Hi there,
Hisab means to count, calculate or reckon. In a religious context it
is found in the phrase "al-Hisab" which means "The Reckoning".
Reckoning
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al-Hisab -
Literally, 'Reckoning'. The Day of Judgement is called in Arabic 'The
Day of Reckoning' (Yawm al-Hisab), among other names (see verse 27 of
Surat Ghafir). The Qur'an gives a considerable amount of detail about
the Day of Judgement: in particular, two styles of judgement, with
scales and with books, are mentioned. See, for example, verses 8 and 9
of Surat al-A'raf and verses 7-12
of Surat al-Inshiqaq.
http://amahautie.blogspot.com/
Says the Shaykh Abu Ja'far: Our belief concerning the reckoning
(al-hisab) is that it is real. Some of it will be undertaken by Allah,
the Mighty and Glorious, and some by His Proofs (the Imams).
http://www.sicm.org.uk/suduk/Suduk28.html
The Reckoning (al-Hisab)
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~laher1/L19.html
The word husban has same root as hisab and means counting, reckoning,
calculating etc.
http://ecumene.org/IIS/csss28.htm
That the dead will return to this lower world before the Day of
Reckoning [Yawm al-Hisab].
http://www.sunnah.org/aqida/ghunya/rafida.htm
Count
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Al-K wrote (about the year 825) one of the earliest Islamic texts on
solving equations for unknowns; it was called in Arabic: Al-kitab al
muhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wa-l-muqabala = The Condensed Book on the
Calculation of al-Jabr and al-Muqabala, where al-Jabr = restoring
(referring to the operation of taking a negative quantity from one
side of an equation to the become a positive quantity on the other
side), and al-Muqabala = comparing. The work was (for obvious reasons)
given a shorthand name - the al-Jabr, or Algebra!
http://uzweb.uz.ac.zw/science/maths/zimaths/41/etym.htm
They come, they go, hisab hi nahi rehta hai (we cannot keep count).
http://www.infochangeindia.org/fetaures31.jsp
We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) signs: the Sign of
the Night have We obscured, while the sign of the Day We have made to
enlighten you; that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may
know he number and count (hisab) of the years: all things have We
explained in detail (17:12) [Quran]
http://www.free-minds.org/lq.htm
Allah (swt) describes Himself as sari’ al-hisab, because it is
easy for Him to count our deeds.
http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:cvGKVA4SZEgJ:www.adamscenter.org/qi/notes/Qurtuba_u2wk4.doc+hisab+count&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Hisab also means "caluclate" in Malay:
http://dictionary.bhanot.net/h.html
Search Strategy
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I tried many online Arabic dictionaries, but they all use Arabic text:
http://dictionary.ajeeb.com/idrisidic_2.asp?Site=1&DestLang=Ar&lpcWord=count
So I searched Google for the word until I saw a snippet that looked
like a translation.
Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga |
