Girls' names
Shifa
Healing, cure
شِفَاء
Shifa
Healing, cure
Direct Quranicgirlarabic
Pronunciation
Shifa
Arabic
شِفَاء
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Root
sh-f-y
Quranic status
Direct Quranic
Reference
Surah al-Isra 17:82
Origin & meaning
Used in the Quran for the Quran itself being a shifa for the believers. Ash-Shifa bint Abdullah taught Hafsa to read.
Quranic source
Surah al-Isra 17:82
Notable bearers
- · Ash-Shifa bint Abdullah
Themes
“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).