sh-gh-f

Description

The Arabic root شغف (sh-gh-f) carries the core meaning of intense, passionate love that reaches to the depths of one's heart, literally referring to the shighaf or pericardium (the membrane surrounding the heart). In its Quranic usage in Surah Yusuf (12:30), it describes how Prophet Yusuf's beauty has impassioned his master's wife with an overwhelming love that penetrated deeply into her heart. This root emphasizes the consuming and penetrating nature of passion, conveying how such intense desire can completely overtake a person's emotions and judgment.