# Kh-Te-Mim — ختم (xtm)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/xtm

- **Meaning:** To seal/stamp/imprint/impress, to secure/protect oneself against a thing, produce an impression or effect upon a thing, reach the end of a thing, cover over a thing, turn away/avoid/shun someone or something, to not understand, prevent the heart from believing, feign heedlessness
- **Derived forms:** خَاتَم (1) · خَتَمَ (5) · خِتَٰم (1) · مَّخْتُوم (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** خَتَمَ — khatama · "Has set a seal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

خَتَمَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلٰى سَمْعِهِمْۜ وَعَلٰٓى اَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌۘ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظ۪يمٌ۟

Khatama Allahu AAala quloobihimwaAAala samAAihim waAAala absarihim ghishawatunwalahum AAathabun AAatheem

God has sealed their hearts, and over their hearing and over their sight is a covering; and they have a great punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-7.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** وَخَتَمَ — wakhatama · "and sealed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

قُلْ اَرَاَيْتُمْ اِنْ اَخَذَ اللّٰهُ سَمْعَكُمْ وَاَبْصَارَكُمْ وَخَتَمَ عَلٰى قُلُوبِكُمْ مَنْ اِلٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللّٰهِ يَأْت۪يكُمْ بِهِۜ اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُصَرِّفُ الْاٰيَاتِ ثُمَّ هُمْ يَصْدِفُونَ

Qul araaytum in akhatha AllahusamAAakum waabsarakum wakhatama AAala quloobikumman ilahun ghayru Allahi ya/teekum bihi onthurkayfa nusarrifu al-ayati thumma hum yasdifoon

Say thou: “Have you considered: if God takes away your hearing and your sight and seals your hearts, who is the god save God who will restore it to you?” See thou how We expound the proofs; then they turn away.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-46.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** وَخَاتَمَ — wakhātama · "and Seal"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ اَبَٓا اَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ وَلٰكِنْ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيّ۪نَۜ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يماً۟

Ma kana muhammadun abaahadin min rijalikum walakin rasoola Allahiwakhatama annabiyyeena wakana Allahubikulli shay-in AAaleema

Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men, but the messenger of God, and the seal of the prophets; and God is knowing of all things.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-40.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** نَخْتِمُ — nakhtimu · "We will seal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 1st person, plural · present tense

اَلْيَوْمَ نَخْتِمُ عَلٰٓى اَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَتُكَلِّمُنَٓا اَيْد۪يهِمْ وَتَشْهَدُ اَرْجُلُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Alyawma nakhtimu AAala afwahihimwatukallimuna aydeehim watashhadu arjuluhum bima kanooyaksiboon

This day, will We seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will bear witness as to what they earned.

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-65.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** يَخْتِمْ — yakhtim · "He would seal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًۚ فَاِنْ يَشَأِ اللّٰهُ يَخْتِمْ عَلٰى قَلْبِكَۜ وَيَمْحُ اللّٰهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَاتِه۪ۜ اِنَّهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Am yaqooloona iftara AAala Allahikathiban fa-in yasha-i Allahu yakhtim AAalaqalbika wayamhu Allahu albatila wayuhiqqualhaqqa bikalimatihi innahu AAaleemun bithatiassudoor

If they say: “He has invented a lie about God,” — but if God wills, He will seal thy heart; and God eliminates vanity and establishes truth by His words; He knows what is in the breasts.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-24.md_

### 45. Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** وَخَتَمَ — wakhatama · "and He sets a seal"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

اَفَرَاَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰهَهُ هَوٰيهُ وَاَضَلَّهُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلٰى سَمْعِه۪ وَقَلْبِه۪ وَجَعَلَ عَلٰى بَصَرِه۪ غِشَاوَةًۜ  فَمَنْ يَهْد۪يهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللّٰهِۜ  اَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Afaraayta mani ittakhatha ilahahuhawahu waadallahu Allahu AAalaAAilmin wakhatama AAala samAAihi waqalbihi wajaAAala AAalabasarihi ghishawatan faman yahdeehi min baAAdi Allahiafala tathakkaroon

Hast thou then considered him who takes as his god his vain desire, and God sent him astray according to knowledge and sealed his hearing and his heart and set over his sight a covering? Then who will guide him after God? Will you then not take heed!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-jathiyah/verse-23.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** مَّخْتُومٍ — makhtūmin · "sealed"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · passive · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ رَح۪يقٍ مَخْتُومٍۙ

Yusqawna min raheeqin makhtoom

They will be given to drink of a wine sealed,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-25.md_

### 83. Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Verse 26

- **Form in this verse:** خِتَـٰمُهُۥ — khitāmuhu · "Its seal"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

خِتَامُهُ مِسْكٌۜ وَف۪ي ذٰلِكَ فَلْيَتَنَافَسِ الْمُتَنَافِسُونَۜ

Khitamuhu miskun wafee thalikafalyatanafasi almutanafisoon

Whose seal is musk — and for that let aspire those who aspire —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-mutaffifin/verse-26.md_

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