with
مُشْفِقٌ as part. n. of 4 [signifying Fearing, or fearful, or cautious; and also affectionate, kind, or compassionate, &c.]; as also
شَفِقٌ [and in an intensive sense
شَفُوقٌ ; and , from what follows, it appears that شَفِيقٌ also is used as an intensive epithet]: or
شَفِقٌ signifies fearing; and its pl. is شَفِقُونَ: and شَفِيقٌ, one giving faithful or sincere or honest advice, eager, or striving, to rectify, or amend, the state of him to whom that advice is given.
[Verily the affectionate, &c., or the very affectionate &c., is addicted to evil opinion,] is a prov., applied in the case of the man who fears, for his friend, the accidents of fortune, by reason of his excessive شَفَقَة [or affection, &c.]. And it is said in the Kur [xxi. 50], ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَهُمْ مِنَ [meaning And who are fearful of the time of the resurrection]; the signification of fear being most apparent when مُشْفِقٌ is thus trans. by means of مِنْ. See also an instance of مُشْفِقٌ [in a similar sense] in the first paragraph of this art.إِنَّ الشَّفِيقَ بِسُوْءِ ظَنٍ مُولَعٌ
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