- Meaning
- Healing
- Arabic
- شفاء
- Say it
- shi-FAA'
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- The word is in the Quran, Surah Yunus (10:57)
About the meaning
The Quran calls itself a healing for what is in the hearts (10:57).
Famous people with this name
- Al-Shifa bint Abdullah, companion who taught Hafsa to write
Other spellings
Shifaa, Şifa
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Questions about Shifa
What does Shifa mean?
Shifa means: Healing. The Quran calls itself a healing for what is in the hearts (10:57).
Is Shifa in the Quran?
Not as a person’s name, but the word is in the Quran, in Surah Yunus (10:57).
Is Shifa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Shifa is a girl’s name.
How do you write Shifa in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Shifa is written شفاء.