# Ha-Vav-Cim — حوج (Hwj)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To desire, be in want of, need, require, to find it necessary to do or that one should do a thing, to seek or seek after, to be poor or in poverty (out of want or need), to lead one or oneself aside, forsake one's own way, incline to a person.
- **Derived forms:** حَاجَة (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 68

- **Form in this verse:** حَاجَةًۭ — ḥājatan · "(it was) a need"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ اَمَرَهُمْ اَبُوهُمْۜ مَا كَانَ يُغْن۪ي عَنْهُمْ مِنَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا حَاجَةً ف۪ي نَفْسِ يَعْقُوبَ قَضٰيهَاۜ وَاِنَّهُ لَذُو عِلْمٍ لِمَا عَلَّمْنَاهُ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ۟

Walamma dakhaloo min haythuamarahum aboohum ma kana yughnee AAanhum mina Allahimin shay-in illa hajatan fee nafsi yaAAqooba qadahawa-innahu lathoo AAilmin lima AAallamnahuwalakinna akthara annasi layaAAlamoon

And when they entered in what manner their father had commanded them, it availed them nothing against God; it was but a need in the soul of Jacob which he satisfied. And he was a man of knowledge due to what We had taught him; but most men know not.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-68.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** حَاجَةًۭ — ḥājatan · "a need"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَكُمْ ف۪يهَا مَنَافِـعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً ف۪ي صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَۜ

Walakum feeha manafiAAuwalitablughoo AAalayha hajatan fee sudoorikumwaAAalayha waAAala alfulki tuhmaloon

— And you have in them benefits — and that you might attain upon them a need in your breasts; and upon them and upon the ships are you carried.

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-80.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** حَاجَةًۭ — ḥājatan · "any want"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَالَّذ۪ينَ تَبَوَّؤُ الدَّارَ وَالْا۪يمَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ يُحِبُّونَ مَنْ هَاجَرَ اِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ ف۪ي صُدُورِهِمْ حَاجَةً مِمَّٓا اُو۫تُوا وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلٰٓى اَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌۜ وَمَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِه۪ فَاُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَۚ

Wallatheena tabawwaoo addarawal-eemana min qablihim yuhibboona man hajarailayhim wala yajidoona fee sudoorihim hajatanmimma ootoo wayu/thiroona AAala anfusihim walaw kanabihim khasasatun waman yooqa shuhha nafsihi faola-ikahumu almuflihoon

And those who settled in the home and the faith before them, love those who have emigrated to them, and they find in their breasts no need for what they were given, but give preference above themselves though they be in privation. And whoso is protected from the avarice of his soul, it is they who are the successful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-9.md_

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