حيص

Core meaning

To get out of trouble: the escape, which the text names only to deny it.

Uses

1. مَحِيص → "escape" : the way by which one would get out of trouble; always denied or questioned.

   • «وَلَا يَجِدُونَ عَنْهَا مَحِيصًۭا» — "and they will find no escape from it" (4:121)
   • «مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍۢ» — "they have no escape" (41:48)
   • «هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ» — "Was there any escape?" (50:36)

Evidence from the text

The word appears only denied or questioned. Those whom the Diverter has deluded will find "no escape from it" (4:121); the weak and the arrogant acknowledge it together, "whether we panic or are patient" (14:21); those whose invoked ones have strayed and those who argue about the signs know it too (41:48, 42:35). After the generations destroyed, the question falls alone: "Was there any escape?" (50:36).

Distinctions

• فرر — to flee: flight itself, whereas the escape is the way out that would allow one to get away

See also

نجو (salvation)