شهو
s-h-h-w
The root شهو (shhw) primarily signifies intense desire or longing, often for things that gratify the senses. It can refer to necessary appetites like hunger, or to excessive, blameworthy desires.
Root
ش-ه-و
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Total uses
6
Verses
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Surahs
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Forms
Root
ش-ه-و
Root Meaning
The root شهو (shhw) primarily signifies intense desire or longing, often for things that gratify the senses. It can refer to necessary appetites like hunger, or to excessive, blameworthy desires.
Derived forms
Surah distribution
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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (10)
Aal-Imran 3:14
Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode
An-Nisa 4:27
And Allah would turn to you in mercy; but those who follow vain desires would have you go tremendously astray
Al-A'raf 7:81
Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton folk
An-Nahl 16:57
يَشْتَهُونَ
And they assign unto Allah daughters - Be He Glorified! - and unto themselves what they desire
Al-Anbiya 21:102
ٱشْتَهَتْ
They will not hear the slightest sound thereof, while they abide in that which their souls desire
An-Naml 27:55
Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay, but ye are folk who act senselessly
Saba 34:54
يَشْتَهُونَ
And a gulf is set between them and that which they desire, as was done for people of their kind of old. Lo! they were in hopeless doubt
Az-Zukhruf 43:71
تَشْتَهِيهِ
Therein are brought round for them trays of gold and goblets, and therein is all that souls desire and eyes find sweet. And ye are immortal therein
At-Tur 52:22
يَشْتَهُونَ
And We provide them with fruit and meat such as they desire
Al-Waqi'ah 56:21
يَشْتَهُونَ
And flesh of fowls that they desire
🔎 Across the Quran (2)
۞فَخَلَفَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ خَلۡفٌ أَضَاعُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَٱتَّبَعُواْ فَسَوۡفَ يَلۡقَوۡنَ غَيًّا
They were succeeded by a people who neglected the Prayers and pursued their lusts. They shall presently meet with their doom
قُلۡ يُحۡيِيهَا ٱلَّذِيٓ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةࣲۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلۡقٍ عَلِيمٌ
Say: “He Who first brought them into being will quicken them; He knows well about every kind of creation