What does « To forbid / To prohibit » mean in the Quran?

Discover the meaning of the word To forbid / To prohibit (حظر) 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.

حظر

To forbid / To prohibit

Root: ح - ظ - ر

Jurisprudence (fiqh) 2 verses

Updated on 29 May 2026 at 7:00 AM

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Definition of To forbid / To prohibit

Al-hazr: gathering something in an enclosure (hazîra).

Al-mahzûr: the forbidden.

Al-muhtazir: one who makes an enclosure.

Allah says: 'It was like the dry sticks of one who makes an enclosure (al-muhtazir)' (Al-Qamar: 31).

The people of Thamûd were annihilated.

To forbid / To prohibit in the Quran (2)

Meccan: 2 Medinan: 0

Distribution of verses by surah

Al-Isra 1

Al-Qamar 1

Surah Al-Isra : 20 Meccan

﴿كُلًّا نُّمِدُّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا﴾

To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted.

Surah Al-Qamar : 31 Meccan

﴿إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَكَانُوا۟ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلْمُحْتَظِرِ﴾

Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.

Words from the same root as To forbid / To prohibit

بحر

Sea / Ocean

برح

To move away / To leave

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