Arabic

Verb

شَفَى • ‎(šafā) I, non-past يَشْفِي‎ (yašfī)

1. to heal, to cure
   • Koran 26:75-80, translation by Yusuf Ali

     قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ الْأَقْدَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ‎

     qāla ʾafaraʾaytum mā kuntum taʿbudūna ʾantum waʾābāʾukumu l-ʾaqdamūna faʾinnahum ʿaduwwun lī ʾillā rabba l-ʿālamīna llaḏī ḵalaqanī fahuwa yahdīni wallaḏī huwa yuṭʿimunī wayasqīni waʾiḏā mariḍtu fahuwa yašfīni

     He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping - Ye and your fathers before you? - For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of the Worlds; Who created me, and it is He Who guides me; Who gives me food and drink, and when I am ill, it is He Who cures me."

2. (in the passive) to heal, to recover, to be cured, to get better (see شُفِيَ ‎(šufiya))

Conjugation

Usage notes

The only agent generally used with the active voice of شَفَى ‎(šafā) is God; this verb is not applied to medical professionals, treatments, medications, etc. The verb is most often encountered in the passive voice, in which it need not be particularly religious.