Quran glossary · draft

حوذ

dominate

To gain controlling mastery over someone.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: حوذ

Lemmas: استحوذ

Forms: نَسْتَحْوِذْ · ٱسْتَحْوَذَ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

4:141

ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَرَبَّصُونَ بِكُمْ فَإِن كَانَ لَكُمْ فَتْحٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَكُن مَّعَكُمْ وَإِن كَانَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ نَصِيبٌ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ نَسْتَحْوِذْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَنَمْنَعْكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَلَن يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا

58:19

ٱسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ ذِكْرَ ٱللَّهِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حِزْبُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ أَلَآ إِنَّ حِزْبَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both form-X occurrences take people as the controlled party. The opportunists claim mastery over the disbelievers while withholding the believers from them; Satan gains mastery that makes his party forget God's remembrance. Tense, person, number, and mood remain compositional.