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ح-ج-ج

Ha-Jim-Jim

3 words from this root family

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Ha-Jim-Jim (ح-ج-ج) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: ḥajj (pilgrimage (to Makkah)), dhū al-ḥijja (Dhul Hijjah (12th month)), iḥtijāj (protest / demonstration).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 33 times in 26 verses, across 10 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:76. The form حَجٌّ (pilgrimage (to Makkah)) accounts for 9 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Time, Calendar, Media Politics

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
حَجٌّ
ḥajj
pilgrimage (to Makkah)noun, B19×Worship and Prayer
ذُو الْحِجَّة
dhū al-ḥijja
Dhul Hijjah (12th month)noun, A1Months & Seasons
اِحْتِجَاج
iḥtijāj
protest / demonstrationnoun, B2Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم بِمَا فَتَحَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَآجُّوكُم بِهِۦ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe. But when they go apart one with another they say: Prate ye to them of that which Allah hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it? Have ye then no sense?

Quran 2:76
۞ إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنْ حَجَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَوِ ٱعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ۚ وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ

Lo! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the indications of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the House (of Allah) or visiteth it, to go around them (as the pagan custom is). And he who doeth good of his own accord, (for him) lo! Allah is Responsive, Aware.

Quran 2:158
وَأَذِّن فِى ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَجِّ يَأْتُوكَ رِجَالًا وَعَلَىٰ كُلِّ ضَامِرٍ يَأْتِينَ مِن كُلِّ فَجٍّ عَمِيقٍ

And proclaim unto mankind the pilgrimage. They will come unto thee on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every deep ravine,

Quran 22:27

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun
حَجٌّ
ḥajj

pilgrimage (to Makkah)

Example
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
wa-lillāhi ʿalā an-nāsi ḥijju al-bayti mani istaṭāʿa ilayhi sabīlā
And it is a duty upon mankind to God to make pilgrimage to the House for whoever is able to find a way (3:97)
Grammar

Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar). Related: حَاجٌّ (pilgrim, pl: حُجَّاجٌ), مَحَجَّةٌ (clear path). There is an entire surah called Al-Ḥajj (22).

Culture

Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam, required once in a lifetime for those who are physically and financially able. Over 2 million Muslims perform it annually.

A1noun
ذُو الْحِجَّة
dhū al-ḥijja

Dhul Hijjah (12th month)

Example
الْحَجُّ فِي شَهْرِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ
al-ḥajju fī shahri dhī al-ḥijjati
The Hajj pilgrimage is in the month of Dhul Hijjah
Grammar

Means 'possessor of the pilgrimage'; the month of the annual Hajj

B2noun
اِحْتِجَاج
iḥtijāj

protest / demonstration

Example
خَرَجَ المُواطِنونَ في اِحتِجاجاتٍ سِلمِيَّة.
kharaja l-muwāṭinūna fī ḥtijājātin silmiyya.
Citizens went out in peaceful protests.

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