# Ha-Cim-Ra — حجر (Hjr)

> Occurs in 21 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To deprive from, harden, hide, resist, forbid, prevent, hinder, prohibit access (to a place). To prevent/hinder/debar/withhold/restrain from a person or thing, prohibit/forbid/inhibit/interdict, to make boundary or enclose a thing, burn a mark around the eye of a camel or beast, to surround, make a thing unlawful or unallowable to a person, to be emboldened or encouraged, to slaughter by cutting the throat. hajar - a rock/stone or mass of rock.
- **Derived forms:** حِجَارَة (10) · حَجَر (2) · حِجْر (5) · حُجُرَٰت (1) · حُجُور (1) · مَّحْجُور (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖ — wal-ḥijāratu · "and [the] stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

فَاِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّت۪ي وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُۚ اُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَافِر۪ينَ

Fa-in lam tafAAaloo walan tafAAaloo fattaqooannara allatee waqooduha annasuwalhijaratu oAAiddat lilkafireen

But if you do not — and you will not — then be in prudent fear of the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-24.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ — l-ḥajara · "the stone"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذِ اسْتَسْقٰى مُوسٰى لِقَوْمِه۪ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۜ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ اللّٰهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا فِي الْاَرْضِ مُفْسِد۪ينَ

Wa-ithi istasqa moosaliqawmihi faqulna idrib biAAasaka alhajarafanfajarat minhu ithnata AAashrata AAaynan qadAAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum kuloo washraboomin rizqi Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

And when Moses sought water for his people; so We said: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock,” then there gushed therefrom twelve springs; each people knew its drinking-place: “Eat and drink of the provision of God, and commit not evil in the earth, working corruption.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-60.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ — kal-ḥijārati · "(became) like [the] stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ اَوْ اَشَدُّ قَسْوَةًۜ وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْاَنْهَارُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَٓاءُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Thumma qasat quloobukum min baAAdi thalikafahiya kalhijarati aw ashaddu qaswatanwa-inna mina alhijarati lama yatafajjaruminhu al-anharu wa-inna minha lamayashshaqqaqu fayakhruju minhu almao wa-inna minhalama yahbitu min khashyati Allahi wamaAllahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloon

Then your hearts became hardened after that; and they are like stones or harder. And among stones is that from which gush forth rivers, and among them are those that split and water issues forth, and among them are those that fall down from fear of God; and God is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-74.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحِجَارَةِ — l-ḥijārati · "the stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ فَهِيَ كَالْحِجَارَةِ اَوْ اَشَدُّ قَسْوَةًۜ وَاِنَّ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ الْاَنْهَارُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ الْمَٓاءُۜ وَاِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّٰهِۜ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

Thumma qasat quloobukum min baAAdi thalikafahiya kalhijarati aw ashaddu qaswatanwa-inna mina alhijarati lama yatafajjaruminhu al-anharu wa-inna minha lamayashshaqqaqu fayakhruju minhu almao wa-inna minhalama yahbitu min khashyati Allahi wamaAllahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloon

Then your hearts became hardened after that; and they are like stones or harder. And among stones is that from which gush forth rivers, and among them are those that split and water issues forth, and among them are those that fall down from fear of God; and God is not unmindful of what you do.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-74.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** حُجُورِكُم — ḥujūrikum · "your guardianship"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ اُمَّهَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَاَخَوَاتُكُمْ وَعَمَّاتُكُمْ وَخَالَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ الْاَخِ وَبَنَاتُ الْاُخْتِ وَاُمَّهَاتُكُمُ الّٰت۪ٓي اَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَاَخَوَاتُكُمْ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَاُمَّهَاتُ نِسَٓائِكُمْ وَرَبَٓائِبُكُمُ الّٰت۪ي ف۪ي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَٓائِكُمُ الّٰت۪ي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّۘ فَاِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْۘ وَحَلَٓائِلُ اَبْنَٓائِكُمُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ اَصْلَابِكُمْۙ وَاَنْ تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ الْاُخْتَيْنِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ غَفُوراً رَح۪يماًۙ

Hurrimat AAalaykum ommahatukumwabanatukum waakhawatukum waAAammatukum wakhalatukumwabanatu al-akhi wabanatu al-okhti waommahatukumuallatee ardaAAnakum waakhawatukum mina arradaAAatiwaommahatu nisa-ikum waraba-ibukumu allateefee hujoorikum min nisa-ikumu allateedakhaltum bihinna fa-in lam takoonoo dakhaltum bihinna falajunaha AAalaykum wahala-ilu abna-ikumuallatheena min aslabikum waan tajmaAAoobayna al-okhtayni illa ma qad salafa inna Allahakana ghafooran raheema

Forbidden to you are your mothers, and your daughters, and your sisters, and your paternal aunts, and your maternal aunts, and the daughters of your brother, and the daughters of your sister, and your milk-mothers, and your milk-sisters, and the mothers of your wives, and your step-daughters under your protection from your wives unto whom you have gone in (and if you have gone not in unto them, then there is no wrong upon you) and the wives of your sons of your loins, and that you bring two sisters together, save what is past; God is forgiving and merciful;

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-23.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 138

- **Form in this verse:** حِجْرٌۭ — ḥij'run · "forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَقَالُوا هٰذِه۪ٓ اَنْعَامٌ وَحَرْثٌ حِجْرٌۘ لَا يَطْعَمُهَٓا اِلَّا مَنْ نَشَٓاءُ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَاَنْعَامٌ حُرِّمَتْ ظُهُورُهَا وَاَنْعَامٌ لَا يَذْكُرُونَ اسْمَ اللّٰهِ عَلَيْهَا افْتِرَٓاءً عَلَيْهِۜ سَيَجْز۪يهِمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

Waqaloo hathihi anAAamunwaharthun hijrun la yatAAamuhailla man nashao bizaAAmihim waanAAamun hurrimatthuhooruha waanAAamun la yathkuroonaisma Allahi AAalayha iftiraan AAalayhisayajzeehim bima kanoo yaftaroon

And they say: “These cattle and tilth are taboo; none is to eat them save whom we will,” — according to their claim — “and cattle whose backs are made unlawful,” and cattle over which they remember not the name of God, as an invention against Him; He will requite them for what they invented.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-138.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 160

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ — l-ḥajara · "the stone"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ اَسْبَاطاً اُمَماًۜ وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اِذِ اسْتَسْقٰيهُ قَوْمُهُٓ اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَۚ فَانْبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناًۜ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ اُنَاسٍ مَشْرَبَهُمْۜ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمَامَ وَاَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰىۜ  كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْۜ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

WaqattaAAnahumu ithnatayAAashrata asbatan omaman waawhayna ilamoosa ithi istasqahu qawmuhu ani idribbiAAasaka alhajara fanbajasat minhu ithnataAAashrata AAaynan qad AAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum wathallalnaAAalayhimu alghamama waanzalna AAalayhimu almannawassalwa kuloo min tayyibati marazaqnakum wama thalamoona walakinkanoo anfusahum yathlimoon

And We divided them into twelve tribes as communities. And We instructed Moses when his people sought water of him: “Strike thou with thy staff the rock”; and there gushed therefrom twelve springs — each people knew its drinking-place. And We caused the cloud to overshadow them, and sent down upon them manna and quails: “Eat of the good things that We provided you.” And they wronged Us not, but they wronged their souls.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-160.md_

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 32

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَارَةًۭ — ḥijāratan · "(of) stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذْ قَالُوا اللّٰهُمَّ اِنْ كَانَ هٰذَا هُوَ الْحَقَّ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فَاَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ اَوِ ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ اَل۪يمٍ

Wa-ith qaloo allahummain kana hatha huwa alhaqqa min AAindika faamtirAAalayna hijaratan mina assama-iawi i/tina biAAathabin aleem

And when they say: “O God: if this be the truth from Thee, then rain Thou down upon us stones from the sky, or bring Thou us a painful punishment!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-32.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَارَةًۭ — ḥijāratan · "stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ اَمْرُنَا جَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجّ۪يلٍۙ مَنْضُودٍۙ

Falamma jaa amrunajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilahawaamtarna AAalayha hijaratanmin sijjeelin mandood

And when Our command came, We utterly overthrew it, and rained upon it stones of baked clay, piled up in layers,

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-82.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَارَةًۭ — ḥijāratan · "stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

فَجَعَلْنَا عَالِيَهَا سَافِلَهَا وَاَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ سِجّ۪يلٍۜ

FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilahawaamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan minsijjeel

And We utterly overthrew it and rained upon it stones of baked clay.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-74.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحِجْرِ — l-ḥij'ri · "(of) the Rocky Tract"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ اَصْحَابُ الْحِجْرِ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَۙ

Walaqad kaththaba as-habualhijri almursaleen

And the companions of the rocky tract denied the emissaries.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-80.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 50

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَارَةً — ḥijāratan · "stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قُلْ كُونُوا حِجَارَةً اَوْ حَد۪يداًۙ

Qul koonoo hijaratan aw hadeeda

Say thou: “Be you stones or iron

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-50.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** حِجْرًۭا — ḥij'ran · "A partition"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرٰى يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُجْرِم۪ينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْراً مَحْجُوراً

Yawma yarawna almala-ikata labushra yawma-ithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijranmahjoora

The day they see the angels: — no glad tidings, that day, for the lawbreakers; and they will say: “A complete partition!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-22.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 22

- **Form in this verse:** مَّحْجُورًۭا — maḥjūran · "forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ لَا بُشْرٰى يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُجْرِم۪ينَ وَيَقُولُونَ حِجْراً مَحْجُوراً

Yawma yarawna almala-ikata labushra yawma-ithin lilmujrimeena wayaqooloona hijranmahjoora

The day they see the angels: — no glad tidings, that day, for the lawbreakers; and they will say: “A complete partition!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-22.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** وَحِجْرًۭا — waḥij'ran · "and a partition"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌۚ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَحْجُوراً

Wahuwa allathee maraja albahraynihatha AAathbun furatun wahatha milhunojajun wajaAAala baynahuma barzakhan wahijranmahjoora

And He it is that loosed the two seas: the one fresh and sweet, and the other salty and bitter, and made between them a barrier, and a complete partition.

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

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 53

- **Form in this verse:** مَّحْجُورًۭا — maḥjūran · "forbidden"
  - **Grammar:** noun · passive · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهٰذَا مِلْحٌ اُجَاجٌۚ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخاً وَحِجْراً مَحْجُوراً

Wahuwa allathee maraja albahraynihatha AAathbun furatun wahatha milhunojajun wajaAAala baynahuma barzakhan wahijranmahjoora

And He it is that loosed the two seas: the one fresh and sweet, and the other salty and bitter, and made between them a barrier, and a complete partition.

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

### 49. Surah Al-Hujurat, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحُجُرَٰتِ — l-ḥujurāti · "the private chambers"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

اِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ يُنَادُونَكَ مِنْ وَرَٓاءِ الْحُجُرَاتِ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Inna allatheena yunadoonaka minwara-i alhujurati aktharuhum layaAAqiloon

Those who call to thee from behind the chambers, most of them do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hujurat/verse-4.md_

### 51. Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Verse 33

- **Form in this verse:** حِجَارَةًۭ — ḥijāratan · "stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِنْ ط۪ينٍۙ

Linursila AAalayhim hijaratanmin teen

“That we might send upon them stones of clay,

_https://quran.so/surah-adh-dhariyat/verse-33.md_

### 66. Surah At-Tahrim, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ — wal-ḥijāratu · "and stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا قُٓوا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَاَهْل۪يكُمْ نَاراً وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَا يَعْصُونَ اللّٰهَ مَٓا اَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanooqoo anfusakum waahleekum naran waqooduha annasuwalhijaratu AAalayha mala-ikatunghilathun shidadun la yaAAsoonaAllaha ma amarahum wayafAAaloona mayu/maroon

O you who heed warning: protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is men and stones, over which are angels stern and severe; they do not oppose God in what He has commanded them but do what they are commanded.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tahrim/verse-6.md_

### 89. Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** حِجْرٍ — ḥij'rin · "who understand"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

هَلْ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذ۪ي حِجْرٍۜ

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

Is there not in that an oath for one of intelligence?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-5.md_

### 105. Surah Al-Fil, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** بِحِجَارَةٍۢ — biḥijāratin · "with stones"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

تَرْم۪يهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجّ۪يلٍۖۙ

Tarmeehim bihijaratin minsijjeel

Striking them with stones of baked clay.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fil/verse-4.md_

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