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Does the term Shi‘a carry a negative connotation in the Quran? What are its meanings in the Quran?
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The term [[Shi‘a in]] the [[Quran]] is used to signify a group or faction, as well as to mean a follower or adherent. It is employed in both positive and negative contexts. For example, [[Prophet Abraham (PBUH)]] is described as a follower (Shi‘a) of [[Prophet Noah (PBUH)]] in a positive sense. On the other hand, it is used negatively to refer to those who caused division and fragmentation in their faith.

In some verses, the term simply denotes groups or factions without any intended positive or negative connotation. For instance, past communities are referred to as ''Shiya‘'' (the plural of Shi‘a) in the sense of groups or nations.

== Linguistic and Technical Definitions of Shi‘a ==
Linguistically, [[Shi‘a]] means a portion, group, faction, community, follower, or adherent.<ref>Farāhīdī, Khalīl b. Aḥmad, al-ʿAyn, ed. Mahdī Makhzūmī and Ibrāhīm Sāmirāʾī, Qom: Muʾassasa Dār al-Hijra, 2nd edition, 1409 AH, vol. 2, p. 190.</ref><ref>Jawharī, Ismāʿīl b. Ḥammād, al-Ṣiḥāḥ, ed. Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Ghafūr al-ʿAṭṭār, Beirut: Dār al-ʿIlm li-l-Malāyīn, 4th edition, 1407 AH/1987 CE, vol. 3, p. 1240.</ref> It refers to people united by a shared belief or cause.<ref>Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. Mukarram, Lisān al-ʿArab, Qom: Nashr Adab al-Ḥawza, 1405 AH, vol. 8, p. 188.</ref> The followers of the Ahlul Bayt (PBUT) are called Shi‘a because they adhere to the teachings and guidance of the Ahlul Bayt.
Over time, within the context of Islamic sects, Shi‘a came to denote the group that believes in the Imamate of the Ahlul Bayt.<ref>Ibn Athīr Jazrī, Mubārak b. Muḥammad, al-Nihāya fī Gharīb al-Ḥadīth wa al-Athar, ed. Ṭāhir Aḥmad al-Zāwī and Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Ṭanāḥī, Qom: Muʾassasa Ismāʿīliyyān li-l-Ṭibāʿa wa al-Nashr wa al-Tawzīʿ, 4th edition, 1364 SH, vol. 2, p. 519.</ref> Today, [[Shi‘a Muslims]] are those who uphold the immediate succession of [[Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH)]] to the [[Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)]] and assert that leadership is divinely designated through explicit textual evidence (nass). <ref>Shaykh Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad, Awāʾil al-Maqālāt, p. 35.</ref><ref>Shahrastānī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm, al-Milal wa al-Niḥal, vol. 1, p. 146.</ref>

The term Shi‘a was first applied to the followers of Ali (PBUH) by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself. Renowned [[[Sunni]] scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti narrates from [[Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari], Ibn Abbas, and [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] that the Prophet, in interpreting the verse: {{quran|إِنَّ الَّذینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِکَ هُمْ خَیْرُ الْبَرِیَّةِ|ترجمه=Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures|سوره=Al-Bayyina|آیه=۷}}; pointed to Ali (PBUH) and said:
::"You and your followers (Shi‘a) will be the successful ones on the [[Day of Resurrection]]".<ref>Suyūṭī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr, al-Durr al-Manthūr fī al-Tafsīr bi-l-Maʾthūr, Qom: Kitābkhāna ʿUmūmī Marʿashī Najafī, 1st edition, 1404 AH, vol. 6, p. ۳۷۹.</ref>
In another narration, the Prophet (PBUH) said,
::"By the One in whose hand is my soul, this man [Ali] and his followers will be triumphant on the [[Day of Judgment]]". When this verse was revealed, the Companions began referring to Ali (PBUH) as "the best of creatures" (khayr al-bariyya). <ref>Suyūṭī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr, al-Durr al-Manthūr fī al-Tafsīr bi-l-Maʾthūr, Qom: Kitābkhāna ʿUmūmī Marʿashī Najafī, 1st edition, 1404 AH, vol. 6, p. ۳۷۹.</ref>

== The Term Shi‘a in the Quran ==
=== As a Group or Faction ===
One primary meaning of Shi‘a in the Quran is as a group or faction, without inherently positive or negative connotations. Examples include:
* {{quran|قُلْ هُوَ الْقادِرُ عَلی أَنْ یَبْعَثَ عَلَیْکُمْ عَذاباً مِنْ فَوْقِکُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِکُمْ أَوْ یَلْبِسَکُمْ شِیَعاً|ترجمه=Say, He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] factions (Shiya‘) and make you taste the violence of one another. Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.|سوره=Al-An‘am|آیه=۶۵}}.
* {{quran|وَ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِکَ فی شِیَعِ الْأَوَّلینَ|ترجمه=And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects (Shiya‘) of the former peoples.|سوره=Al-Hijr|آیه=۱۰}}.
* {{quran|ثُمَّ لَنَنْزِعَنَّ مِنْ کُلِّ شیعَه أَیُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَی الرَّحْمنِ عِتِیًّا|ترجمه=Then We will surely extract from every faction (Shi‘a) those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.|سوره=Maryam|آیه=۶۹}}.
* {{quran|إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلا فِی الْأَرْضِ وَ جَعَلَ أَهْلَها شِیَعاً|ترجمه=Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions (Shiya‘), oppressing a group among them.|سوره=Al-Qasas|آیه=۴}}.
* {{quran|مِنَ الَّذینَ فَرَّقُوا دینَهُمْ وَ کانُوا شِیَعاً کُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِما لَدَیْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ|ترجمه=Of those who have divided their religion and become factions (Shiya‘), every faction rejoicing in what it has.|سوره=Al-Rum|آیه=۳۲}}.

=== As a Follower or Adherent ===
The second usage of Shi‘a in the [[Quran]] is as a follower or adherent. This meaning can carry either a positive or negative implication depending on the object of allegiance. Examples include:
* {{quran|وَ إِنَّ مِنْ شیعَتِهِ لَإِبْراهیمَ|ترجمه=Indeed, among his followers (Shi‘a) was Abraham.|سوره=As-Saffat|آیه=83}}, here, [[Prophet Abraham]] is described as a follower of [[Prophet Noah (PBUT)]].
* {{quran|وَ دَخَلَ الْمَدینَه عَلی حینِ غَفْلَه مِنْ أَهْلِها فَوَجَدَ فیها رَجُلَیْنِ یَقْتَتِلانِ هذا مِنْ شیعَتِهِ وَ هذا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَاسْتَغاثَهُ الَّذی مِنْ شیعَتِهِ عَلَی الَّذی مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَوَکَزَهُ مُوسی فَقَضی عَلَیْهِ قالَ هذا مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّیْطانِ إِنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ مُضِلٌّ مُبینٌ|ترجمه=And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction (Shi‘a) and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction (Shi‘a) called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy.|سوره=Al-Qasas|آیه=15}}, this verse refers to a follower of [[Moses]] and a follower of [[Pharaoh]] as Shi‘a.
* {{quran|وَ حیلَ بَیْنَهُمْ وَ بَیْنَ ما یَشْتَهُونَ کَما فُعِلَ بِأَشْیاعِهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ کانُوا فی شَکٍّ مُریبٍ|ترجمه=And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind (Ashya‘ihim) before. Indeed, they were in disquieting denial.|سوره=Saba|آیه=54}}, referring to like-minded followers.

== As Division and Fragmentation ==
In some contexts, Shi‘a refers to division and discord in beliefs, which is condemned:
* {{quran|إِنَّ الَّذینَ فَرَّقُوا دینَهُمْ وَ کانُوا شِیَعاً لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فی شَیْءٍ|ترجمه=Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects (Shiya‘) - you, [O Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything.|سوره=Al-An‘am|آیه=۱۵۹}}.
This usage highlights the negative implications of schisms within religious communities.

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	== Linguistic and Technical Definitions of Shi‘a ==		== Linguistic and Technical Definitions of Shi‘a ==
	Linguistically, [[Shi‘a]] means a portion, group, faction, community, follower, or adherent.<ref>Farāhīdī, Khalīl b. Aḥmad, al-ʿAyn, ed. Mahdī Makhzūmī and Ibrāhīm Sāmirāʾī, Qom: Muʾassasa Dār al-Hijra, 2nd edition, 1409 AH, vol. 2, p. 190.</ref><ref>Jawharī, Ismāʿīl b. Ḥammād, al-Ṣiḥāḥ, ed. Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Ghafūr al-ʿAṭṭār, Beirut: Dār al-ʿIlm li-l-Malāyīn, 4th edition, 1407 AH/1987 CE, vol. 3, p. 1240.</ref> It refers to people united by a shared belief or cause.<ref>Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. Mukarram, Lisān al-ʿArab, Qom: Nashr Adab al-Ḥawza, 1405 AH, vol. 8, p. 188.</ref> The followers of the Ahlul Bayt (PBUT) are called Shi‘a because they adhere to the teachings and guidance of the Ahlul Bayt.		Linguistically, [[Shi‘a]] means a portion, group, faction, community, follower, or adherent.<ref>Farāhīdī, Khalīl b. Aḥmad, al-ʿAyn, ed. Mahdī Makhzūmī and Ibrāhīm Sāmirāʾī, Qom: Muʾassasa Dār al-Hijra, 2nd edition, 1409 AH, vol. 2, p. 190.</ref><ref>Jawharī, Ismāʿīl b. Ḥammād, al-Ṣiḥāḥ, ed. Aḥmad ʿAbd al-Ghafūr al-ʿAṭṭār, Beirut: Dār al-ʿIlm li-l-Malāyīn, 4th edition, 1407 AH/1987 CE, vol. 3, p. 1240.</ref> It refers to people united by a shared belief or cause.<ref>Ibn Manẓūr, Muḥammad b. Mukarram, Lisān al-ʿArab, Qom: Nashr Adab al-Ḥawza, 1405 AH, vol. 8, p. 188.</ref> The followers of the Ahlul Bayt (PBUT) are called Shi‘a because they adhere to the teachings and guidance of the Ahlul Bayt.
	Over time, within the context of Islamic sects, Shi‘a came to denote the group that believes in the Imamate of the Ahlul Bayt.<ref>Ibn Athīr Jazrī, Mubārak b. Muḥammad, al-Nihāya fī Gharīb al-Ḥadīth wa al-Athar, ed. Ṭāhir Aḥmad al-Zāwī and Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Ṭanāḥī, Qom: Muʾassasa Ismāʿīliyyān li-l-Ṭibāʿa wa al-Nashr wa al-Tawzīʿ, 4th edition, 1364 SH, vol. 2, p. 519.</ref> Today, [[Shi‘a Muslims]] are those who uphold the immediate succession of [[Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH)]] to the [[Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)]] and assert that leadership is divinely designated through explicit textual evidence (nass). <ref>Shaykh Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad, Awāʾil al-Maqālāt, p. 35.</ref><ref>Shahrastānī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm, al-Milal wa al-Niḥal, vol. 1, p. 146.</ref>		Over time, within the context of Islamic sects, Shi‘a came to denote the group that believes in the Imamate of the Ahlul Bayt.<ref>Ibn Athīr Jazrī, Mubārak b. Muḥammad, al-Nihāya fī Gharīb al-Ḥadīth wa al-Athar, ed. Ṭāhir Aḥmad al-Zāwī and Maḥmūd Muḥammad al-Ṭanāḥī, Qom: Muʾassasa Ismāʿīliyyān li-l-Ṭibāʿa wa al-Nashr wa al-Tawzīʿ, 4th edition, 1364 SH, vol. 2, p. 519.</ref> Today, [[Shi‘a Muslims]] are those who uphold the immediate succession of [[Ali ibn Abi Talib (PBUH)]] to the [[Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)]] and assert that leadership is divinely designated through explicit textual evidence (nass).<ref>Shaykh Mufīd, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad, Awāʾil al-Maqālāt, p. 35.</ref><ref>Shahrastānī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm, al-Milal wa al-Niḥal, vol. 1, p. 146.</ref>

	The term Shi‘a was first applied to the followers of Ali (PBUH) by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself. Renowned [[[Sunni]] scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti narrates from [[Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari], Ibn Abbas, and [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] that the Prophet, in interpreting the verse: {{quran\|إِنَّ الَّذینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِکَ هُمْ خَیْرُ الْبَرِیَّةِ\|ترجمه=Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures\|~~سوره~~=Al-Bayyina\|~~آیه~~=۷}}; pointed to Ali (PBUH) and said:		The term Shi‘a was first applied to the followers of Ali (PBUH) by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) himself. Renowned [[[Sunni]] scholar Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti narrates from [[Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari], Ibn Abbas, and [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]] that the Prophet, in interpreting the verse: {{quran\|إِنَّ الَّذینَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِکَ هُمْ خَیْرُ الْبَرِیَّةِ\|ترجمه=Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures\|sura=Al-Bayyina\|verse=۷}}; pointed to Ali (PBUH) and said:
	::"You and your followers (Shi‘a) will be the successful ones on the [[Day of Resurrection]]".<ref>Suyūṭī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr, al-Durr al-Manthūr fī al-Tafsīr bi-l-Maʾthūr, Qom: Kitābkhāna ʿUmūmī Marʿashī Najafī, 1st edition, 1404 AH, vol. 6, p. ~~۳۷۹~~.</ref>		::"You and your followers (Shi‘a) will be the successful ones on the [[Day of Resurrection]]".<ref>Suyūṭī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr, al-Durr al-Manthūr fī al-Tafsīr bi-l-Maʾthūr, Qom: Kitābkhāna ʿUmūmī Marʿashī Najafī, 1st edition, 1404 AH, vol. 6, p. 379.</ref>
	In another narration, the Prophet (PBUH) said,		In another narration, the Prophet (PBUH) said,
	::"By the One in whose hand is my soul, this man [Ali] and his followers will be triumphant on the [[Day of Judgment]]". When this verse was revealed, the Companions began referring to Ali (PBUH) as "the best of creatures" (khayr al-bariyya). <ref>Suyūṭī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr, al-Durr al-Manthūr fī al-Tafsīr bi-l-Maʾthūr, Qom: Kitābkhāna ʿUmūmī Marʿashī Najafī, 1st edition, 1404 AH, vol. 6, p. ~~۳۷۹~~.</ref>		::"By the One in whose hand is my soul, this man [Ali] and his followers will be triumphant on the [[Day of Judgment]]". When this verse was revealed, the Companions began referring to Ali (PBUH) as "the best of creatures" (khayr al-bariyya).<ref>Suyūṭī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abī Bakr, al-Durr al-Manthūr fī al-Tafsīr bi-l-Maʾthūr, Qom: Kitābkhāna ʿUmūmī Marʿashī Najafī, 1st edition, 1404 AH, vol. 6, p. 379.</ref>

	== The Term Shi‘a in the Quran ==		== The Term Shi‘a in the Quran ==
	=== As a Group or Faction ===		=== As a Group or Faction ===
	One primary meaning of Shi‘a in the Quran is as a group or faction, without inherently positive or negative connotations. Examples include:		One primary meaning of Shi‘a in the Quran is as a group or faction, without inherently positive or negative connotations. Examples include:
	* {{quran\|قُلْ هُوَ الْقادِرُ عَلی أَنْ یَبْعَثَ عَلَیْکُمْ عَذاباً مِنْ فَوْقِکُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِکُمْ أَوْ یَلْبِسَکُمْ شِیَعاً\|~~ترجمه~~=Say, He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] factions (Shiya‘) and make you taste the violence of one another. Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.\|~~سوره~~=Al-An‘am\|~~آیه~~=۶۵}}.		* {{quran\|قُلْ هُوَ الْقادِرُ عَلی أَنْ یَبْعَثَ عَلَیْکُمْ عَذاباً مِنْ فَوْقِکُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِکُمْ أَوْ یَلْبِسَکُمْ شِیَعاً\|translation=Say, He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] factions (Shiya‘) and make you taste the violence of one another. Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.\|sura=Al-An‘am\|verse=۶۵}}.
	* {{quran\|وَ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِکَ فی شِیَعِ الْأَوَّلینَ\|ترجمه=And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects (Shiya‘) of the former peoples.\|~~سوره~~=Al-Hijr\|~~آیه~~=۱۰}}.		* {{quran\|وَ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِکَ فی شِیَعِ الْأَوَّلینَ\|ترجمه=And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects (Shiya‘) of the former peoples.\|sura=Al-Hijr\|verse=۱۰}}.
	* {{quran\|ثُمَّ لَنَنْزِعَنَّ مِنْ کُلِّ شیعَه أَیُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَی الرَّحْمنِ عِتِیًّا\|ترجمه=Then We will surely extract from every faction (Shi‘a) those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.\|~~سوره~~=Maryam\|~~آیه~~=۶۹}}.		* {{quran\|ثُمَّ لَنَنْزِعَنَّ مِنْ کُلِّ شیعَه أَیُّهُمْ أَشَدُّ عَلَی الرَّحْمنِ عِتِیًّا\|ترجمه=Then We will surely extract from every faction (Shi‘a) those of them who were worst against the Most Merciful in insolence.\|sura=Maryam\|verse=۶۹}}.
	* {{quran\|إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلا فِی الْأَرْضِ وَ جَعَلَ أَهْلَها شِیَعاً\|ترجمه=Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions (Shiya‘), oppressing a group among them.\|~~سوره~~=Al-Qasas\|~~آیه~~=۴}}.		* {{quran\|إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلا فِی الْأَرْضِ وَ جَعَلَ أَهْلَها شِیَعاً\|ترجمه=Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions (Shiya‘), oppressing a group among them.\|sura=Al-Qasas\|verse=۴}}.
	* {{quran\|مِنَ الَّذینَ فَرَّقُوا دینَهُمْ وَ کانُوا شِیَعاً کُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِما لَدَیْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ\|ترجمه=Of those who have divided their religion and become factions (Shiya‘), every faction rejoicing in what it has.\|~~سوره~~=Al-Rum\|~~آیه~~=۳۲}}.		* {{quran\|مِنَ الَّذینَ فَرَّقُوا دینَهُمْ وَ کانُوا شِیَعاً کُلُّ حِزْبٍ بِما لَدَیْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ\|ترجمه=Of those who have divided their religion and become factions (Shiya‘), every faction rejoicing in what it has.\|sura=Al-Rum\|verse=۳۲}}.

	=== As a Follower or Adherent ===		=== As a Follower or Adherent ===
	The second usage of Shi‘a in the [[Quran]] is as a follower or adherent. This meaning can carry either a positive or negative implication depending on the object of allegiance. Examples include:		The second usage of Shi‘a in the [[Quran]] is as a follower or adherent. This meaning can carry either a positive or negative implication depending on the object of allegiance. Examples include:
	* {{quran\|وَ إِنَّ مِنْ شیعَتِهِ لَإِبْراهیمَ\|ترجمه=Indeed, among his followers (Shi‘a) was Abraham.\|~~سوره~~=As-Saffat\|~~آیه~~=83}}, here, [[Prophet Abraham]] is described as a follower of [[Prophet Noah (PBUT)]].		* {{quran\|وَ إِنَّ مِنْ شیعَتِهِ لَإِبْراهیمَ\|ترجمه=Indeed, among his followers (Shi‘a) was Abraham.\|sura=As-Saffat\|verse=83}}, here, [[Prophet Abraham]] is described as a follower of [[Prophet Noah (PBUT)]].
	* {{quran\|وَ دَخَلَ الْمَدینَه عَلی حینِ غَفْلَه مِنْ أَهْلِها فَوَجَدَ فیها رَجُلَیْنِ یَقْتَتِلانِ هذا مِنْ شیعَتِهِ وَ هذا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَاسْتَغاثَهُ الَّذی مِنْ شیعَتِهِ عَلَی الَّذی مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَوَکَزَهُ مُوسی فَقَضی عَلَیْهِ قالَ هذا مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّیْطانِ إِنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ مُضِلٌّ مُبینٌ\|ترجمه=And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction (Shi‘a) and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction (Shi‘a) called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy.\|~~سوره~~=Al-Qasas\|~~آیه~~=15}}, this verse refers to a follower of [[Moses]] and a follower of [[Pharaoh]] as Shi‘a.		* {{quran\|وَ دَخَلَ الْمَدینَه عَلی حینِ غَفْلَه مِنْ أَهْلِها فَوَجَدَ فیها رَجُلَیْنِ یَقْتَتِلانِ هذا مِنْ شیعَتِهِ وَ هذا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَاسْتَغاثَهُ الَّذی مِنْ شیعَتِهِ عَلَی الَّذی مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ فَوَکَزَهُ مُوسی فَقَضی عَلَیْهِ قالَ هذا مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّیْطانِ إِنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ مُضِلٌّ مُبینٌ\|ترجمه=And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction (Shi‘a) and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction (Shi‘a) called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy.\|sura=Al-Qasas\|verse=15}}, this verse refers to a follower of [[Moses]] and a follower of [[Pharaoh]] as Shi‘a.
	* {{quran\|وَ حیلَ بَیْنَهُمْ وَ بَیْنَ ما یَشْتَهُونَ کَما فُعِلَ بِأَشْیاعِهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ کانُوا فی شَکٍّ مُریبٍ\|ترجمه=And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind (Ashya‘ihim) before. Indeed, they were in disquieting denial.\|~~سوره~~=Saba\|~~آیه~~=54}}, referring to like-minded followers.		* {{quran\|وَ حیلَ بَیْنَهُمْ وَ بَیْنَ ما یَشْتَهُونَ کَما فُعِلَ بِأَشْیاعِهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ کانُوا فی شَکٍّ مُریبٍ\|ترجمه=And prevention will be placed between them and what they desire, as was done with their kind (Ashya‘ihim) before. Indeed, they were in disquieting denial.\|sura=Saba\|verse=54}}, referring to like-minded followers.

	== As Division and Fragmentation ==		== As Division and Fragmentation ==
	In some contexts, Shi‘a refers to division and discord in beliefs, which is condemned:		In some contexts, Shi‘a refers to division and discord in beliefs, which is condemned:
	* {{quran\|إِنَّ الَّذینَ فَرَّقُوا دینَهُمْ وَ کانُوا شِیَعاً لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فی شَیْءٍ\|ترجمه=Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects (Shiya‘) - you, [O Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything.\|~~سوره~~=Al-An‘am\|~~آیه~~=۱۵۹}}.		* {{quran\|إِنَّ الَّذینَ فَرَّقُوا دینَهُمْ وَ کانُوا شِیَعاً لَسْتَ مِنْهُمْ فی شَیْءٍ\|ترجمه=Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects (Shiya‘) - you, [O Muhammad], are not [associated] with them in anything.\|sura=Al-An‘am\|verse=۱۵۹}}.
	This usage highlights the negative implications of schisms within religious communities.		This usage highlights the negative implications of schisms within religious communities.