What does « To cut / To sever » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word To cut / To sever (جذ) in the Quran, with 2 verses in which it appears, and a detailed explanation from Al-Raghib al-Asfahani's Mufradat fi gharib al-Qur'an.

جذ

To cut / To sever

Root: ج - ذ

Jurisprudence (fiqh) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of To cut / To sever

Al-jadhd: to break and crumble something.

Broken gold stones and gold fragments are called 'judhâdh'.

Hence Allah's words: 'He made them into fragments (judhâdhan)' (Al-Anbiyâ': 58).

This is Abraham breaking his people's idols.

To cut / To sever in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 2 Medinan: 0

Distribution of verses by surah

Hud 1

Al-Anbiya 1

Surah Hud : 108 Meccan

﴿۞ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ سُعِدُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ رَبُّكَ ۖ عَطَآءً غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذٍۢ﴾

And as for those who were [destined to be] prosperous, they will be in Paradise, abiding therein as long as the heavens and the earth endure, except what your Lord should will - a bestowal uninterrupted.

Surah Al-Anbiya : 58 Meccan

﴿فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًۭا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ﴾

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].