shīn, fā, qāf
3 names share this root — every one of them carries a thread of the same meaning.
Pl. of Shafaqa, kindness, compassion, sympathy, pity, mercy, favours.
Kind, tender, fearful, Friend, considerate
Shafaq is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means sympathy, affection, pity, tenderness. It also means twilight, the redness that appears in the sky before the sun comes up and after it goes down.