Shifa: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlArabic
شفا
شِفَاء
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Shifa (شفا, Arabic شِفَاء) means “healing, cure”. It comes from the Arabic root ش ف ي. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ش ف ي.
- Meaning
- healing, cure
- معنی
- شفا
Where it comes from
Shifāʾ, a cure or healing (Lane); it occurs in the Quran, e.g. 10:57.
- Say it
- shi-faAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ش ف ي
- Other spellings
- Shifaa
- Known bearer
- al-Shifa bint Abdullah, an early Companion
- Themes
- Life