# Ha-Nun-Se — حنث (Hnv)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To violate or break or fail to perform an oath, untrue to one's oath, commit a sin or crime in one's oath, retract or revoke an oath, sin, commit an offence, say what is not true, incline from what was false to what was true or from what was true to what was false, pronounce someone a violater or non-performer of an oath, put away or cast away a sin or crime from oneself, do a work whereby to escape from sin or crime, apply oneself to acts or exercises of devotion, seek to bring oneself near unto God or to advance in God's favour by works, relinquish the worship of idols.
- **Derived forms:** تَحْنَثْ (1) · حِنث (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 38. Surah Sad, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** تَحْنَثْ ۗ — taḥnath · "break (your) oath"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 2nd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثاً فَاضْرِبْ بِه۪ وَلَا تَحْنَثْۜ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِراًۜ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُۜ اِنَّهُٓ  اَوَّابٌ

Wakhuth biyadika dighthan fadribbihi wala tahnath inna wajadnahu sabiranniAAma alAAabdu innahu awwab

And: “Take thou in thy hand a bouquet, and strike thou therewith, and break thou not thine oath!” We found him patient. How excellent a servant! He was one turning in repentance.

_https://quran.so/surah-sad/verse-44.md_

### 56. Surah Al-Waqi'ah, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحِنثِ — l-ḥinthi · "the sin"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَكَانُوا يُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الْحِنْثِ الْعَظ۪يمِۚ

Wakanoo yusirroona AAalaalhinthi alAAatheem

And persisted in the Great Perjury,

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

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