Meaning: guardians · Also translated as: and those who observe, Guardian, and the men who guard, a protector
Forms in the Quran
لَحَٰفِظُونَ×3
حَٰفِظِينَ×3
حَٰفِظُونَ×2
وَٱلْحَٰفِظُونَ×1
حَٰفِظًا×1
وَٱلْحَٰفِظِينَ×1
لَحَٰفِظِينَ×1
حَافِظٌ×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
الحفظ يقال تارة لهيئة النفس التي بها يثبت ما يؤدي إليه الفهم، وتارة لضبط الشيء في النفس، ويضاده النسيان، وتارة لاستعمال تلك القوة، فيقال: حفظت كذا حفظا، ثم يستعمل في كل تفقد وتعهد ورعاية، قال الله تعالى: وإنا له لحافظون
قوله تعالى: ﴿إنا نحن نزلنا الذكر وإنا له لحافظون﴾ [الحجر: 9] أي نمنعه من التبديل والتغيير والنقص. وأصل الحفظ: المنع للشيء بتفقده ورعايته، ومنه حفظ الدرس، وهو منع ما تدرسه أن يشذ عنك. والحفظ تارة لهيئة النفس التي بها يثبت ما يؤدي إليه التفهم وأخرى لضبط الشيء في النفس، ويضاده النسيان، وأخرى لاستعمال تلك القوة، فيقال:…
Those that turn (to God)
In repentance; that serve Him,
And praise Him; that wander
In devotion to the Cause of God;
That bow down and prostrate themselves
In prayer; that enjoin good
And forbid evil; and observe
The limits set by God;—
(These do rejoice). So proclaim
The glad tidings to the Believers.
Now when they returned
To their father, they said:
"O our father! No more
Measure of grain shall we get
(Unless we take our brother):
So send our brother with us,
That we may get our measure;
And we will indeed
Take every care of him."
He said: "Shall I trust you
With him with any result
Other than when I trusted you
With his brother aforetime?
But God is the best
To take care (of him),
And He is the Most Merciful
Of those who show mercy!"
"Turn ye back to your father,
And say, "O our father!
Behold! thy son committed theft!
We bear witness only to what
We know, and we could not
Well guard against the unseen!
For Muslim men and women,—
For believing men and women,
For devout men and women,
For true men and women,
For men and women who are
Patient and constant, for men
And women who humble themselves
For men and women who give
In charity, for men and women
Who fast (and deny themselves),
For men and women who
Guard their chastity, and
For men and women who
Engage much in God's praise,—
For them has God prepared
Forgiveness and great reward.