حوط

مُحِيطٌ محيط [act. part. n. of 4; Surrounding, encompassing, or enclosing: &c.] ― -b2- It is said in the Kur [lxxxv. 20], وَا@للّٰهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحيِطٌ (assumed tropical:) And God, behind them, includeth them altogether within his power; not one shall escape Him. (TA.) And again, [xi. 85,] عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ مُحِيطٍ (assumed tropical:) The punishment of a day which shall beset on every side so that there shall be no place of escape from it: (TA:) or of a destructive day: meaning the day of resurrection: or the punishment [ of a day ] of extermination: the epithet, which is that of the punishment, being applied to the day because it includes it. (Bd.) And again, [ii. 18,] وَا@للّٰهُ مُحِيطٌ بِالكَافِرِينَ, explained by Mujá- hid as signifying (assumed tropical:) And God will collect together the unbelievers on the day of resurrection. (TA.)