شَآءَهُ
Root: شيأ
Form: 1
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شَآءَهُI
, [originally شَيِئَهُ,] like خَافَهُ, [which is originally خَوِفَهُ,] first. pers. شِئْتُهُ, Present.T يَشَاؤُهُ, [and by poetic license يَشَاهُ, without ء,] first pers. أَشَاؤُهُ, Verbal.Noun شَىْءٌ and مَشِيْئَةٌ, or this is a simple subst., and مَشَآءَةٌ and مَشَائِيَةٌ, [or these two also are simple substs.,] He, and I, willed, wished, or desired, it; syn. أَرَادَهُ and أَرَدْتُهُ: most of the scholastic theologians make no difference between المَشِيْئَةُ and الإِرَادَةُ, though they are [said to be] originally different; for the former, in the proper language, signifies the causing to be or exist, syn. الإِيجَادُ; and the latter, the willing, wishing, or desiring; syn. الطَّلَبُ. A Jew objected, to the Prophet, his people's saying مَا شَآءَ ٱللّٰهُ وَشِئْتُ [What God hath willed and I have willed], as implying the association of another being with God: therefore the Prophet ordered them to say مَا شَآءَ ٱللّٰهُ ثُمَّ شِئْتُ [What God hath willed, then I have willed]. [مَا شَآءَ ٱللّٰهُ as signifying What hath God willed! is used to express admiration. And as signifying What God willed it is a phrase often used to denote a vague, generally a great or considerable, but sometimes
def.2 See also 1 in art. شوأ
def.2 See also 1 in art. شوأ
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