شيعة

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Compare شَاعَ (šāʕa, “to spread (intransitive), to become known”). Cognate with Hebrew סיעה (si'a, “party, faction”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː.ʕa/

شِيعَة • (šīʕa) f (plural شِيَع (šiyaʕ) or أَشْيَاع (ʔašyāʕ))

1. cult, sect
2. (collective) followers, assistants
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:15:

     وَدَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَـٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِ وَهَـٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ ۖ فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِي مِن شِيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذِي مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَوَكَزَهُ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۖ إِنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ

     wadaḵala l-madīnata ʕalā ḥīni ḡaflatin min ʔahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hāḏā min šīʕatihi wahāḏā min ʕaduwwihi fāstaḡāṯahu llaḏī min šīʕatihi ʕalā llaḏī min ʕaduwwihi fawakazahu mūsā faqaḍā ʕalayhi qāla hāḏā min ʕamali š-šayṭāni ʔinnahu ʕaduwwun muḍillun mubīnun

     he entered the city at a time when its people were not likely to take notice. He found there two men fighting, this one from among his followers, and that one from his enemies. The one who was from his followers sought his help against him who was from his enemies. So Moses hit him with his fist, whereupon he expired. He said, ‘This is of Satan’s doing. Indeed he is clearly a misguiding enemy.’

3. (collective) adherents, disciples, partisans
4. faction, party
5. (definite) the Shi'a

• الشِّيعَة (aš-šīʕa, “the Shi'a”)
• شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy, “Shiite”)

• سُنِّيّ f (sunniyy)
• طَائِفَة f (ṭāʔifa)
• فِرْقَة f (firqa)