حتم

حَتْمٌ حتم [inf. n. of 1: when used as a simple subst.,] A decree, an ordinance, a sentence, or a judicial decision; (S, K;) accord. to some, adapted to a particular case: (TA:) pl. حُتُومٌ. (S, K.) It is said in the Kur [xix. 72], كَانَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَقْضِيًّا [ It is imposed by Himself upon thy Lord as a decree judicially decided ]. (TA.) And Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s-Salt says, عِبَادُكَ يُخْطِئُونَ وَأَنْتَ رَبٌّ بِكَفَّيْكَ المَنَايَا والحُتُومُ [ Thy servants sin: and Thou art a Lord: in thy hands are the decrees and the judicial decisions ]. (S.) ― -b2- [As a term of the law, it is sometimes used instead of قَضَاآءٌ as opposed to أَدَاآءٌ.] -A2- Also [an inf. n. used as an epithet, signifying] Necessary, requisite, or unavoidable; that must inevitably be done [or suffered ]: (TA:) or indissoluble and irreversible: as in the phrase قَضَاآءٌ حَتْمٌ [ an indissoluble and irreversible decree or ordinance or sentence or judicial decision ]. (Msb in art. جزم.) ― -b2- And [hence,] Death. (MA.) -A3- Pure; free from admixture; genuine: formed by transposition from مَحْتٌ. (K.) One says, هُوَ الأَخُ الحَتْمُ He is the pure, or genuine, true, brother. (TA.)