حسب

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root 'حسب' (ḥsb) primarily relates to the concept of sufficiency, counting, and reckoning. It encompasses notions of being enough, providing, calculating, and also extends to honor, lineage, and good deeds, particularly in classical contexts.

Derived headwords

الحسيبname

1.
The Sufficientclassical
One of the names of God, meaning He who is sufficient for His creation.

الحسبnoun

1.
Honorclassical
Honor derived from noble ancestors, or honor in deeds.
2.
Lineageclassical
What one counts from the glories of his forefathers.
3.
Good Deedsclassical
Righteous actions and commendable conduct.
4.
Wealthclassical
Material possessions, considered a form of honor.
5.
Religionclassical
Piety and adherence to religious principles.
6.
Dispositionclassical
One's state or condition.

حَسَبَverb

1.
to sufficeboth
To be enough or sufficient for someone or something.
2.
to countboth
To reckon, calculate, or enumerate.
3.
to provideclassical
To give enough to satisfy or suffice.

حَسَبًاnoun

1.
countingboth
The act of counting or reckoning.
2.
sufficiencyclassical
The state of being sufficient or enough.

حِسَابًاnoun

1.
reckoningboth
The act of calculating or accounting.
2.
accountboth
A statement of financial transactions or a record of deeds.
3.
manyclassical
A large quantity or number.

حِسَابَةًnoun

1.
countingboth
The act of counting or enumeration.
2.
reckoningclassical
The process of calculating or accounting.

حَسِيبٌadjective

1.
sufficientboth
Enough or adequate.
2.
honorableclassical
Possessing honor, especially from lineage or deeds.
3.
reckonerclassical
One who counts or holds accountable.

حَسْبُكَparticle

1.
enough for youboth
Indicates sufficiency, meaning 'it is enough for you' or 'you are sufficed'.

أَحْسَبَverb

1.
to sufficeboth
To make something sufficient or enough for someone.
2.
to give abundantlyclassical
To give so much that one says 'enough'.

الإِحْسَابnoun

1.
sufficiencyclassical
The act of making something sufficient or enough.
2.
abundanceclassical
Giving in great quantity.

مُحَسِّبَةadjective

1.
abundantclassical
Describing animals with much flesh and fat, implying abundance.

حُسْبَانnoun

1.
reckoningboth
The act of counting or calculating.
2.
calculationboth
The process of determining a number or amount.
3.
accountclassical
A measure or count.

حَسْبَانًاnoun

1.
countingboth
The act of counting or enumerating.
2.
reckoningboth
The process of calculation.

حَسَبِيparticle

1.
enough for meboth
Indicates sufficiency, meaning 'it is enough for me'.

حَسَبَاءnoun

1.
honorable peopleclassical
Plural of 'حسيب', referring to people of noble lineage or character.

حَسِيبَةnoun

1.
a countclassical
A specific instance of counting or reckoning.

Parallel reading

في أسماء الله تعالى الحسيب: هو الكافي، فعيل بمعنى مفعل، من أحسبني الشيء إذا كفاني.

Among the names of God Almighty is Al-Hasib: He is the Sufficient, derived from 'af'aal' meaning 'maf'ool', from 'aḥsabani al-shay'u' if it sufficed me.

والحسب: الكرم.

And al-hasab: nobility.

والحسب: الشرف الثابت في الآباء، وقيل: هو الشرف في الفعل، عن ابن الأعرابي.

And al-hasab: the honor fixed in the fathers, and it was said: it is honor in deeds, from Ibn al-A'rabi.

والحسب: ما يعده الإنسان من مفاخر آبائه.

And al-hasab: what a person counts from the glories of his fathers.

وما له حسب ولا نسب، الحسب: الفعال الصالح، والنسب: الأصل؛ والفعل من كل ذلك: حسب، بالضم، حسبا وحسابة، مثل خطب خطابة، فهو حسيب؛

And he has no honor nor lineage; al-hasab: good deeds, and al-nasab: origin; and the verb from all of that is 'ḥasaba', with damma, 'ḥasaban' and 'ḥasābatan', like 'khaṭaba khaṭābatan', so he is 'ḥasīb'.

ورجل كريم الحسب، وقوم حسباء.

And a man of noble lineage, and people of noble lineage.

وفي الحديث: الحسب: المال، والكرم: التقوى.

And in the Hadith: Al-hasab is wealth, and al-karam is piety.

وفي الحديث: حسب الرجل خلقه، وكرمه دينه.

And in the Hadith: A man's sufficiency is his character, and his nobility is his religion.

وفي الحديث: تنكح المرأة لمالها وحسبها وميسمها ودينها، فعليك بذات الدين، تربت يداك ؛

And in the Hadith: A woman is married for her wealth, her lineage, her beauty, and her religion; so take the one who is religious, may your hands be rubbed with dust!

قال الأزهري: وهذا الذي قاله شمر صحيح، وإنما سميت مساعي الرجل ومآثر آبائه حسبا، لأنهم كانوا إذا تفاخروا عد المفاخر منهم مناقبه ومآثر آبائه وحسبها؛

Al-Azhari said: And this which Shammir said is correct, and a man's endeavors and his fathers' glories are called 'hasab' because when they boasted, they counted among the glories his merits and his fathers' merits and counted them.

وفي حديث عمر، رضي الله عنه، أنه قال: حسب المرء دينه، ومروءته خلقه، وأصله عقله.

And in the narration of Umar, may God be pleased with him, he said: A person's sufficiency is his religion, his manliness is his character, and his origin is his intellect.

وفي الحديث: أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: كرم المرء دينه، ومروءته عقله، وحسبه خلقه ؛

And in the Hadith: That the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: A person's nobility is his religion, his manliness is his intellect, and his sufficiency is his character.

قال لهم: اختاروا إحدى الطائفتين: إما المال، وإما السبي. فقالوا: أما إذ خيرتنا بين المال والحسب، فإنا نختار الحسب، فاختاروا أبناءهم ونساءهم ؛

He said to them: Choose one of two groups: either the wealth, or the captives. So they said: As you have given us a choice between wealth and honor, we choose honor, so they chose their sons and their women.

وحسب، مجزوم: بمعنى كفى؛ قال سيبويه: وأما حسب، فمعناها الاكتفاء.

And 'ḥasb', in the jussive mood: meaning 'to suffice'; Sibawayh said: As for 'ḥasb', its meaning is sufficiency.

وحسبك درهم أي كفاك، وهو اسم، وتقول: حسبك ذلك أي كفاك ذلك؛

And 'ḥasbuka dirham' means 'a dirham suffices you', and it is a noun, and you say: 'ḥasbuka dhālika' meaning 'that suffices you'.

ويقال: أحسبني ما أعطاني أي كفاني.

And it is said: 'aḥsabani ma a'ṭānī' meaning 'what he gave me sufficed me'.

مررت برجل حسبك من رجل أي كافيك، لا يثنى ولا يجمع لأنه موضوع موضع المصدر؛

I passed by a man, 'ḥasbuka min rajul' meaning 'sufficient for you', it is not dualized or pluralized because it is placed in the position of a masdar.

وقال الفراء في قوله تعالى: يا أيها النبي حسبك الله ومن اتبعك من المؤمنين ؛ جاء التفسير يكفيك الله، ويكفي من اتبعك؛

And Al-Farra' said regarding the saying of God Almighty: 'O Prophet, Allah is sufficient for you and those who follow you among the believers'; the interpretation is 'Allah suffices you, and suffices those who follow you'.

وقال أبو إسحاق في قوله، عز وجل: وكفى بالله حسيبا* ؛ يكون بمعنى محاسبا، ويكون بمعنى كافيا؛

And Abu Ishaq said regarding the saying of God, the Exalted: 'And Allah is sufficient as a reckoner'; it can mean 'one who holds accountable', and it can mean 'one who suffices'.

وقال في قوله تعالى: إن الله كان على كل شيء حسيبا ؛ أي يعطي كل شيء من العلم والحفظ والجزاء مقدار ما يحسبه أي يكفيه.

And He said regarding the saying of God Almighty: 'Indeed, Allah is ever, over all things, a Witness/Sufficient'; meaning He gives everything of knowledge, protection, and recompense the amount that He reckons, i.e., suffices it.

وفي حديث عبد الله بن عمرو، رضي الله عنهما، قال له النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم: يحسبك أن تصوم من كل شهر ثلاثة أيام أي يكفيك؛

And in the narration of Abdullah bin Amr, may God be pleased with them both, the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to him: 'It suffices you to fast three days from every month', meaning 'it is enough for you'.

وإبل محسبة: لها لحم وشحم كثير؛

And 'muḥassabah' camels: they have much flesh and fat.

وقال بعضهم: لأحسبنكم من الأسودين: يعني التمر والماء أي لأوسعن عليكم.

And some of them said: 'I will give you plenty of the two black things': meaning dates and water, i.e., 'I will provide abundantly for you'.

وفي التنزيل: عطاء حسابا ؛ أي كثيرا كافيا؛

And in the Revelation: 'a gift of 'ḥisāban''; meaning abundant and sufficient.

ويقال: أتاني حساب من الناس أي جماعة كثيرة، وهي لغة هذيل.

And it is said: 'ḥisābun min al-nās' came to me, meaning a large group of people, and this is a dialect of Hudhayl.

وحسب الشيء يحسبه، بالضم، حسبا وحسابا وحسابة: عده.

And 'ḥasaba al-shay'a yaḥsibuhu', with damma, 'ḥasaban' and 'ḥisāban' and 'ḥisābatan': to count it.

يا جمل أسقيت بلا حسابه، ... سقيا مليك حسن الربابه،

O camel, may you be watered without counting... watering of a king who is good at nurturing.

وأسرعت حسبة في ذلك العدد

And I hastened a count within that number.

وعلى الله حسباني، إذا النفس أشرفت ... على طمع، أو خاف شيئا ضميرها

And upon Allah is my reckoning, when the soul aspires... to greed, or its conscience fears something.

والله سريع الحساب* ؛ أي حسابه واقع لا محالة، وكل واقع فهو سريع، وسرعة حساب الله، أنه لا يشغله حساب واحد عن محاسبة الآخر، لأنه سبحانه لا يشغله سمع عن سمع، ولا شأن عن شأن.

And Allah is swift in account*; meaning His account is inevitable, and everything inevitable is swift, and the swiftness of Allah's account is that one account does not preoccupy Him from another, because He, Glorified, is not preoccupied by one hearing from another, nor one matter from another.

وكفى بنفسك اليوم عليك حسيبا ؛ أي كفى بك لنفسك محاسبا.

'And sufficient for you is yourself today as an accountant'*; meaning, you are sufficient as an accountant for yourself.

أفضل العمل منح الرغاب، لا يعلم حسبان أجره إلا الله.

The best deed is giving generously; none knows the calculation of its reward except Allah.

والشمس والقمر بحسبان ، معناه بحساب ومنازل لا يعدوانها.

And the sun and the moon are by 'ḥusbān', meaning by calculation and stations they do not exceed.

يرزق من يشاء بغير حساب* ؛ أي بغير تقتير وتضييق، كقولك: فلان ينفق بغير حساب أي يوسع النفقة، ولا يحسبها؛

He gives sustenance to whom He wills without account*; meaning without stinginess and restriction, like your saying: 'So-and-so spends without account', meaning he expands his spending and does not count it.