# Ha-Cim-Be — حجب (Hjb)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Hjb

- **Meaning:** Something which hinders/prevents/precludes/conceals/covers/protects/intervenes, hid, seclude, to veil/conceal/cover/hide a thing, intervene between two things.
- **Derived forms:** حِجَاب (7) · مَحْجُوبُون (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَابٌۭ ۚ — ḥijābun · "(will be) a partition"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَبَيْنَـهُمَا حِجَابٌۚ وَعَلَى الْاَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلاًّ بِس۪يمٰيهُمْۚ وَنَادَوْا اَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ اَنْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ

Wabaynahuma hijabunwaAAala al-aAArafi rijalun yaAArifoonakullan biseemahum wanadaw as-habaaljannati an salamun AAalaykum lam yadkhuloohawahum yatmaAAoon

And between them is a partition; and upon the elevations are men recognising each by their mark; and they will call to the companions of the Garden: “Peace be upon you!” They have not entered it, though they desire to.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-46.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَابًۭا — ḥijāban · "a barrier"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ حِجَاباً مَسْتُوراًۙ

Wa-itha qara/ta alqur-anajaAAalna baynaka wabayna allatheena layu/minoona bil-akhirati hijabanmastoora

And when thou recitest the Qur’an, We place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden partition,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-45.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 17

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَابًۭا — ḥijāban · "a screen"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ حِجَاباً فَاَرْسَلْـنَٓا اِلَيْهَا رُوحَنَا فَتَمَثَّلَ لَهَا بَشَراً سَوِياًّ

Fattakhathat min doonihim hijabanfaarsalna ilayha roohanafatamaththala laha basharan sawiyya

So she separated herself from them; then We sent to her Our Spirit, and he appeared to her as a mortal without fault.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-17.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَابٍۢ ۚ — ḥijābin · "a screen"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ اِلَّٓا اَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ اِلٰى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِر۪ينَ اِنٰيهُۙ وَلٰكِنْ اِذَا دُع۪يتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فَاِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوا وَلَا مُسْتَأْنِس۪ينَ لِحَد۪يثٍۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِي النَّبِيَّ فَيَسْتَحْـي۪ مِنْكُمْۘ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَسْتَحْـي۪ مِنَ الْحَقِّۜ وَاِذَا سَاَلْتُمُوهُنَّ مَتَاعاً فَسْـَٔلُوهُنَّ مِنْ وَرَٓاءِ حِجَابٍۜ ذٰلِكُمْ اَطْهَرُ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّۜ وَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ اَنْ تُؤْذُوا رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ وَلَٓا اَنْ تَنْكِحُٓوا اَزْوَاجَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ٓ اَبَداًۜ اِنَّ ذٰلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْـدَ اللّٰهِ عَظ۪يـماً

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola tadkhuloo buyoota annabiyyi illa an yu/thanalakum ila taAAamin ghayra nathireenainahu walakin itha duAAeetum fadkhuloofa-itha taAAimtum fantashiroo walamusta/niseena lihadeethin inna thalikum kanayu/thee annabiyya fayastahyee minkum wallahula yastahyee mina alhaqqi wa-ithasaaltumoohunna mataAAan fas-aloohunna min wara-ihijabin thalikum atharu liquloobikumwaquloobihinna wama kana lakum an tu/thoorasoola Allahi wala an tankihoo azwajahumin baAAdihi abadan inna thalikum kana AAinda AllahiAAatheema

O you who heed warning: enter not the houses of the Prophet, save that leave be given to you for a meal, without watching for its hour. But when you are called, then enter; and when you have eaten, then disperse. And seek not to remain for conversation; that hinders the Prophet, and he is shy of you; but God is not shy of the truth. And when you ask of his wives an item: ask it of them from behind a partition; that is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not for you to hinder the messenger of God, or to marry his wives after him ever; that were, in the sight of God, monstrous.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-53.md_

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْحِجَابِ — bil-ḥijābi · "in the veil"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَقَالَ اِنّ۪ٓي اَحْبَبْتُ حُبَّ الْخَيْرِ عَنْ ذِكْرِ رَبّ۪يۚ حَتّٰى تَوَارَتْ بِالْحِجَابِ۠

Faqala innee ahbabtu hubbaalkhayri AAan thikri rabbee hatta tawaratbilhijab

He said: “I have loved the love of good out of remembrance of my Lord!” — until it disappeared behind the partition: —

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-32.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَابٌۭ — ḥijābun · "(is) a screen"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالُوا قُلُوبُنَا ف۪ٓي اَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَٓا اِلَيْهِ وَف۪ٓي اٰذَانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِنْ بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَاعْمَلْ اِنَّـنَا عَامِلُونَ

Waqaloo quloobuna fee akinnatinmimma tadAAoona ilayhi wafee athaninawaqrun wamin baynina wabaynika hijabun faAAmalinnana AAamiloon

And they say: “Upon our hearts are coverings against that to which thou invitest us, and in our ears is deafness, and between us and thee is a partition; then work thou — we are working.”

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-5.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَابٍ — ḥijābin · "a veil"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ اَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا وَحْياً اَوْ مِنْ وَرَٓائِ۬ حِجَابٍ اَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولاً فَيُوحِيَ بِـاِذْنِه۪ مَا يَشَٓاءُۜ اِنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ حَك۪يمٌ

Wama kana libasharin anyukallimahu Allahu illa wahyan aw min wara-ihijabin aw yursila rasoolan fayoohiya bi-ithnihima yashao innahu AAaliyyun hakeem

And it is not for a mortal that God should speak to him save by revelation or from behind a partition, or that He send a messenger and that he reveal, by His leave, what He wills; He is exalted and wise.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-51.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ — lamaḥjūbūna · "surely will be partitioned"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine, plural · nominative case

كَلَّٓا اِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَمَحْجُوبُونَۜ

Kalla innahum AAan rabbihim yawma-ithinlamahjooboon

No, indeed! From their Lord, that day, will they be veiled;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-15.md_

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