شايء

شَايْء • (šayʾ) m

1. pre-Classical spelling of شَيْء (šayʔ, “thing”)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:23:

     وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَايْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا

     walā taqūlanna li-šayʔin ʔinnī fāʕilun ḏālika ḡadan

     And never say of anything, “I will definitely do this tomorrow,”

Used consistently in some early manuscripts, including of the Qur'an, but only found in one verse in the Cairo Edition.