What does « Ḥajz » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word Ḥajz (حجز) in the Quran, with 2 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

حجز
Ḥajz
Root: ح - ج - ز
Jurisprudence (fiqh) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of Ḥajz

Al-hajz: preventing between two things by a separation.

One says 'hajaza baynahumâ' (he separated between them).

Allah says: 'And We have placed between them a barrier (hâjiz)' (Al-Kahf: 94).

The separation protects some from others.

Ḥajz in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 2 Medinan: 0
Distribution of verses by surah
An-Naml 1
Al-Haqqa 1
Surah An-Naml : 61 Meccan
﴿أَمَّن جَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَجَعَلَ خِلَٰلَهَآ أَنْهَٰرًا وَجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَٰسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ حَاجِزًا أَءِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴾
Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allah? [No], but most of them do not know.
Surah Al-Haqqa : 47 Meccan
﴿فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ﴾
And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him.

Words from the same root as Ḥajz

جحد
Jaḥd
جحم
Juḥma
جرح
Jaraḥa
جرز
Jarz
جزء
Juzʾ
جزا
Jzā
جزع
Jaziʿ
جمح
Jmaḥ

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