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s-h-y-k-h
A "shaykh" is an old or elderly man, one advanced in age, typically from 50 or 51 years old to the end of his life. It can also refer to a respected elder, a chief, or a religious scholar.
Root
Ø´-Ų-ØŽ
4
Total uses
4
Verses
4
Surahs
3
Forms
Root
Ø´-Ų-ØŽ
Root Meaning
A "shaykh" is an old or elderly man, one advanced in age, typically from 50 or 51 years old to the end of his life. It can also refer to a respected elder, a chief, or a religious scholar.
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đ Ayaths where this word appears (4)
Hud 11:72
She said: Oh woe is me! Shall I bear a child when I am an old woman, and this my husband is an old man? Lo! this is a strange thing
Yusuf 12:78
They said: O ruler of the land! Lo! he hath a very aged father, so take one of us instead of him. Lo! we behold thee of those who do kindness
Al-Qasas 28:23
And when he came unto the water of Midian he found there a whole tribe of men, watering. And he found apart from them two women keeping back (their flocks). He said: What aileth you? The two said: We cannot give (our flocks) to drink till the shepherds return from the water; and our father is a very old man
Ghafir 40:67
He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then from a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though some among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand