muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarحَلٌّ حُلُولٌ حِلَّةٌ حِلٌّ
Core sense — he untied a knot; he alighted and took up his abode; it became lawfulgenerated
1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[O tyer of a knot, bear in mind the time of untying]—يَا عَاقِدُ ٱذْكُرْ حَلًّا
he untied, undid, or opened, a knot. Er-Rāghib: this is the primary meaning.
Or حَابِلُ O binder, or tyer, of the rope; or, as IAar relates it, يا حَامِلُ [O loader]: a proverb applied to the consideration of results, because a man may tie a load too tightly, and then, when he wants to untie it, may injure himself and his camel. [See also a similar saying below, in the second paragraph.]
[The right of preemption is like the untying of the cord that binds a camel's fore shank and arm together]—الشُّفْعَةُ كَحَلِّ العِقَالِ
That is, it is accomplished as quickly and easily as the عقال is untied. The explanation that it passes away quickly, like the camel when his عقال is untied, is unlikely.
[And loose an impediment of, or from, my tongue]—وَ ٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِى
Er-Rāghib gives this saying, from the Kur 20:28.
The passive is pronounced by some حُلَّ and by others حِلَّ, as in the verse of El-Farezdak: [And the garments of our forbearing men, by which they support themselves in sitting, binding them tightly round the shanks and back, are not loosed through ignorance, nor is the accepter of the benefit, among us, reproached]
shāhidفَمَا حِلَّ مِنْ جَهْلٍ حُبَى حُلَمَائِنَاوَ لَا قَابِلُ المَعْرُوفِ فِينَا يُعَنَّفُ
The kesreh of the first ل [in the original form حُلِلَ] is transferred to the ح. But Akh heard it pronounced in this instance حُلَّ; and some, he says, in this word and in others like it, such as رُدَّ and شُدَّ, only give the dammeh something of the sound of kesreh, by the pronunciation called إِشْمَام.
Qur’ān 20:25 approximate — somewhere between 20:1 and 20:61 Lane cites “Kur xx. 28”
Qur’ān 20:27 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى"And remove the impediment from my speech,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
1.1.1[he, or it, dissolved, melted, or liquefied, a thing]—حلّل
Maṣdar تَحْلِيلٌ; often said of a medicine, meaning it acted as a dissolvent.
it was dissolved, melted, or liquefied—حُلَّ
Maṣdar as above. Said of anything congealed, frozen, or solid.
1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred
He solved a problem, a riddle, and the like.
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe analyzed a thing—حلّل
Maṣdar as above.
1.1.4
حَلَّ اليَمِينَ: see form 2.
1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe alighted, or descended and stopped, in the place, country, or town—حَلَّ بِالْمَكَانِ
From حَلُّ الأَحْمَالِ عِنْدَ النُّزُولِ [the untying of the loads on alighting], حَلَّ, came to be used alone in the sense of نَزَلَ, that is, he alighted, or descended and stopped, sojourned, abode, lodged, or settled, in a place; or simply he took up his abode. Er-Rāghib.
Also بِالْبَلَدِ, حَلَّ المَكَانَ, and البَلَدَ, both forms mentioned by Ibn-Málik; maṣdar حُلُولٌ, حَلٌّ, حَلَلٌ, which is irregular, مَحَلٌّ, مَحِلٌّ, احتلّ بِهِ, and احتلّهُ: meaning نَزَلَ بِهِ.
he alighted, or descended and stopped, at the abode of the people or party—حَلَّ بِالقَوْمِ
Also حَلَّ القَوْمَ, احتلّ بِهِمْ, and احتلّهُمْ; and حَلَّ إِلَى القَوْم means the same.
the place was alighted in, taken as an abode, inhabited—حُلَّ المَكَانُ
In philosophy, حُلُولٌ means temporary or separable, and permanent or inseparable, indwelling or inbeing; and حَلَّ بِهِ or فِيهِ, it had, or came to have, such indwelling in it.
حَلَّ بِهِ or فِيهِ is often said of joy, grief, and the like: it took up its abode in him. And حَلَّ مَحَلَّ كَذَا: it took, or occupied, the place of such a thing.
1.1.6figurative · مجازthe beasts for sacrifice arrived at the place where it was lawful to sacrifice them—حَلَّ الهَدْىُ
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1.1.7figurative · مجاز — inferredthe punishment alighted, or descended—حَلَّ العَذَابُ
حَلَّ, said of a punishment, has for, and the maṣdar is حُلُولٌ. But a distinction is also reported.
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it was, or became, due, or required by justice to take effect—حَلَّ
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[lest my anger alight upon you, or befall you]—فَيَحُلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى
[lest it become due to you]—فَيَحِلَّ عليكم
In the Kur 20:83, according to different readings.
Or, when you say حَلَّ بِهِمْ العَذَابُ, you mean the punishment alighted upon them, or befell them, and the muḍāriʿ is حَلُلَ only; and when you say حَلَّ عَلَىَّ or لَكَ, you mean it became due to me, or to you, and the muḍāriʿ is حَلَلَ.
that anger should alight upon you, or befall you, from your Lord—أَنْ يَحُلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ
In the Kur 20:89, according to those who read thus instead of يَحِلَّ; but the latter is the common reading.
[the threatened punishment of God] became due to him, or required by justice to take effect upon him—حَلَّ أَمْرُ ٱللّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ
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my right, or due, became a thing he was obliged to render—حَلَّ حَقِّى عَلَيْهِ
maṣdar حُلُولٌ or مَحِلٌّ.
the debt fell due; its appointed term ended, so that payment became due—حَلَّ الدَّيْنُ
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the payment of the debt became obligatory on him—حَلَّ عَلَيْهِ الدَّيْنُ
Qur’ān 20:87 approximate — somewhere between 20:77 and 20:108 Lane cites “Kur xx. 89”
1.1.8figurative · مجاز — inferredit (a thing) was, or became, lawful, allowable, or free—حَلَّ
maṣdar حِلٌّ and حَلَالٌ; لَكَ means to you. The opposite of حَرُمَ. A figurative meaning, from حَلُّ العُقْدَةِ ["the untying of the knot"].
[the husband may take her back into the marriage-state as long as prayer is not lawful to her]—الزَّوْجُ أَحَقُّ بِرَجْعَتِهَا مَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لَهَا الصَلَاةُ
[when he saw that the sun had set, he said,] this is the time of its becoming lawful—لَمَّا رَأَى الشَّمْسَ قَدْ وَقَبَتْ قَالَ هٰذَا حِينُ حِلِّهَا
In a tradition; he meant the prayer of sunset.
1.1.9figurative · مجاز — inferredhe was, or became, free from, or quit of, an obligation or responsibility—حَلَّ
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he pronounced him free from, or quit of, obligation or responsibility with respect to him—جَعَلَهُ فِى حِلٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ
you are free from, or quit of, obligation or responsibility with respect to such a thing—أَنْتَ فِى حِلٍّ مِنْ كَذَا
he quitted his state of consecration—حَلَّ
Said of the مُحْرِم or حَلَّ مِنْ إِحْرَامِهِ; maṣdar حَلَالٌ or حِلٌّ, or both; also احلّ and تحلّل: he quitted his state of إِحْرَام. This too is a figurative meaning, from حَلُّ العُقْدَةِ.
he did it when he was free from consecration—فَعَلَهُ فِى حِلِّهِ وَ حِرْمِهِ
he did it when he was in the state of consecration—فى حُلِّهِ وحُرْمِهِ
That is, when free from إِحْرَام, and when in the state of احرام.
شُهُورُ الحِلِّ or أَشْهُرُ الحِلِّ: see حِلٌّ below.
the woman quitted her appointed waiting-period—حَلَّتِ المَرْأَةُ
the period is that termed عِدَّة. This, too, is a figurative meaning, from حَلُّ العُقْدَةِ. Or حَلَّتْ لِلزَّوَاجِ: she became free from any obstacle to marriage, as, for instance, by having accomplished the عِدَّة. And: the woman became free from the marriage tie, by the death of her husband or by divorce.
you are divorced from me—أَنْتِ فِى حِلٍّ مِنِّى
the oath became discharged, and so proved true—حَلَّتِ اليَمِينُ
Lane cites “Jel in ii. 192” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
1.1.10figurative · مجاز — inferredhe ran—حَلَّ
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1.2
حَلَّ بِهِ: see form 4.
1.3he (a man) had a pain in his hips and his knees—حَلَّ
Second person حَلِلْتَ; maṣdar حَلَلٌ. In the CK, "or his knees". [See also حَلَلٌ below.]
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 13
11:39
فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ"But soon will ye know who it is on whom will descend a penalty that will cover them with shame,- on whom will be unloosed a penalty lasting:"
20:27
وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى"And remove the impediment from my speech,
20:81
كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى ۖ وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِى فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ(Saying): "Eat of the good things We have provided for your sustenance, but commit no excess therein, lest My Wrath should justly descend on you: and those on whom descends My Wrath do perish indeed!
33:52
لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ٱلنِّسَآءُ مِنۢ بَعْدُ وَلَآ أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رَّقِيبًاIt is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee, except any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and Allah doth watch over all things.
39:40
مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ"Who it is to whom comes a Penalty of ignominy, and on whom descends a Penalty that abides."
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. حَلُلَ , inf. n. حَلٌّ , (S, Mgh, Msb,) He untied, or undid, (K, TA,) or opened, (S,) a knot: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) this is the primary signification. (Er-Rághib, TA.) Hence, يَا عَاقِدُ ٱذْكُرْ حَلًّا [O tyer of a knot, bear in mind the time of untying: or حَابِلُ O binder, or tyer, of the rope: (see art. حبل :)] (S, TA:) or, as IAar relates it, يا حَامِلُ [O loader]: a prov., applied to the consideration of results; because a man may tie a load too tightly; and when he desires to untie it, may injure himself and his camel. (TA. [See also a similar saying below, in the second paragraph.]) And الشُّفْعَةُ كَحَلِّ العِقَالِ [The right of preemption is like the untying of the cord with which a camel's fore shank and arm are bound together]: meaning that it is accomplished as quickly and easily as the عقال is untied: the explanation that it passes away quickly, like the camel when his عقال is untied, is improbable. (Mgh, Msb. *) And hence the saying [in the Kur xx. 28], وَ ٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِى [And loose Thou an impediment of, or from, my tongue]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) The pass. is pronounced by some حُلَّ , and by others حِلَّ : thus in the saying of El-Farezdak, 1 [And the garments of our forbearing men by which they support themselves in sitting by binding them, or making them tight, round the shanks and back are not loosed through ignorance, nor is the accepter of the benefit, among us, reproached]; the kesreh of the first ل [in the original form حُلِلَ ] being transferred to the ح : but Akh heard it pronounced in this instance حُلَّ ; and some, he says, in this word, and in others like it, as رُدَّ and شُدَّ , only impart to the dammeh somewhat of the sound of kesreh, by the pronunciation termed إِشْمَام . (S.) فَمَا حِلَّ مِنْ جَهْلٍ حُبَى حُلَمَائِنَا | وَ لَا قَابِلُ المَعْرُوفِ فِينَا يُعَنَّفُ [He, or it, dissolved, melted, or liquefied, a thing; as also حلّل , inf. n. تَحْلِيلٌ , often said of a medicine as meaning it acted as a dissolvent.] حُلَّ , (M, K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) meaning It was dissolved, melted, or liquefied, is said of anything congealed, frozen, or solid. (M, K.) [ He solved a problem, or riddle, &c. He analyzed a thing; as also حلّل , inf. n. as above.] حَلَّ اليَمِينَ : see 2. From حَلُّ الأَحْمَالِ عِنْدَ النُّزُولِ [The untying, unbinding, or loosing, of the loads on the occasion of alighting], حَلَّ , inf. n. حُلُولٌ , came to be used alone as meaning نَزَلَ [i. e. He alighted; or descended and stopped or sojourned or abode or lodged or settled; and simply he took up his abode; or he abode, lodged, or settled; in a place]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say, حَلَّ بِالْمَكَانِ (S, K) or بِالْبَلَدِ , (Msb,) and حَلَّ المَكَانَ (S, Mgh, * K) or البَلَدَ , (Msb,) aor. حَلُلَ (S, Msb, K) and حَلِلَ , (K,) both of which forms of the aor. are mentioned by Ibn-Málik, (TA,) inf. n. حُلُولٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and حَلٌّ (S, K) and حَلَلٌ , which is extr., (K,) and مَحَلٌّ (S, TA) and مَحِلٌّ ; (TA;) and احتلّ بِهِ (S, * K) and احتلّهُ ; (K;) meaning نَزَلَ بِهِ [He alighted, or descended and stopped &c. (as above), in the place or the country or town &c.]. (Msb, K, TA.) And in like manner, حَلَّ بِالقَوْمِ and حَلَّ القَوْمَ (S, ISd, TA) and احتلّ بِهِمْ and احتلّهُمْ (ISd, TA) [He alighted, or descended and stopped &c., at, or in, the abode of the people or party]; and حَلَّ إِلَى القَوْم signifies the same. (TA.) And حُلَّ المَكَانُ The place was alighted in, or taken as an abode; (TA;) was inhabited. (K.) [Hence, in philosophy, حُلُولٌ signifies Temporary or separable, and permanent or inseparable, indwelling or inbeing: and حَلَّ بِهِ or فِيهِ It had, or became in the condition of having, such indwelling or inbeing in it. And حَلَّ بِهِ or فِيهِ is often said of joy and grief and the like, meaning It took up its abode in him. And حَلَّ مَحَلَّ كَذَا It took, or occupied, the place of such a thing.] And hence, (TA,) حَلَّ الهَدْىُ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. حَلِلَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. حِلَّةٌ and حُلُولٌ , (S, K,) The beasts for sacrifice arrived at the place where it was lawful for them to be sacrificed, (S, K, TA,) or at the place in which they should be sacrificed. (Msb.) حَلَّ said of a punishment has for its aor. حَلُلَ and حَلِلَ , and the inf. n. is حُلُولٌ : (Msb:) [but it is said that] حَلَّ العَذَابُ , aor. حَلُلَ , means The punishment alighted, or descended: and حَلَّ , aor. حَلِلَ , it was, or became, due, or necessitated by the requirements of justice to take effect: it is said in the Kur [xx. 83], فَيَحُلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِى [test my anger alight upon you, or befall you]; or فَيَحِلَّ عليكم [test it become due to you]; accord. to different readings: (S, O:) or when you say, حَلَّ بِهِمْ العَذَابُ , [you mean The punishment alighted upon them, or befell them; and] the aor. is حَلُلَ only: and when you say, حَلَّ عَلَىَّ , or لَكَ , [you mean It became due to me, or to thee; and] the aor. is حَلَلَ : أَنْ يَحُلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ [in the Kur xx. 89,] means that anger should alight upon you, or befall you, from your Lord [accord. to those who read thus instead of يَحِلَّ ; but the latter is the common reading]. (TA.) You say also, حَلَّ أَمْرُ ٱللّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ , aor. حَلِلَ , inf. n. حُلُولٌ , meaning [The threatened punishment of God] was, or became, due to him, or necessitated by the requirements of justice to take effect upon him. (K.) And حَلَّ حَقِّى عَلَيْهِ , (Msb, * K,) aor. حَلِلَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. حُلُولٌ , (Msb,) or مَحِلٌّ , (K,) My right, or due, was, or became, a thing the rendering of which was obligatory, or incumbent, on him. (Msb, * K, TA.) And حَلَّ الدَّيْنُ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. حَلِلَ , inf. n. حُلُولٌ , (S Msb,) The debt was, or became, or fell, due; (K, * TA;) its appointed term, or period, ended, (Msb, TA,) so that the payment of it became due. (TA.) And حَلَّ عَلَيْهِ الدَّيْنُ The payment of the debt became obligatory on him. (Mgh.) حَلَّ , aor. حَلِلَ , inf. n. حِلٌّ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and حَلَالٌ , (S,) It (a thing, S, Mgh, Msb) was, or became, lawful, allowable, or free; (S, TA;) لَكَ to thee: (S:) contr. of حَرُمَ : (Msb, K:) a metaphorical signification, from حَلُّ العُقْدَةِ [“ the untying of the knot ”]. (TA.) Hence the saying, الزَّوْجُ أَحَقُّ بِرَجْعَتِهَا مَا لَمْ تَحِلَّ لَهَا الصَلَاةُ [The husband is entitled to taking her back to the marriage-state as long as prayer is not lawful to her]. (Mgh.) And the saying, in a trad., لَمَّا رَأَى الشَّمْسَ قَدْ وَقَبَتْ قَالَ هٰذَا حِينُ حِلِّهَا , i. e. [When he saw that the sun had set, he said,] This is the time of its becoming lawful; meaning the prayer of sunset. (TA.) [ حَلَّ , aor. حَلِلَ , inf. n. حِلٌّ , He was, or became, free from, or quit of, an obligation, or responsibility.] You say, جَعَلَهُ فِى حِلٍّ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ [He made him, or pronounced him, free from, or quit of, obligation, or responsibility, with respect to him.]. (TA.) [And أَنْتَ فِى حِلٍّ مِنْ كَذَا Thou art free from, or quit of, obligation, or responsibility, with respect to such a thing.] And حَلَّ said of the مُحْرِم , (S, Msb,) or حَلَّ مِنْ إِحْرَامِهِ , (K,) inf. n. حَلَالٌ , (S,) or حِلٌّ , (Msb, K,) or both; (TA;) and احلّ , (S, Msb, K,) and تحلّل ; (Bd and Jel in ii. 192;) He quitted his state of إِحْرَام : (Msb, K:) this, also, is a metaphorical signification, from حَلُّ العُقْدَةِ . (TA.) [Hence,] فَعَلَهُ فِى حِلِّهِ وَ حِرْمِهِ , and فى حُلِّهِ وحُرْمِهِ , He did it when he was free from إِحْرَام and when he was in the state of احرام . (K.) And شُهُورُ الحِلِّ , (S,) or أَشْهُرُ الحِلِّ : (K:) see حِلٌّ , below, And حَلَّتِ المَرْأَةُ , (S, K,) [aor. حَلِلَ ,] inf. n. حِلٌّ and حُلُولٌ , (TA,) The woman quitted her [period termed] عِدَّة : (S, K:) this, too, is a metaphorical signification, from حَلُّ العُقْدَةِ : (TA:) or حَلَّتْ لِلزَّوَاجِ she became free from any obstacle to marriage, as, for instance, by having accomplished the عِدَّة . (Msb.) [And The woman became free from the marriage tie, by the death of her husband, or by divorce.] You say, أَنْتِ فِى حِلٍّ مِنِّى Thou art divorced from me. (TA.) And حَلَّتِ اليَمِينُ The oath [became discharged; and thus,] proved true. (Msb.) حَلَّ , aor. حَلِلَ , inf. n. حَلٌّ , He ran. (TA.) حَلَّ بِهِ : see 4. حَلَّ , sec. pers. حَلِلْتَ , aor. حَلَلَ , inf. n. حَلَلٌ , He (a man) had a pain in his hips and [in the CK “ or ”] his knees. (K.) [See also حَلَلٌ , below.]