Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 167
حد حجز حَجَزَ ]aor. يَحْجُزُ and يَحْجِزُ inf. noun حَجَزًا and حَجِيْزَى and حَجَزَهُ [ حِجَازَةً : He or it prevented, hindered, impeded, withheld, debarred him or it. حَجَزَ بَيْنَهُمَا : He or it intervened as or formed a separation, a partition, a fence, a barrier or an obstacle or obstruction between them two, he separated them i. e. two things or two persons facing each other. حَاجِرٌ : A thing intervening as a separation, a partition, a fence, a barrier or an obstruction between the two things facing each other. حِجَازٌ is so called حَدَّ because it forms a separation between Nejd and Ghor or between Nejd and the Sahara or between Ghor and Syria or between Nejd and Tihameh وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا : And Who placed between the two a barrier )27:62( فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ : And none of you could have withheld Us from him (69:48). ]aor. يَحُدُّ inf. noun حَدٌ[ : He or it prevented, hindered impeded, withheld, restrained, debarred, forbade or interdicted; he repelled, turned away or averted a person from a thing. ذلك مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيْدُ : This is what you shunned or from what you turned away )50:20( حَدَّ السِّكِّيْنَ : He sharpened the knife. حَدَّ بَصَرَهُ إِلَيْهِ : He looked sharply at him or it or intently or attentively. فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ : So sharp is thy sight this day ):50:23( حَدَّ : Prevention, hindrance, an impediment a restraint, inhibition, prohibition or interdiction; a restrictive ordinance or statute of God; a bar, an obstruction, a partition or a separation between two things or places to prevent their mixture; a limit or boundary. جَاوَزَ الْحَدَّ : He exceeded the limit. حُدُودٌ )plural( حُدُودُ اللَّهِ : These are the limits set by God (2:188); a definition; the end extremity or utmost end of a thing; the edge; arms or weapons; a side, region or quarter; station, rank or standing. حِدَةٌ : sharpness of a sword or knife or the sharpness of temper. حَدِيدٌ : Iron; sharp sword; weapon; iron tool أَنْزَلْنَا الْحَدِيْدَ : We have sent down iron (57:26); like iron in sharpness (plural رَجُلٌ حَدِيدٌ . (حَدَائِدُ : A man sharp of intellect or understanding. فَبَصَرُكَ الْيَوْمَ حَدِيدٌ : Thy right or intellect or judgement is sharp this day )50:23( رَائِحَةٌ حَدِيْدَةٌ : A pungent odour. سَلَقُوْكُمْ بِالْسِنَةٍ حِدَادٍ )حِدَادٌ plural of حَدِيدٌ ( : They smite you with sharp tongues 167