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شَقُ
Rootش ق و
English Translationto suffer, to be wretched, to be distressed
Frequency4
FormI
Surah Ta-Ha (20:117) Quran.com
إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰ So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer. (Sahih International)
Surah Ta-Ha (20:2) Quran.com
مَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَىٰ We have not sent down to you the Qur'an that you be distressed (Sahih International)
Surah Hud (11:106) Quran.com
فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ شَقُوا فَفِي النَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling. (Sahih International)
Surah Ta-Ha (20:123) Quran.com
This is the end of the list. شَقُ was only mentioned 4 times in the Quran. فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ [Allah] said, "Descend from Paradise - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter]. (Sahih International)