Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شِيْئَةٌ

Root: شيأ

Full Definition

شِيْئَةٌ [Will, wish, or desire,] a subst. from شَآءَهُ, [and] so is مَشِيْئَةٌ [which is mentioned in the K as an Verbal.Noun]. One says, كُلُّ شَىْءٍ بِشِيْئَةِ ٱللّٰهِ, i. e. [Everything is by the will of God].


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