[1]
حَفِظَهُ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor.
حَفَظَ , (K,)
inf. n.
حِفْظُ, (S, Mgh, Msb,)
He kept it, preserved it, guarded it, protected it, or
took care of
it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; (S;)
he prevented
it from perishing, or
becoming lost; (Mgh, Msb;)
namely, a thing, (Mgh,) or property &c.; (Msb;)
and hence the saying, (Mgh,)
حِفْظٌ is the
contr.
of نِسْيَانٌ; (M, Mgh;) i. e., it signifies the
taking
care, being careful; (M;)
being mind ful, regardful, attentive, or
considerate: (M, K:) [see also
5:] and
بِهِ ↓
احتفظ signifies the same as
حَفِظَهُ.
(S, Msb.) [Hence,] you say,
حَفِظَ المَالَ He kept
and tended, or
pastured and defended, the camels
or
the like. (K.) [And
حَفِظَ حُرْمَةَ صَاحِبِهِ He
was regardful of everything entitled to reverence,
respect, honour, or
defence, in the character and
appertenances of his companion, or
friend.] And
حَفِظَ السِّرَّ He kept the secret. (TA.) [And
حَفِظَ يَمِينَهُ He kept his oath: but this has also
another meaning, as will be seen below.] And
حَفِظَ القُرْآنَ He kept, or
retained, the Kur-án in
his mind, or
memory; got it, knew it, or
learned
it, by heart. (S, * Msb, K.) [See also 5.] And
حَفِظَ عِنْ فُلَانٍ [
He learned by heart from such a
one: and, followed by an accus. case, the same;
or
he retained in his memory, as learned, or
heard,
from such a one; or
he remembered to have heard
from such a one]. (TA &c. passim.) And one
says of God,
قَدْ حَفِظَ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَعِبَادِهِ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ
مِنْ خَيْرٍ أَوْ شَرٍّ [
He hath preserved from oblivion,
for, or
against, his creatures and his servants,
what they do of good or evil]. (TA.) ―
2-b2- Also
He kept it from being used, or
employed, on, or
for, ordinary, mean, or
vile, occasions, or
purposes. (Mgh, Msb.) You say,
فُلَانٌ يَحْفَظُ نَفْسَهُ
وَلِسَانَهُ Such a one keeps himself and his tongue
from ordinary, mean, or
vile, employment, in
that which does not concern him. (Mgh.) And
hence the saying in the Kur [v. 91],
وَٱحْفَظُوا
أَيْمَانَكُمْ, accord. to one of the modes of interpreting
it; i. e.
And keep ye your oaths from being used,
or
uttered, on, or
for, ordinary, mean, or
vile,
occasions, or
purposes; agreeably with what is
said in ii. 224 of the Kur, where ordinary and
frequent swearing by God is forbidden. (Mgh.)
[Another meaning of which this phrase is susceptible has been shown above.]