حسب

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of counting, calculating, and sufficiency. It extends to notions of estimation, reckoning, and the basis for judgment or reward. It also encompasses abstract concepts like honor, lineage, and wealth, often debated in terms of their true value.

Derived headwords

حَسِبَ يَحْسِبُverb

1.
to count, calculateboth
To perform a calculation or enumeration of something.
2.
to consider, deemboth
To regard something or someone in a particular way; to think or believe.
3.
to assume, supposeboth
To believe something to be true without proof; to conjecture.

كنصره يحسبه (حسابا) على القياس — As his support, he calculates it (a calculation) according to the analogy.

حِسَابٌnoun

1.
calculation, computationboth
The act or process of calculating; a sum or result of calculation.
2.
reckoning, accountboth
The act of holding someone accountable or the state of being accountable; a financial account.
3.
sufficient amountmodern
An amount that is enough or adequate for a particular purpose.

حسابك على الله أي حسابك — Your reckoning is upon God, meaning your account.

حِسْبَانٌnoun

1.
calculation, computationboth
A process of counting or calculating, often referring to time or celestial movements.
2.
account, reckoningclassical
The act of accounting or the state of being accounted for.
3.
number, quantityclassical
A specific number or amount.

أفضل العمل منح الرغاب لا يعلم حسبان أجرها إلا الله — The best deed is granting desires; none knows the calculation of its reward except God.

الشمس والقمر بحسبان — The sun and moon are by calculation.

حِسْبَةٌnoun

1.
calculation, accountclassical
An act of counting or reckoning, similar to 'hisban'.

وأسرعت حسبة في ذلك العدل — And I hastened a calculation in that counting.

حِسَابَةٌnoun

1.
counting, enumerationclassical
The act of counting or enumerating something.

الحساب والحسابة: عدك الشيء — The account and the counting: your counting of a thing.

حَسَبٌnoun

1.
honor, prestigeboth
Distinction derived from noble ancestry and past deeds.
2.
lineage, ancestryboth
The line of descent from one's ancestors.
3.
wealth, fortuneclassical
Possessions and money, considered as a source of status.
4.
good deeds, virtueclassical
Noble actions and character traits.

والحسب: ما تعده من مفاخر آبائك — And 'hasab': what you count from the glories of your fathers.

حَسَبُكَparticle

1.
enough for youboth
Indicates sufficiency; what is needed or required.
2.
sufficientmodern
Adequate or enough.

حسبك درهم — A dirham is enough for you.

هذا بحسب ذا — This is according to that.

حَسِيبٌadjective

1.
sufficientboth
Being enough or adequate.
2.
honorable, of noble lineageclassical
Possessing honor and prestige due to ancestry.

ورجل كريم الحسب — And a man of noble lineage.

مَحْسُوبٌadjective

1.
counted, calculatedboth
Something that has been counted or included in a calculation.
2.
considered, regardedboth
Deemed or thought of in a certain way.

والمعدود: محسوب — And the counted: it is 'mahsūb'.

حِسَابِيٌّadjective

1.
computational, related to calculationmodern
Pertaining to or involving calculation or computation.

حَاسَبَverb

1.
to hold accountable, to reckon withboth
To call someone to account for their actions; to audit.
2.
to calculate withclassical
To perform a calculation in conjunction with someone or something.

وحاسبه من المحاسبة — And he held him accountable, from the reckoning.

مُحَاسَبَةٌnoun

1.
accountability, reckoningboth
The process of being held accountable or being audited.
2.
scrutiny, examinationclassical
A close and careful examination or inspection.

حَسَبَاناًnoun

1.
calculation, reckoningclassical
A masdar form indicating the act of counting or calculating.

حسبته أحسبه حسبانا وحسبانا — I counted it, I count it, a calculation and a calculation.

حَسَبَكparticle

1.
it suffices youboth
An expression indicating that something is sufficient.

يا اءيها النبي حسبك الله — O Prophet, God is sufficient for you.

حَسَبِيَ اللهُphrase

1.
God is sufficient for meboth
A declaration of reliance on God for sufficiency and protection.

حسيبك الله — God is your sufficient avenger.

حَسَبَverb

1.
to sufficeclassical
To be enough or adequate.

وأما حسب فمعناها الاكتفاء — As for 'hasaba', its meaning is sufficiency.

أَحْسَبَverb

1.
to satisfy, to make sufficientclassical
To provide enough of something; to make someone content.
2.
to think, to supposeclassical
To form an opinion or conjecture about.

أحسبني ما أعطاني أي كفاني — What he gave me satisfied me, meaning it sufficed me.

حَسَبِيٌّadjective

1.
sufficientmodern
Being enough or adequate.

حَسَبَاًnoun

1.
calculation, reckoningclassical
A masdar form indicating the act of counting or calculating.

حسبته أحسبه حسبانا وحسبانا — I counted it, I count it, a calculation and a calculation.

حَسَبَاءnoun

1.
honorable peopleclassical
Plural of 'hasib', referring to people of noble lineage.

ورجل كريم الحسب من قوم حسباء — And a man of noble lineage from honorable people.

حَسَبَnoun

1.
count, numberclassical
A quantity or number that has been counted.

لا يلوى على حسب — He does not care about the count.

Parallel reading

كنصره يحسبه (حسابا) على القياس

As his support, he calculates it (a calculation) according to the analogy.

الشمس والقمر بحسبان

The sun and moon are by calculation.

معناه بحساب ومنازل

Its meaning is by calculation and stations.

بحسبان يدل على عدد الشهور والسنين وجميع الأوقات

Bahisban indicates the number of months, years, and all times.

معناه بحساب فحذف الباء

Its meaning is by calculation, so the 'ba' was omitted.

حسبانا مصدر

Hisban is a masdar (verbal noun).

حسبته أحسبه حسبانا وحسبانا

I counted it, I count it, a calculation and a calculation.

الحسبان: جمع حساب

Al-hisban: plural of hisab.

على الله حسباني إذا النفس أشرفت على طمع أو خافا شيئا ضميرها

My reckoning is upon God when the soul aspires to greed or fears something in its heart.

وإنما سمي الحساب في المعاملات حسابا لاءنه يعلم به ما فيه كفاية ليس فيها زيادة على المقدار ولا نقصان

The 'hisab' in transactions is only called 'hisab' because it informs of what is sufficient, with neither excess nor deficiency.

والله سريع الحساب

And God is swift in account.

يرزق من يشآء بغير حساب

He provides for whom He wills without measure.

أي بغير تقتير ولا تضييق

Meaning without stinting or narrowing.

أي يوسع النفقة ولا يحسبها

Meaning he expands the spending and does not count it.

فجائز أن يكون معناه: من حيث لا يقدره ولا يظنه كائنا

So it is possible its meaning is: from where he does not estimate it nor think it will happen.

وأسرعت حسبة في ذلك العدل

And I hastened a calculation in that counting.

الحساب والحسابة: عدك الشيء

Al-hisab and al-hisaba: your counting of a thing.

يا جمل أسقيت بلا حسابه سقيا مليك حسن الربابه

O camel, may you be watered with a watering like that of a king who is good at tending.

ورجل حاسب من قوم حسب وحساب

And a man who calculates, from a people of 'hasab' and 'hisab'.

ليكم عملك بحسب ذلك

Let your work be according to that.

هذا بحسب ذا

This is according to that.

ما أدري ما حسب حديثك

I do not know the measure of your speech.

ومن يقدر على عد الرمل وحسب الحصى

And who can count the sand and measure the pebbles?

والأجر على حسب المصيبة

And the reward is according to the calamity.

الأجر بحسب ما عملت وحسبه

The reward is according to what you did and its measure.

أشكرك على حسب بلائك عندي

I thank you according to your favor upon me.

والحسب: ما تعده من مفاخر آبائك

And 'al-hasab': what you count from the glories of your fathers.

إنما سميت مساعي الرجل ومآثر آبائه حسبا لاءنهم كانوا إذا تفاخروا عد الفاخر منهم مناقبه ومآثر آبائه وحسبها

The endeavors of a man and the glories of his fathers were only called 'hasab' because when they boasted, the boaster among them would count his merits and the glories of his fathers and measure them.

حسب الرجل نقاء ثوبيه

A man's 'hasab' is the cleanliness of his two garments.

تنكح المرأة لمالها وحسبها وميسمها ودينها، فعليك بذات الدين تربت يداك

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 (in dust - i.e., you will prosper).

الحسب الفعال الحسن له ولآبائه

Al-hasab is the good deed for him and his fathers.

حسب المرء دينه، ومروءته خلقه، وأصله عقله

A person's 'hasab' is his religion, his manliness is his character, and his origin is his intellect.

اختاروا إحدى الطائفتين إما المال وإما السبي، فقالوا: أما إذا خيرتنا بين المال والحسب فإنا نختار الحسب

They were given a choice between two groups: either the wealth or the captives. They said: 'But if you give us a choice between wealth and honor, we choose honor.'

فاختاروا أبناءهم ونساءهم

So they chose their sons and their women.

وفلان لا حسب له ولا نسب

And so-and-so has no 'hasab' and no 'nasab'.

فكان يبين لهم أن الحسب ليس هو ما تعدونه من المفاخر الدنيوية والمناقبه الفاتية الذاهبة، بل الحسب الذي ينبغي للعاقل أن يحسبه ويعده في مفاخراته هو الدين

So he would explain to them that 'hasab' is not what you count of worldly glories and fleeting merits, but rather the 'hasab' that an intelligent person should count and consider among his glories is religion.

وقد حسب الرجل بالضم حسابة بالفتح كخطب خطابة

And a man has become 'hasaba' (with damma) with 'hasaba' (with fatha) like 'khataba' (with damma) with 'khataba' (with fatha).

ورب حسيب الأصل غير حسيب

And many a noble of origin is not noble (in deed).

أي له آباء يفعلون الخير ولا يفعله هو

Meaning he has fathers who do good, but he does not do it.

حسبك درهم

A dirham suffices you.

أي كفاك

Meaning it is enough for you.

لا يلوى على حسب

He does not care about sufficiency.

أي يقسم بينهم بالسوية ولا يؤثر به أحد

Meaning he divides among them equally and no one is preferred.

أحسبني ما أعطاني أي كفاني

What he gave me satisfied me, meaning it sufficed me.

عطآء حسابا

A sufficient gift.

أي كثيرا كافيا

Meaning abundant and sufficient.

وهذا رجل حسبك من رجل

And this is a man sufficient for you as a man.

مدح للنكرة، لأن فيه تأويل فعل

Praise for an indefinite noun, because it has the interpretation of a verb.

كأنه قال: محسب لك

As if he said: sufficient for you.

مررت برجل أحسبك من رجل

I passed by a man who suffices you as a man.

يا اءيها النبي حسبك الله

O Prophet, God is sufficient for you.

أي يكفيك الله ويكفي من اتبعك

Meaning God suffices you and suffices those who follow you.

وكفى بالله حسيبا

And God is sufficient as an accountant.