# Ha-Cim-Za — حجز (Hjz)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To withhold, make a camel lie down, stop, restrain, prevent. To prevent/hinder/impede/withhold/restrain/debar a person or thing, to conceal, to intervene, to make or form a separation/partition/fence/barrier, make an obstacle or obstruction between two people, to separate or part two people or two things, wrap or tie a thing around one's waist, defend oneself with a thing.
- **Derived forms:** حَاجِز (1) · حَٰجِزِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 61

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

اَمَّنْ جَعَلَ الْاَرْضَ قَرَاراً وَجَعَلَ خِلَالَـهَٓا اَنْهَاراً وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِيَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزاًۜ ءَاِلٰهٌ مَعَ اللّٰهِۜ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۜ

Amman jaAAala al-arda qararanwajaAAala khilalaha anharan wajaAAala laharawasiya wajaAAala bayna albahrayni hajizana-ilahun maAAa Allahi bal aktharuhum layaAAlamoon

If: He who made the earth a fixed lodging, and made rivers in its midst, and made firm mountains therein, and made a barrier between the two seas: is there any god with God? The truth is, most of them know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-61.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 47

- **Form in this verse:** حَـٰجِزِينَ — ḥājizīna · "(who could) prevent (it)"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · active · masculine, plural · genitive case

فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ اَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِز۪ينَ

Fama minkum min ahadin AAanhu hajizeen

And not one of you could have protected him.)

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-47.md_

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