الُ حَامِيمَ

and ذَوَاتُ حَامِيمَ, (K,) or ↓ الُ حٰم and ذَوَاتُ حٰم, (S,) ال being prefixed in this case in like manner as in الُ فُلَانٍ, (Fr, S,) Certain chapters of the Qur'an (S, K) commencing with حاميم [or حٰم], (K,) [namely, the fortieth and six following chapters,] called by Ibn-Mes'ood دِيبَاجُ القُرْانِ: (S:) one should not say حَوَامِيم: (K:) this is vulgar: (S:) but it occurs in poetry. (S, K.)

Also, (K,) according to I'Ab, ↓ حٰم is One of the names of God; (Mgh;) or it is the most great name of God; (K;) occurring in a tradition, in which it is said, إِنْ بُيِّتُّمْ فَقُولُوا حٰم لَا يَنْصَرُونَ, meaning If ye be attacked by night, say ye حٰم; and when ye say this, they shall not be made victorious: (Mgh:) or the meaning is, [say ye] O God, they shall not be made victorious; not being an imprecation; for were it so, it would be لَا يُنْصَرُوا: (IAth, TA:) or it is an oath; (Mgh, K;) and the meaning of the tradition is, [say ye] By God, they shall not be made victorious: but حٰم is not among the numbered names of God: it has therefore been deemed preferable to understand it as here meaning the seven chapters of the Qur'an commencing therewith: (Mgh:) or it is an abbreviation of الرَّحْمٰنُ, wanting the letters الرن to complete it: (Zj, K:) or, as some say, it means [حُمَّ مَا هُوَ كَايءِنٌ, i. e.] قُضِىَ مَاهُوَ كَايءِنٌ [What is taking place has been decreed]. (Az, TA.) It is imperfectly decl. because determinate and of the feminine gender; or because it is of a foreign measure, like قَابِيلُ and هَابِيلُ, (Ksh, Bd,) and determinate. (Ksh.)