حَامِيمَ
Root: حم
Full Definition
2 Also, accord. to I'Ab, حٰمٓ is One of the names of God; or it is the most great name of God; occurring in a trad., in which it is said, إِنْ بُيِّتُّمْ فَقُولُوا حٰمٓ لَا يَنْصَرُونَ, meaning If ye be attacked by night, say ye حٰمٓ; and when ye say this, they shall not be made victorious: 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: or it is an oath; and the meaning of the trad. is, [say ye] By God, they shall not be made victorious: but حٰمٓ 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 Kur-án commencing therewith: or it is an abbreviation of الرَّحْمٰنُ, wanting the letters الرن to complete it: or, as some say, it means [حُمَّ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ, i. e.] قُضِىَ مَاهُوَ كَائِنٌ [What is taking place has been decreed]. It is imperfectly decl. because determinate and of the fem. gender; or because it is of a foreign measure, like قَابِيلُ and هَابِيلُ, and determinate.
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