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Shiin-Ya-Kha
to be old, old/aged man, someone of high standing in the community.
shaykh
n.m. (pl. shuyukh)
11:72
قَالَتْ يَا وَيْلَتَا أَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا عَجُوز ٌ وَهَذَا بَعْلِي شَيْخا ً إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ عَجِيب ٌ
Qālat Yā Waylatā 'A'alidu Wa 'Anā `Ajūzun Wa Hadhā Ba`lī Shaykhāan 'Inna Hādhā Lashay'un `Ajībun
She said: "O my! Shall I give birth when I am an old woman, and here is my husband an old man? This is indeed a strange thing!"
12:78
قَالُوا يَا أَيُّهَا الْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُ~ُ أَبا ً شَيْخا ً كَبِيرا ً فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ~ُ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Qālū Yā 'Ayyuhā Al-`Azīzu 'Inna Lahu 'Abāan Shaykhāan Kabīrāan Fakhudh 'Aĥadanā Makānahu 'Innā Narāka Mina Al-Muĥsinīna
They said: "O governor, he has an elderly father, so take one of us in his place. Indeed we see you as one of the good doers."
28:23
وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَاءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّة ً مِنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمُ امْرَأتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا قَالَتَا لاَ نَسْقِي حَتَّى يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَاءُ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخ ٌ كَبِير ٌ
Wa Lammā Warada Mā'a Madyana Wajada `Alayhi 'Ummatan Mina An-Nāsi Yasqūna Wa Wajada Min Dūnihimu Amra'tayni Tadhūdāni Qāla Mā Khaţbukumā Qālatā Lā Nasqī Ĥattá Yuşdira Ar-Ri`ā'u Wa 'Abūnā Shaykhun Kabīrun
When he arrived at the watering hole of Midyan, he found a crowd of people watering, and he found two women waiting on the side. He said: "What is holding you back." They said: "We cannot draw water until the shepherds finish, and our father is an old man."
40:67
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ تُرَاب ٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَة ٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَة ٍ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلا ً ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوا أَشُدَّكُمْ ثُمَّ لِتَكُونُوا شُيُوخا ً وَمِنْكُمْ مَنْ يُتَوَفَّى مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا أَجَلا ً مُسَمّى ً وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ
Huwa Al-Ladhī Khalaqakum Min Turābin Thumma Min Nuţfatin Thumma Min `Alaqatin Thumma Yukhrijukum Ţiflāan Thumma Litablughū 'Ashuddakum Thumma Litakūnū Shuyūkhāan Wa Minkum Man Yutawaffá Min Qablu Wa Litablughū 'Ajalāan Musammáan Wa La`allakum Ta`qilūna
He is the One who has created you from dust, then from a seed, then from an embryo, then He brings you out as a child, then He lets you reach your maturity, then you become old; and some of you will have their lives terminated before this; and that you may reach an appointed term, and perhaps so you may comprehend.
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