Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Shafiq Name Meaning in Islam
Tender, kind, compassionate.
- Meaning
- Tender, kind, compassionate
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ش-ف-ق
- Urdu
- شفیق
- Pronunciation
- SHA-fiq
- Lucky number
- 4
Is Shafiq an Islamic name? Yes. Shafiq is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Tender, kind, compassionate. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ش-ف-ق, from sh-f-q, tender concern, compassion. Shafīq is the tenderly compassionate; same root as shafaqa (twilight, the red of dusk).
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Sheen of radiance opens, Fa of opening, Ya of reaching, Qaf of nearness. Compassion reaching nearness.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Shafiq's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Shakur, the Appreciative, carried by a person as a way of noticing and honouring small kindnesses. A person named Shafiq is many things at once, and gets to choose which shows up when.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Shafiq (شفيق, shafīq) is an Arabic masculine name meaning compassionate, tender, kindly affectionate. It comes from the root ش-ف-ق which carries the senses of tender concern, sympathetic worry, fellow-feeling. The Qur'an uses the same root to describe the believers' care for one another (Qur'an 21:28: min khashyatihi mushfiqūn) and the dread of the unjust on the Day of Judgement (18:49: mushfiqīna mimmā fīh). To call a person shafīq is to say they hold others' welfare close enough to feel anxiety on their behalf, the active, protective face of mercy. The feminine form is Shafiqa (شفيقة). The name has been borne by many scholars and poets across Muslim history, including the 13th-century Damascene Shaykh Shafīq al-Dīn. Today Shafiq is widely used across the Arab world, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the South Asian diaspora, favoured by parents who wish their son an open, sympathetic heart.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Shafiq
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Shafiq
What does the name Shafiq mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about Shafiq? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Shafiq? →
Is Shafiq mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Shafiq mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Shafiq carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Shafiq a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Shafiq in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. Each letter in Shafiq, starting from Sheen, is a structural principle. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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