A1noun
حِسَاب
ḥisāb
bill / check
Example
الحِسَابَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
al-ḥisāba min faḍlika
The bill please
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Arabic root
ح-س-ب
4 words from this root family
A2noun
مُحاسِب
muḥāsib
accountant
Example
المُحاسِب يُراجِع الحِسابات.
al-muḥāsib yurājiʿ al-ḥisābāt.
The accountant is reviewing the accounts.
A2noun
حاسوب
ḥāsūb
computer
Example
أَسْتَخْدِم الحاسوب في العَمَل.
astakhdim al-ḥāsūb fī al-ʿamal.
I use the computer at work.
A2noun
حِسَابٌ
ḥisāb
reckoning / account / judgment
Example
وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
wallāhu sarīʿu al-ḥisāb
And Allah is swift in account (2:202)
Grammar
Masculine verbal noun (maṣdar). Related: حَسِبَ (to reckon/think), حَاسَبَ (to hold to account), مُحَاسَبَةٌ (accountability). يَوْمُ الْحِسَابِ = Day of Reckoning.
Culture
The concept of ḥisāb teaches that every deed is recorded and will be accounted for. This encourages self-accountability (muḥāsabah) in daily life.