مُحَكَّمٌ
Root: حكم
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مُحَكَّمٌ
[One who is made to judge respecting himself: and particularly] one who is given his choice between denial of God and slaughter, and chooses slaughter. In a trad., in which it is said, إِنَّ الجَنَّةَ لِلْمُحَكَّمِينَ, [Verily Paradise is for the
مُحَكَّمُون], لِلْمُحَكَّمِينَ, or, as some read, , denotes a people of those who are called أَصْحَابُ الأُخْدُودِ, who were given their choice between slaughter and the denial of God, and chose the remaining constant to El-Islám, with slaughter: or المحكّمون means those who fall into the hand of the enemy, and are given their choice between [the profession of] belief in a plurality of Gods, and slaughter, and choose slaughter.
2 المُحَكَّمُ occurring in a poem of Tarafeh, or this is a mistake, and the right reading is , An old man, tried, or proved, and strengthened by experience in affairs; to whom حِكْمَة [or wisdom, &c.,] is attributed: or both are correct, like مُجَرَّبٌ and مُجَرِّبٌ, as several authors have allowed; the former meaning one whom events have controlled (حَكَّمَتْهُ الحَوَادِثُ), and tried, or proved; and the latter, one who has controlled (حَكَّمَ), and experienced, events.
2 المُحَكَّمُ occurring in a poem of Tarafeh, or this is a mistake, and the right reading is , An old man, tried, or proved, and strengthened by experience in affairs; to whom حِكْمَة [or wisdom, &c.,] is attributed: or both are correct, like مُجَرَّبٌ and مُجَرِّبٌ, as several authors have allowed; the former meaning one whom events have controlled (حَكَّمَتْهُ الحَوَادِثُ), and tried, or proved; and the latter, one who has controlled (حَكَّمَ), and experienced, events.
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