# Ha-Sad-Ra — حصر (HSr) > Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran. - **Source:** https://quran.so/root/HSr - **Meaning:** To be strait, restricted, hindered. To straiten and encompass/surround someone, prevent someone from going to his business, besiege/beset/confine someone, to confine/keep close/imprison/detain/retain/restrain/withhold someone, withhold or prevent someone from journeying, prevent someone from a thing he desires, take the whole of a thing, take/acquire a thing to oneself, suffer suppression of the bowels or unrinary tract, unable to express one's mind/say what one would, unable to find words to express what one would say, to falter in speech, to falter and be unable to proceed in reading or recitation, to be impeded or straitened, abstain from sexual intercourse, to be impotent, contracted in the bosom, to be niggardly/tenacious/penurious/avaricious, conceal a thing, refrain from divulging a thing. - **Derived forms:** أُحْصِرُ (2) · حَصِرَتْ (2) · حَصُور (1) · حَصِير (1) ## Verses containing this root ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 196 - **Form in this verse:** أُحْصِرْتُمْ — uḥ'ṣir'tum · "you are held back" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 2nd person, masculine, plural · past tense وَاَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلّٰهِۜ فَاِنْ اُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِۚ وَلَا تَحْلِقُوا رُؤُ۫سَكُمْ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُۜ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَر۪يضاً اَوْ بِه۪ٓ اَذًى مِنْ رَأْسِه۪ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ اَوْ صَدَقَةٍ اَوْ نُسُكٍۚ فَاِذَٓا اَمِنْتُمْ۠ فَمَنْ تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ اِلَى الْحَجِّ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِۚ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ ثَلٰثَةِ اَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَسَبْعَةٍ اِذَا رَجَعْتُمْۜ تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌۜ ذٰلِكَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ اَهْلُهُ حَاضِرِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِۜ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِ۟ Waatimmoo alhajja walAAumratalillahi fa-in ohsirtum fama istaysara minaalhadyi wala tahliqoo ruoosakum hattayablugha alhadyu mahillahu faman kana minkum mareedanaw bihi athan min ra/sihi fafidyatun min siyaminaw sadaqatin aw nusukin fa-itha amintum famantamattaAAa bilAAumrati ila alhajji famaistaysara mina alhadyi faman lam yajid fasiyamuthalathati ayyamin fee alhajji wasabAAatin itharajaAAtum tilka AAasharatun kamilatun thalika limanlam yakun ahluhu hadiree almasjidi alharamiwattaqoo Allaha waAAlamoo anna Allahashadeedu alAAiqab And complete the pilgrimage and the attendance for God. But if you be straitened, then what is easy of the offering. And shave not your heads until the offering reaches its place of sacrifice. And whoso among you is sick or has a hindrance of the head: the redemption is by fast or charity or penance. And when you are secure, then whoso enjoys the attendance until the pilgrimage, then what is easy of the offering. And whoso has not the means: a fast of three days during the pilgrimage, and seven when you have returned. Those are ten complete. That is for him whose family is not present at the inviolable place of worship. And be in prudent fear of God, and know that God is severe in retribution. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-196.md_ ### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 273 - **Form in this verse:** أُحْصِرُوا۟ — uḥ'ṣirū · "are wrapped up" - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense لِلْفُقَـرَٓاءِ الَّذ۪ينَ اُحْصِرُوا ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ لَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَ ضَـرْباً فِي الْاَرْضِۘ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ اَغْنِيَٓاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِۚ تَعْرِفُهُمْ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ لَا يَسْـَٔلُونَ النَّاسَ اِلْحَافاًۜ وَمَا تُنْفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِه۪ عَل۪يمٌ۟ Lilfuqara-i allatheena ohsiroofee sabeeli Allahi la yastateeAAoona darbanfee al-ardi yahsabuhumu aljahilu aghniyaamina attaAAaffufi taAArifuhum biseemahum layas-aloona annasa ilhafan wamatunfiqoo min khayrin fa-inna Allaha bihi AAaleem On the poor who are straitened in the cause of God, unable to make a way in the earth: the ignorant considers them free from need due to their reticence. Thou wilt know them by their mark: they do not ask of men importunately. And what you spend of good, God knows it. _https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-273.md_ ### 3. Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 39 - **Form in this verse:** وَحَصُورًۭا — waḥaṣūran · "and chaste" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite فَنَادَتْهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ وَهُوَ قَٓائِمٌ يُصَلّ۪ي فِي الْمِحْرَابِۙ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُبَشِّرُكَ بِيَحْيٰى مُصَدِّقاً بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَسَيِّداً وَحَصُوراً وَنَبِياًّ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ Fanadat-hu almala-ikatu wahuwaqa-imun yusallee fee almihrabi annaAllaha yubashshiruka biyahya musaddiqanbikalimatin mina Allahi wasayyidan wahasooranwanabiyyan mina assaliheen And the angels called to him as he stood performing the duty in the chamber: “God gives thee glad tidings of John, confirming a word from God, both honourable and chaste, and a prophet among the righteous.” _https://quran.so/surah-ali-imran/verse-39.md_ ### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 90 - **Form in this verse:** حَصِرَتْ — ḥaṣirat · "restraining" - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ يَصِلُونَ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ م۪يثَاقٌ اَوْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ اَنْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ اَوْ يُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمَهُمْۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَقَاتَلُوكُمْۚ فَاِنِ اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ وَاَلْقَوْا اِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَۙ فَمَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَب۪يلاً Illa allatheena yasiloonaila qawmin baynakum wabaynahum meethaqun aw jaookumhasirat sudooruhum an yuqatilookum awyuqatiloo qawmahum walaw shaa Allahu lasallatahumAAalaykum falaqatalookum fa-ini iAAtazalookum falam yuqatilookumwaalqaw ilaykumu assalama fama jaAAala Allahulakum AAalayhim sabeela Save those who join a people between whom and you is an agreement, or they come to you, their hearts restraining them from fighting you or fighting their people. And had God willed, He would have given them power over you; then would they have fought you. And if they withdraw from you and fight you not and extend to you peace, then has God made no path for you against them. _https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-90.md_ ### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 5 - **Form in this verse:** وَٱحْصُرُوهُمْ — wa-uḥ'ṣurūhum · "and besiege them" - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, plural · imperative mood فَاِذَا انْسَلَخَ الْاَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍۚ فَاِنْ تَابُوا وَاَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَاٰتَوُا الزَّكٰوةَ فَخَلُّوا سَب۪يلَهُمْۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَفُورٌ رَح۪يمٌ Fa-itha insalakha al-ashhuru alhurumufaqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohumwahsuroohum waqAAudoo lahum kulla marsadinfa-in taboo waaqamoo assalatawaatawoo azzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum innaAllaha ghafoorun raheem And when the inviolable months have passed, then kill the idolaters wheresoever you find them, and seize them, and restrain them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and uphold the duty, and render the purity, then let them go their way; God is forgiving and merciful. _https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-5.md_ ### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 8 - **Form in this verse:** حَصِيرًا — ḥaṣīran · "a prison-bed" - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يَرْحَمَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ عُدْتُمْ عُدْنَاۢ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ حَص۪يراً AAasa rabbukum an yarhamakumwa-in AAudtum AAudna wajaAAalna jahannama lilkafireenahaseera It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you; but if you return, We will return; and We have made Gehenna a prison-bed for the false claimers of guidance. _https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-8.md_ --- Retrieved: 2026-08-13 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.