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Kh-Ta-Miim
To seal/stamp/imprint/impress, to secure/protect oneself against a thing, produce an impression or effect upon a thing, reach the end of a thing, cover over a thing, turn away/avoid/shun someone or something, to not understand, prevent the heart from believing, feign heedlessness.
khatama
vb. (1) perf. act.
2:7
خَتَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى سَمْعِهِمْ وَعَلَى أَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَة ٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيم ٌ
Khatama Allāhu `Alá Qulūbihim Wa `Alá Sam`ihim, Wa `Alá 'Abşārihim Ghishāwatun, Wa Lahum `Adhābun `Ažīmun
God has sealed their hearts and their ears, and over their eyes are covers. They will incur a great retribution.
6:46
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَأَبْصَارَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى قُلُوبِكُمْ مَنْ إِلَه ٌٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ انظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الآيَاتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ
Qul 'Ara'aytum 'In 'Akhadha Allāhu Sam`akum Wa 'Abşārakum Wa Khatama `Alá Qulūbikum Man 'Ilahun Ghayru Allāhi Ya'tīkum Bihi Anžur Kayfa Nuşarrifu Al-'Āyāti Thumma Hum Yaşdifūna
Say: "Do you see that if God were to take away your hearing and your eyesight, and He seals your hearts; which god besides God can bring it to you?" See how We dispatch the signs, but then they turn away.
45:23
أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَهَه ُُ هَوَاه ُُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى عِلْم ٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى سَمْعِه ِِ وَقَلْبِه ِِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى بَصَرِه ِِ غِشَاوَة ً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيه ِِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَفَلاَ تَذَكَّرُونَ
'Afara'ayta Mani Attakhadha 'Ilahahu Hawāhu Wa 'AĐallahu Allāhu `Alá `Ilmin Wa Khatama `Alá Sam`ihi Wa Qalbihi Wa Ja`ala `Alá Başarihi Ghishāwatan Faman Yahdīhi Min Ba`di Allāhi 'Afalā Tadhakkarūna
Have you seen the one who took his desire as his god, and God led him astray, despite his knowledge, and He sealed his hearing and his heart, and He made a veil on his eyes? Who then can guide him after God? Will you not remember?
impf. act.
36:65
الْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَا أَيْدِيهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ أَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ
Al-Yawma Nakhtimu `Alá 'Afwāhihim Wa Tukallimunā 'Aydīhim Wa Tash/hadu 'Arjuluhum Bimā Kānū Yaksibūna
Today, We shall cease their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness to everything they had done.
42:24
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبا ً فَإِنْ يَشَأِ اللَّهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ وَيَمْحُ اللَّهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِهِ~ِ إِنَّه ُُ عَلِيم ٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
'Am Yaqūlūna Aftará `Alá Allāhi Kadhibāan Fa'in Yasha'i Allāhu Yakhtim `Alá Qalbika Wa Yamĥu Allāhu Al-Bāţila Wa Yuĥiqqu Al-Ĥaqqa Bikalimātihi 'Innahu `Alīmun Bidhāti Aş-Şudūri
Or do they say: He has fabricated lies about God! Had God willed, He could have sealed your heart. And God erases the falsehood and affirms the truth with His words. He is fully aware of what is in the chests.
pcple. pass.
83:25
يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَحِيق ٍ مَخْتُوم ٍ
Yusqawna Min Raĥīqin Makhtūmin
They are given to drink from a pure sealed vial.
khatam
n.m.
33:40
مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَد ٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيما ً
Mā Kāna Muĥammadun 'Abā 'Aĥadin Min Rijālikum Wa Lakin Rasūla Allāhi Wa Khātama An-Nabīyīna Wa Kāna Allāhu Bikulli Shay'in `Alīmāan
Mohammed is not the father of any of your men, but he is the messenger of God and the seal of the prophets. And God is fully aware of all things.
khitam
n.m.
83:26
خِتَامُه ُُ مِسْك ٌ وَفِي ذَلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَ
Khitāmuhu Miskun Wa Fī Dhālika Falyatanāfasi Al-Mutanāfisūna
Its seal will be of musk, so in that let those who are in competition compete.
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