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الشَّفِيقُ the compassionate in Arabic

الشَّفِيقُ is how you say “the compassionate” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

كَمَا يَذُودُ الرَّاعِيُ الشَّفِيقُ غَنَمَهُ عَنْ مَرَاتِعِ الْهَلَكَةِ

Just as the compassionate shepherd wards his flock away from pastures of destruction.

الشَّفِيقُ the compassionate

This is an adjective describing the shepherd, and it carries 'the' to match the definite noun it modifies, so adjective and noun agree in being specific. It follows its noun, the normal Arabic order, adding the quality of compassion. Agreement in definiteness is how you know it attaches to the shepherd.

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More example sentences

كَمَا يَجْنُبُ الرَّاعِيُ الشَّفِيقُ إِبْلَهُ عَنْ مُبَارَكِ الْعُرَّةِ

Just as the compassionate shepherd spares his camels from the blessed thorny thicket.

الشَّفِيقُ the compassionate

This is an adjective describing the shepherd, carrying 'the' to agree with the definite noun it follows, so both are marked specific. It comes after its noun in normal Arabic order and adds the quality of compassion. The matching definiteness is what ties it to the shepherd.

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