أَثَامٌ
Root: اثم
Full Definition
2 Also The requital, or recompense, of إِثّم [i. e. sin, or crime, &c.]: so says Zj, and in like manner say Kh and Sb: or punishment thereof: and إِثَامٌ and مَأْثَمٌ signify the same; the latter like مَقْعَدٌ. (TA. [In the CK this is written مَأثِم.]) So in the Kur [xxv. 68], يَلْقَ أَثَامَا [He shall find a requital, or recompense, or a punishment, of sin]: in my opinion, [says ISd,] the correct meaning is, he shall find the punishment of آثَام [or sins]: but some say, the meaning is that which here follows.
3 A valley in Hell.
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