شاقّهُ
, (M, Mgh, Msb,) verbal noun مُشَاقَّةٌ (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) and شِقَاقٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) the latter verbal noun occurring in the Qur'an, 2:131 and iv. 39 [&c.], (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He acted with him contrariously, or adversely, (S, * M, Mgh, Msb, K,) and inimically; (K;) properly, each of them doing to the other that which was distressing, grievous, or troublesome, so that each of them was in a
شِقّ [or side] other than that of his fellow; (Msb;) or as though he became in a
شِقّ, i. e. side, in respect of him: (Mgh:) according to Er-Rághib, the verbal noun signifies the being in a
شِقّ [or side] other than that of one's fellow: or it is from شَقُّ العَصَا بَيْنَكَ
وَبَيْنَ صَاحِبِكَ [meaning “ the effecting disunion and dissension between thee and thy fellow ”], so that it is tropical: (TA:) or the primary meaning of الشِّقَاقُ is the being [mutually] remote. (Ham p. 326.) See also 1, in the first quarter of the paragraph.