نجز (root njz)

Najaza al-waʿdu wa-l-ḥāja yanjuzu najzan, and anjaztuhu and anjaztu bihi, that is, I hastened and fulfilled it; and najaza huwa, that is, he fulfilled it, as you say ḥaḍarat al-māʾida, though only 'aḥḍarat' is meant. In the proverb: 'nājiz bi-nājiz', that is, hand to hand, meaning prompt for prompt. Al-munājaza in war is when two horsemen duel until one of them kills his companion. ʿUbayd ibn al-Abraṣ said: 'Calm your tears; whoever is deceived by misfortunes is helpless. Be, in what befalls you, those through whom earthquakes and tremors come, like the Indian sword, tempered, which a rival fighting to the finish has brandished.' Al-tanajjuz: asking for something that you were promised.

Najiza al-shayʾu (with kasra) yanjazu najzan: it came to an end and was used up. The poet said: 'I was a spring for the orphans and a protection, but the kingdom of Abū Qābūs has become, in the forenoon, finished (qad najiza).' That is, it came to an end and was used up at the time of forenoon, because he died at that time. Najaza ḥājatahu yanjuzuhā (with ḍamma) najzan: he fulfilled it. One says najaza al-waʿd; and 'a free man fulfills what he promised'. Al-munājaza in war: dueling and fighting. In the proverb: 'Al-muḥājaza before the munājaza' (holding back before fighting to the finish). Their saying 'anta ʿalā najz ḥājatika', with fatḥa or ḍamma on the nūn, means you are on the verge of its fulfillment. Istanjaza al-rajulu ḥājatahu and tanajjazahā: he succeeded in obtaining it. Al-nājiz is the present. One says: biʿtuhu nājizan bi-nājiz, like your saying yadan bi-yad, that is, prompt for prompt. The poet said: 'And when cares greet you, they are both measured out and ready.' In the ḥadīth: 'Do not sell except present for ready (ḥāḍiran bi-nājiz).'

The nūn, jīm and zāy (النون والجيم والزاء) form a sound root indicating the completion of a thing in haste, without slowness. One says najaza al-waʿdu yanjuzu (the promise was fulfilled), and anjaztuhu anā: I hastened it and gave him what I had until its end was complete, that is, its end reached him. 'Biʿhu nājizan bi-nājiz' is like their saying 'yadan bi-yad': prompt for prompt. Al-munājaza in war is when two horsemen duel, that is, they hasten the fight and do not hold back.

Najaza and najuza al-kalāmu: the speech ended. Najaza al-waʿdu yanjuzu najzan: it came to be present; it is also said najuza. Ibn al-Sikkīt said: najiza is as if it meant 'was used up and finished', and najaza as if it meant 'fulfilled his need'. Anjaza al-waʿd; waʿd nājiz and najīz; anjaztuhu anā and najaztu bihi. Your injāz of it is your fulfilling it. Najaza huwa, that is, he fulfilled it, which is like your saying ḥaḍarat al-māʾida. Najaza al-ḥāja and anjazahā: he fulfilled it. 'Anta ʿalā najz ḥājatika wa-najzihā', with fatḥa or ḍamma on the nūn, means you are on the verge of its fulfillment. Istanjaza al-ʿidata wa-l-ḥāja and tanajjazahu iyyāhā: he asked him to fulfill it and succeeded in obtaining it. Sībawayh said: they said 'abīʿukahu al-sāʿata nājizan bi-nājiz', that is, hastened; the adjective is in the accusative here as the noun is in the accusative in their saying 'biʿtu al-shāʾa shātan bi-dirham'. Al-nājiz is the present. Among their proverbs: 'nājizan bi-nājiz', like your saying 'yadan bi-yad' and 'ʿājilan bi-ʿājil'; and he recited: 'The kicking of the unruly mares, prompt for prompt.' The poet said: 'And when cares greet you, they are both measured out and ready.' Ibn al-Aʿrābī, on their saying 'jazā al-shumūs nājizan bi-nājiz', said: you were recompensed with a bad recompense, so I recompensed you in kind; and once he said: that is only when he does something and you do the like, he cannot escape you or get past you in speech or action. In the ḥadīth: 'Do not sell present for ready (ḥāḍiran bi-nājiz).' In the ḥadīth on currency exchange: 'except nājizan bi-nājiz', that is, present for present. 'La-unjizannaka najīzataka' means I will surely recompense you your recompense. Al-munājaza in fighting: dueling and combat, which is when two horsemen duel and grapple until each kills the other or one of them is killed. ʿUbayd said: 'Like the Indian sword, tempered, which the rival fighting to the finish brandished.' The poet said: 'And I stood, when the escorter was cowardly, the stand of the rival fighting to the finish.' He said: this is a ʿarūḍ murfal from the ḍarb of the Kāmil, on four parts of mutafāʿilun, with two extra letters at the end, and it is muqayyad, not released. Tanājaza al-qawm: the people shed each other's blood, as though they hurried in it. Tanajjaza al-sharāb: he persisted in drinking it; these are from Abū Ḥanīfa. Al-tanajjuz: asking for something that you were promised. In the ḥadīth of ʿĀʾisha, may God be pleased with her, she said to Ibn al-Sāʾib: 'Three things you must leave, or I will surely fight you to the finish (la-unājizannaka)', that is, I will fight you and dispute with you. Abū ʿUbayd: among their proverbs: 'If you want the muḥājaza, then before the munājaza', said to one who seeks peace after fighting. Najaza and najuza al-shayʾ: it was used up and went, so it is nājiz. Al-Nābigha al-Dhubyānī said: 'I was a spring for the orphans and a protection, but the kingdom of Abū Qābūs has become, in the forenoon, finished.' Abū Qābūs is a kunya of al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir. He says: you were for the orphans, in your kindness to them, like the spring (rain) by which people live.