حسب
ḥ-s-b
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root حسب across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root HSB primarily means to number, count, or calculate. It also conveys the sense of thinking or supposing something to be true.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
ḥ-s-b
Listen:
يَحْسَبُ
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Root letters:
ح — س — ب
Word Family Tree (56 forms)
All word forms derived from the root حسب as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 59×
Verb 50×
Concordance — 109 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root حسب appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (57) · Verb (49)
Noun (57 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:5
Noun
هُوَ ٱلَّذِی جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضِیَاۤءࣰ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ نُورࣰا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعۡلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِینَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَ ٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ یُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ لِقَوۡمࣲ یَعۡلَمُونَ ٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who kno
The Thunder 13:18
Noun
لِلَّذِینَ ٱسۡتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ وَٱلَّذِینَ لَمۡ یَسۡتَجِیبُوا۟ لَهُۥ لَوۡ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِیعࣰا وَمِثۡلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفۡتَدَوۡا۟ بِهِۦۤۚ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمۡ سُوۤءُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ وَمَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمِهَادُ ١٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place
The Thunder 13:21
Noun
وَٱلَّذِینَ یَصِلُونَ مَاۤ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦۤ أَن یُوصَلَ وَیَخۡشَوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ وَیَخَافُونَ سُوۤءَ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٢١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And those who join that which Allah has ordered to be joined and fear their Lord and are afraid of the evil of [their] account
The Thunder 13:40
Noun
وَإِن مَّا نُرِیَنَّكَ بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِی نَعِدُهُمۡ أَوۡ نَتَوَفَّیَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَیۡكَ ٱلۡبَلَـٰغُ وَعَلَیۡنَا ٱلۡحِسَابُ ٤٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account
The Thunder 13:41
Noun
أَوَ لَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ أَنَّا نَأۡتِی ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ یَحۡكُمُ لَا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكۡمِهِۦۚ وَهُوَ سَرِیعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ ٤١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Have they not seen that We set upon the land, reducing it from its borders? And Allah decides; there is no adjuster of His decision. And He is swift in account
Derived Forms (56)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ٱلْحِسَابِ | lḥisaābi | Noun | 14× | |
| حِسَابٍ | ḥisaābin | Noun | 7× | |
| تَحْسَبَنَّ | taḥsabana | Verb | 5× | |
| أَيَحْسَبُ | ʾaayaḥsabu | Verb | 4× | |
| حِسَابًا | ḥisaābanā | Noun | 4× | |
| يَحْسَبُونَ | yaḥsabuwna | Verb | 4× | |
| حَسِيبًا | ḥasiybanā | Noun | 4× | |
| وَيَحْسَبُونَ | wayaḥsabuwna | Verb | 3× | |
| حَسِبَ | ḥasiba | Verb | 3× | |
| حَسْبُنَا | ḥasbunaā | Noun | 3× |