مَشِيئَة
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Highlights
Present tense
يَشَاءُ
Verbal noun
مَشِيئَة
Active participle
شَاءٍ
Passive participle
مَشِيء
Most common words from the same root
شَاءَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to will, to want, to intend, to wish
زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٱ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍBeautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe. But those who fear [Allah] are above them on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah begifts whom He wills without account.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:212
Word origin
Compare Akkadian 𒆥𒆥 (še'ûm, “to seek”) and more distantly Hausa so (“to want”).
Words from the root ش-ي-ء
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
شَيَّأَ
· present يُشَيِّئُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to objectify
تَشْيِيء
مُشَيِّئ
مُشَيَّأ
تَشَيَّأَ
· present يَتَشَيَّأُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to reify
تَشَيُّؤ
reification
مُتَشَيِّئ
مُتَشَيَّأ
thing
شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا
gradually
شَاءَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | شِئْتُ | أَشَاءُ | أَشَاءَ | أَشَأْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | شِئْتَ | تَشَاءُ | تَشَاءَ | تَشَأْ | شَأْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | شِئْتِ | تَشَائِينَ | تَشَائِي | تَشَائِي | شَائِي |
| هُوَ he | شَاءَ | يَشَاءُ | يَشَاءَ | يَشَأْ | — |
| هِيَ she | شَاءَتْ | تَشَاءُ | تَشَاءَ | تَشَأْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | شِئْتُمَا | تَشَاءَانِ | تَشَاءَا | تَشَاءَا | شَاءَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | شَاءَا | يَشَاءَانِ | يَشَاءَا | يَشَاءَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | شَاءَتَا | تَشَاءَانِ | تَشَاءَا | تَشَاءَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | شِئْنَا | نَشَاءُ | نَشَاءَ | نَشَأْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | شِئْتُمْ | تَشَائُونَ / تَشَاؤُونَ | تَشَائُوا / تَشَاؤُوا | تَشَائُوا / تَشَاؤُوا | شَائُوا / شَاؤُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | شِئْتُنَّ | تَشَأْنَ | تَشَأْنَ | تَشَأْنَ | شَأْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | شَائُوا / شَاؤُوا | يَشَائُونَ / يَشَاؤُونَ | يَشَائُوا / يَشَاؤُوا | يَشَائُوا / يَشَاؤُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | شِئْنَ | يَشَأْنَ | يَشَأْنَ | يَشَأْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | مَشِيئَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | شَاءٍ |
| Passive participle | مَشِيء |
شَاءَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to will
زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٱ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ وَٱللّٰهُ يَرْزُقُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍBeautified is the life of this world for those who disbelieve, and they mock at those who believe. But those who fear [Allah] are above them on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah begifts whom He wills without account.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:212
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