حَتْمٌ
1.
[verbal noun of 1: when used as a simple subst.,] A decree, an ordinance, a sentence, or a judicial decision; (S, K;) according to some, adapted to a particular case: (TA:) plural حُتُومٌ. (S, K.) It is said in the Qur'an, 19:72, 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,
[Thy servants sin: and Thou art a Lord: in thy hands are the decrees and the judicial decisions]. (S.)عِبَادُكَ يُخْطِيءُونَ وَأَنْتَ رَبٌّبِكَفَّيْكَ المَنَايَا والحُتُومُ
2.
[As a term of the law, it is sometimes used instead of قَضَاءٌ
as opposed to
أَدَاءٌ.]
3.
Also [a verbal noun 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 قَضَاءٌ حَتْمٌ [an indissoluble and irreversible decree or ordinance or sentence or judicial decision]. (Msb in article جزم.)
4.
And [hence,] Death. (MA.)