1anything by reason of which a thing, such as a debt, is restricted or appropriated to oneself—رَهِينَةٌ
Originally a maṣdar, and the same as مَرْهُونٌ: a pledge; a thing deposited with a person in place of a thing taken from him; or a thing deposited as security for a debt.
Er-Rāghib: رِهَانٌ has a similar meaning, but is applied specially to a thing deposited as a bet, or stake, and it too is originally a maṣdar.
رَهِينَةٌ is also the same as رَهْنٌ, meaning the act of giving as a pledge, just as شَتِيمَةٌ is the same as شَتْمٌ, the ة being added to make the meaning more intensive; then, like رَهْنٌ, it is used in the sense of مَرْهُونٌ.
رَهِينَةٌ is a maṣdar like شَتِيمَةٌ, used to denote the ism mafʿūl, as a noun properly so called, like رَهْنٌ, and not as an adjective.
مُرْتَهَنَةٌ has the same meaning.
Here I follow two copies of the K, which have كُلُّ مَا ٱحْتُبِسَ بِهِ شَىْءٌ فَرَهِينَةٌ وَ مُرْتَهَنَةٌ; the CK, and the copy of the K followed in the TA, have فَرَهِينُهُ وَ مُرْتَهَنُهُ, which distorts the meaning, though رَهِينٌ and مُرْتَهَنٌ may be used in the same sense as رَهِينَةٌ and مُزْتَهَنَةٌ, as will be seen below. In the TA, يحبس is put in place of ٱحْتُبِسَ, meaning يُحْبَسُ. There is, however, this difference between رَهِينَةٌ and مُرْتَهَنَةٌ: the former properly means a thing deposited as a pledge, the latter a thing taken as a pledge.
The plural of رَهْنٌ is رِهَانٌ, رُهُونٌ, and رُهُنٌ. Aboo 'Amr Ibn El-'Alà said this last is a plural of رَهْنٌ, but Akh disapproved, because a word of the measure فَعْلٌ does not take a plural of the measure فُعُلٌ except in rare and irregular instances; he says, though, that it may be a plural of رِهَانٌ, which is the plural of رَهْنٌ, as the Msb also says.
Fr says that رُهُنٌ is a plural of رِهَانٌ, but this is denied in the M, because a plural may not be pluralized except where there is express authority for it and the case admits of no other decision.
رُهْنٌ is another plural of رَهْنٌ, or rather a contraction of رُهُنٌ; and another plural of رَهْنٌ, or rather an ism jamʿ, is رَهِينٌ, as عَبِيدٌ is of عَبْدٌ. The plural of رَهِينَةٌ is رَهَائِنُ.
the pledge has become a permanent possession, with what it comprises—غَلِقَ الرَّهْنُ بِمَا فِيهِ
the pledge shall not remain in the hand of its receiver when its depositor is able to redeem it—لَا يَغْلَقُِ الرَّهْنُ
A proverb, applied to one who has fallen into a case from which he cannot hope to escape.
Said in a tradition; لا here is either negative or prohibitive.
the pledge remained in the hand of the receiver when the depositor was able to redeem it—غَلِقَ الرَّهْنُ
or غَلَقٌ. So the Nh, cited in a copy of the Jámi' es-Sagheer.
he, or it, is pledged for such a thing; or taken as a pledge for such a thing—هُوَ رَهْنٌ بِكَذَا
رَهِينٌ and مُرْتَهَنٌ are used in the same way.
he, or it, is pledged for such a thing; or taken as a pledge for such a thing—رَهِينَةٌ بكذا
The tradition means that the receiver of the pledge shall have no right to it when the depositor has not redeemed it within a certain time; for in the Time of Ignorance it was the custom for the receiver to keep the pledge in this case, but Islam abolished it.
I am taken as a pledge for such a thing—أَنَا رَهْنٌ بِكَذَا
رَهِينٌ and رَهِينَةٌ mean the same.
I am responsible, or a surety, to you for such a thing—أَنَا لَكَ رَهْنٌ بِكَذَا
رَهِينَةٌ means the same.
his leg, or foot, is a pledge for the safe-keeping of his shackle—رِجْلُهُ رَهِينَةٌ بِقَيْدِهِ
If the meaning were مَرْهُونَةٌ, it would be رَهِينٌ, without ة.
mankind, or all created beings, are the pledges of death—الخَلْقُ رَهَائِنُ المَوْتِ
he is the pledge of the hand of death, or of fate—هُوَ رَهْنُ يَدِ المَنِيَّةِ
my hand is a pledge to you—يَدِى لَكَ رَهْنٌ
he is indeed the pledge of a grave, which will give him up on the day of resurrection—إِنَّهُ لَرَهِينُ قَبْرٍ
every soul is a thing pledged with God for what it will have done—كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Said of one when he has sought, or courted, death.
By this is meant responsibility, or suretyship.
In the Qur'ān 74:41; its works are regarded as a debt, for which it will be either released or held in custody to be punished for ever.
رهينة is a maṣdar like شَتِيمَةٌ, used to denote the ism mafʿūl, like رَهْنٌ; if it were an adjective the word would be رَهِينٌ.
every man is pledged with God for what he will have done—ٱمْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ كُلُّ
In 52:21 of the same. Explained as مَرْهُونٌ, with God, عِنْدَ ٱللّٰهِ: so that if he has done good, God will release him, but otherwise He will destroy him, or hold him in confinement and punish him; or he is pledged to be punished for evil and recompensed for good.
every boy that is born is a pledge for the victim to be sacrificed for him—كُلُّ غُلَامٍ رَهِينَةٌ بِعَقِيقَتِهِ
Said in a tradition; the victim, عقيقة, is the one sacrificed for him when his head is shaven the first time, and this is commonly regarded as his ransom from the fire of Hell.
The عقيقة is absolutely necessary for him, so that, while he is not released from it, he is likened to a pledge in the hand of the receiver.
El-Khattábee says that the best explanation is that of Ahmad Ibn-Hambal: if the عقيقة is not sacrificed for the boy and he dies an infant, he will not intercede for his parents.
Qur’ān 74:38 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lxxiv. 41”
Lane cites “Bd in lxxiv. 41” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ān 74:38 Lane quotes this verse
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌEvery soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)
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, originally an inf. n., (Msb,) is syn. with مَرْهُونٌ ; (Mgh, Msb;) i. e. (Msb) it signifies [A pledge;] a thing deposited with a person (Msb, * K) to be in lieu of a thing that has been taken, or received, from him; (K;) or a thing that is deposited as a security for a debt: and رِهَانٌ has a similar meaning, but is specially applied to a thing that is deposited as a bet, or wager, or stake; and is likewise originally an inf. n.: (Er-Rághib, TA:) رَهِينَةٌ , also, is syn. with رَهْنٌ [as meaning the act of giving as a pledge], like as شَتِيمَةٌ is syn. with شَتْمٌ ; the ة being added to give intensiveness to the significa tion: then, like رَهْنٌ , it is used as syn. with مَرْهُونٌ [in the sense explained above, as will be seen in what follows in this paragraph]; (IAth, TA;) [i. e.] رَهِينَةٌ is an inf. n. like شَتِيمَةٌ , applied to denote the pass. part. n. [used as a subst. pro perly so termed] like رَهْنٌ , not as an epithet; (Bd in lxxiv. 41;) [or, in other words,] رَهِينَةٌ signifies anything by reason of which a thing [such as a debt or the like] is restricted, or appro priated, to oneself; as also مُرْتَهَنَةٌ : (K: [I here follow two copies of the K, in which it is said, كُلُّ مَا ٱحْتُبِسَ بِهِ شَىْءٌ فَرَهِينَةٌ وَ مُرْتَهَنَةٌ : in the CK, and in the copy of the K followed in the TA, فَرَهِينُهُ وَ مُرْتَهَنُهُ , which perverts the meaning, though رَهِينٌ and مُرْتَهَنٌ may be used in the same sense as رَهِينَةٌ and مُزْتَهَنَةٌ , as will be seen in the course of this paragraph: and in the TA, in the place of ٱحْتُبِسَ , is put يحبس , meaning يُحْبَسُ : there is, however, this difference between رَهِينَةٌ and مُرْتَهَنَةٌ ; that the former properly signifies a thing deposited as a pledge; and the latter, a thing taken, or received, as a pledge:]) the pl. of رَهْنٌ is رِهَانٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and رُهُونٌ (Mgh, Msb, K) and رُهُنٌ , (Mgh, K,) this last said to be a pl. of رَهْنٌ by Aboo-' Amr Ibn-El-' Alà, but disap proved by Akh, because a word of the measure فَعْلٌ has not a pl. of the measure فُعُلٌ except in rare and anomalous instances, though he says that it may be [as it is said to be in the Msb] pl. of رِهَانٌ , which is pl. of رَهْنٌ , (S,) and Fr says that رُهُنٌ is pl. of رِهَانٌ , but this is denied in the M, because any pl. may not be pluralized except when there is express authority for it and when the case does not admit of any other decision; (TA;) and رُهْنٌ , also, is another pl. of رَهْنٌ , (TA,) [or rather it is a contraction of رُهُنٌ ;] and another pl. of رَهْنٌ [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] is رَهِينٌ , (IJ, K,) like as عَبِيدٌ is of عَبْدٌ : (TA:) the pl. of رَهِينَةٌ is رَهَائِنُ . (S, K.) غَلِقَ الرَّهْنُ بِمَا فِيهِ . [The pledge became, or has become, per manent as a possession, with what was, or is, comprised in it,] is a prov., applied to him who has fallen into a case from which he cannot hope to escape: it is said in a trad., لَا يَغْلَقُِ الرَّهْنُ , (Meyd,) [i. e. The pledge shall not remain, or let not the pledge remain, in the hand of its receiver when its depositer is able to release it; for] لا is here either negative or prohibitive: you say, غَلِقَ الرَّهْنُ , aor. يَغْلَقُ , inf. n. غُلُوقٌ [or غَلَقٌ ], meaning The pledge remained in the hand of the receiver when the depositor was able to release it: (Nh, cited in a copy of the “ Jámi' es-Sagheer: ”) the trad. means that the receiver of the pledge shall not have a right to it when the depositer has not released it within a certain time: for it was a custom in the Time of Ignorance for the receiver to keep possession of the pledge in this case; but El-Islám abolished it. (Meyd, * Nh.) You say also, هُوَ رَهْنٌ بِكَذَا and رَهِينَةٌ بكذا He, or it, is [a person, or thing,] pledged for such a thing: (IAth, TA:) or taken [as a pledge] for such a thing; as also رَهِينٌ and مُرْتَهَنٌ . (TA.) And أَنَا رَهْنٌ بِكَذَا and رَهِينٌ and رَهِينَةٌ I am taken [as a pledge] for such a thing. (Mgh.) And [hence,] أَنَا لَكَ رَهْنٌ بِكَذَا (JK, TA) and رَهِينَةٌ (TA) I am responsible, or a surety, to thee for such a thing. (JK, TA.) And رِجْلُهُ رَهِينَةٌ بِقَيْدِهِ [His leg, or foot, is a pledge for the safe-keeping of his shackle: for if the meaning were مَرْهُونَةٌ it would be رَهِينٌ , without ة ]. (TA.) And الخَلْقُ رَهَائِنُ المَوْتِ [Mankind, or all created beings, are the pledges of death]. (TA.) And هُوَ رَهْنُ يَدِ المَنِيَّةِ [He is the pledge of the hand of death, or of fate, or destiny]; said of one when he has sought, or courted, death. (TA.) And يَدِى لَكَ رَهْنٌ [My hand is a pledge to thee]; by which is meant responsibility, or suretiship. (TA.) And إِنَّهُ لَرَهِينُ قَبْرٍ [Verily he is the pledge of a grave, which will render him up on the day of resurrection]. (TA.) It is said in the Kur lxxiv. 41, كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ , meaning [Every soul is a thing] pledged with God [for what it shall have wrought; its works being regarded as a debt, for which it will be either released or held in custody to be punished everlastingly]: رهينة being an inf. n. like شَتِيمَةٌ applied to denote the pass. part. n. [in a manner before mentioned] like رَهْنٌ ; for if it were an epithet [i. e. used in the proper sense of a pass. part. n.] the word would be رَهِينٌ . (Bd.) And in lii. 21 of the same, ٱمْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ كُلُّ , i. e. [Every man is] pledged ( مَرْهُونٌ , Bd, Jel) with God ( عِنْدَ ٱللّٰهِ ) for what he shall have wrought; so that if he have done good, He will release him; but other wise, He will destroy [or hold in confinement and punish] him; (Bd;) or to be punished for evil, and recompensed for good. (Jel.) And it is said in a trad., كُلُّ غُلَامٍ رَهِينَةٌ بِعَقِيقَتِهِ [Every boy that is born is a pledge for his عقيقة , i. e. for the victim that is to be sacrificed for him when his head is shaven the first time; which is com monly regarded as his ransom from the fire of Hell]: i. e., the عقيقة is absolutely necessary for him; wherefore he is likened, when not released from it, to a pledge in the hand of the receiver: El-Khattábee says that the best explanation of it is that of Ahmad Ibn-Hambal; that if the عقيقة be not sacrificed for the boy and he die an infant, he will not intercede for his parents. (TA.) See also what next follows.