The triliteral root ḥā tā mīm (ح ت م) occurs only once in the Quran, as the noun ḥatm (حَتْم). The translation below is a brief gloss intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on the word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Noun
(19:71:8) ḥatman | an inevitability | وَإِنْ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَقْضِيًّا |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon - Classical Arabic dictionary